Habakkuk
Just
Live
by
Faith
Men’s Breakfast July 9, 2005
Bill Dunn
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Review: Outline
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(1:1-4) Habakkuk wrestles
(1:5 – 1:11) God reveals His plan
(1:12 – 1:17) Habakkuk wonders
(2:1) Habakkuk waits & watches
(2:2 – 20) God reveals eternity
(3:1-19) Habakkuk worships.
We are here
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Review
• Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not
upright in him: but the just shall live by his
faith Hab 2:4
• Hebrews – pride of unbelief vs faith
• Galatians – pride of working your way
beside God vs life in the Spirit
• Romans – pride of self-worship vs
justification
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Review
• Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not
upright in him: but the just shall live by his
faith Hab 2:4
• Hebrews – pride of unbelief vs. faith
• Galatians – pride of working up beside
God vs. being alive
• Romans – pride of self-worship vs.
justification
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Review
• Behold, his soul which is lifted up [pride] is
not upright [not straight, twisted] in him:
but the just shall live by his faith. Hab 2:4
• Hebrews – pride of unbelief vs faith
• Galatians – pride of working your way
beside God vs being alive
• Romans – pride of self-worship vs
justification
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2:5-20 The Personification of
Prideful Twisted Soul: Babylon
• Babylon as a man
• Babylon as a nation in history
• Babylon as a cancerous spirit
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Outline for Hab 2:5-20
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Intro (2:5-6a)
3 Woes (vs 6b-14) with 10 Hebrew lines
Wow, Exclamation about the Lord!
2 Woes (vs 15-20) with 10 Hebrew lines
Wow, Exclamation about the Lord!
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Hab 2:5
• Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine,
he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home,
who enlargeth his desire as hell [Sheol],
and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but
gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth
unto him all people:
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Hab 2:5
• Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine,
he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home,
who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as
death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth
unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him
all people:
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Hab 2:5 The man
• Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine,
he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home,
who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as
death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth
unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him
all people:
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…and you cannot be satisfied
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Babylon the Historical Nation
(Hab 1:5-10)
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Bitter
Hasty
Land-grabbing
Their own judge
Self worth from themselves
Innovative, lightning mobile warfare
Violent
Captivity
Arrogant - trust in their military
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Babylon the Historical Nation
(Hab 1:5-10, 2:5)
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Bitter
Drunk on Pride
Hasty
Hunting others
Land-grabbing
Insatiable
Their own judge
Self worth from themselves
Innovative, lightning mobile warfare
Violent
Captivity
Arrogant - trust in their military
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Historical Babylon
Lachish letters
from the siege
Babylonian
Chronicles
Babylonian Roaring Lion
At the Ishtar Gate
Ishtar, the goddess of love & war
Source: http://www.bible-history.com/map_babylonian_captivity/map_of_the_deportation_of_judah_archaeology_and_the_babylonian_captivity.html
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Historical Babylon:
The Geography
Source: http://www.bible-history.com/map_babylonian_captivity/
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What about the Babylonian
Spirit?
• In the OT she’s a warrior-hunter man, a prostitute
woman
• In the NT, she is personified as a filthy prostitute.
• She’s the anti-bride of the antichrist (the beast)
• She acts like a man - she rides the beast
• She hunts for believers in Jesus
• She’s drunk with the blood of the saints
• She’s drunk with spiritual and physical fornication:
She sits on seven hills (Rome), wears the garments
of the High Priest (Judaism), has the Cup
(Christianity) and unclean pearls (Gentiles).
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Are you in Babylon or Egypt?
• In Babylon you exploit others, in Egypt you
are exploited
• In Babylon you steal from others, in Egypt
you live in poverty
• In Babylon you enslave others, in Egypt you
are a slave
• In Babylon you kill, in Egypt you die
• You must leave Babylon before you can leave
Egypt
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Habby 2:6 Intro to
The Taunting Parable/Proverb
• Shall not all these take up a parable
against him, and a taunting proverb against
him,
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Habby 2:6
The Taunting Proverb
• Shall not all these take up a parable [04912
instructional proverb, wise saying] against
him, and a taunting proverb against him,
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Habby 2:6
The Taunting Riddle
• Shall not all these take up a parable
against him, and a taunting proverb
[02420 hidden riddle, dark saying] against
him,
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Habby 2:6
Revealed + Hidden
• Shall not all these take up a parable
[enlightened proverb] against him, and a
taunting proverb [dark riddle] against him,
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Prophetic Babylon: Rome and
the Dead Sea Scrolls
picture from
http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/pesherhab.htm
picture from
http://www.historian.ne
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Outline for Hab 2:5-20
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Intro (2:5-6a)
3 Woes (vs 6b-14)
Wow, Exclamation about the Lord!
