UNSEEN BATTLE SERIES · BIBLE CARD 35 OF 39
Habakkuk
Chavakkuk — “To embrace, to wrestle”
MINOR PROPHETS
- Author / Era
- Habakkuk the prophet · approx. 609–597 BC
- Setting
- Judah. Corruption everywhere. Babylon at the gate. The prophet asks God how long.
- Key Figures
- Habakkuk, the LORD, the Babylonian invader
- Watch For
- The watchtower (2:1) — the prophet climbs up and waits to see what God will say.
- Connects To
- Romans 1:17 · Galatians 3:11 · Hebrews 10:38 — quoted three times to define the gospel
Key Verse
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”— Habakkuk 2:4
Points to Christ: The Just Shall Live by Faith
Christ is the answer to Habakkuk 2:4 — the verse Paul uses to define the gospel.
For the Fire Pit
When God’s answer is worse than the question, the righteous still live by faith — and sing in the ruined orchard anyway.
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