2 Woes 15-20 each with 10 lines.
Wow, Exclamation about the Lord!
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Three Woes (2:6-13) and a
Wow! (14)
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Woe One (vs 6-8)
Woe Two (vs 9-11)
Woe Three (vs 12-13)
Wow! (vs 14)
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First Woe:
Babylonian Economics 101
• Woe to him that increaseth that which is not
his! how long? and to him that ladeth
himself with thick clay!
• 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall
bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and
thou shalt be for booties unto them?
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First Woe:
Babylonian Economics 101
• Woe to him that increaseth that which is
not his! how long? and to him that ladeth
himself with thick clay!
• 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall
bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and
thou shalt be for booties unto them?
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First Woe:
Babylonian Economics 101
6b Woe to him that increaseth that which is
not his! how long? and to him that ladeth
himself with thick clay!
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall
bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and
thou shalt be for booties unto them?
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First Whoa! Ge 14:14-24
Jerusalem Economics 101
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Abram sets captives free (vs 16)
Priest/King of Salem brings communion
Priest/King of Salem blesses Abram
Priest/King of Salem blesses God
Abram gives a tenth to Priest/King
King of Sodom
– You keep the money
– I’ll keep the bodies and souls of men
• Ch 15 Abram overcomes FEAR.
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Watch out for Babylonian
Spiritual Economics
• Teachers who steal your riches in Christ
• Leaders who carve your sins on clay tablets
and use them to enslave you
– To works
– To self-worth teaching
– To unbelief
• Leaders who use their authority to gain
earthly wealth instead of spiritual reward
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How do Nations make
money?
• By creating it?
• By taking it from others?
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Many ways
to Riches!
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How do you make money?
• By creating it?
• By taking it from others?
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A Biblical view of an Economy circa
2000 B.C at the time of Abraham
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You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and live on the income.
You give a tenth to the local priest in Salem and
celebrate the provision of God.
• You pass your wealth and skill down to your
children.
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Enron Capitalism circa 2000 A.D. at the
time of Babylon
• You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly-listed
company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the
bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer
so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
• The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a
Cayman Island company secretly owned by your CFO who sells the
rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
• The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option
on six more.
• You attract investment capital by advertising images of these calves of
gold on SuperBowl commericals.
• Your company value peaks around a thousand cows, milking your
investors until the cows come home, bankruptcy is declared and
another false god bites the dust.
• You walk away with a hundred cows for all your trouble and wonder
what the world is coming to with all those corrupt TV evangelists.
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Too Fast? Too Confusing?
• The Notes won’t help
• Babylonian Economics are meant to be
complicated and hard to understand
• Economics of the New Jerusalem are
so simple that a child can understand
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What is the reward for a
Babylonian economy?
• 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations,
all the remnant of the people shall spoil
thee; because of men’s blood, and for the
violence of the land, of the city, and of all
that dwell therein.
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Second Woe:
Babylonian Coveteousness
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he
may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against
thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Second Woe:
Babylonian Coveteousness
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that
he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against
thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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What are these Babylonians
known for?
• Genesis 11:4-6 one people, one language, one purpose ->
Unity!
1. build ourselves
2. build ourselves into a city
3. build ourselves up to reach heaven
4. build ourselves a name
5. build to maintain unity
• They are known for coveteous building:
self worship!
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Babylonian Building Material
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he
may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against
thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Babylonian Building Material
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he
may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against
thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Third Woe:
Babylonian Bloodshed
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with
blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that
the people shall labour in the very fire, and
the people shall weary themselves for very
vanity?
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WOW
• 14 For the earth shall be filled with the
knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the
waters cover the sea.
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Conclusions Here’s what we
covered: Chapter 2:5-14
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Intro (v 2:5-6a)
3 Woes (v 6b-13)
Wow, Exclamation about the Lord! (v 14)
Next time:
– 2 Woes (v 15-19)
– Wow, Exclamation about the Lord! (v 20)
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What were the three Woes
(2:6-13) and the Wow! (14)?
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Woe One (vs 6-8) Economic Exploiting
Woe Two (vs 9-11) Coveteousness
Woe Three (vs 12-13) Bloodshed
Wow! (vs 14) Knowledge of God will
one day fill the earth!
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Conclusion: How do you live
your life?
• Economics
– Do you create wealth, or
– Do you steal it from others?
• Coveteousness
– Peace and Thanksgiving or
– Dissatisfied, complaining
• Bloodshed
– Erase the debt against you or
– Tablets of Unforgiveness and hatred?
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Amo
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Joash
(Jehoash)
Azariah
Jotham
Ahaz
Asa
Amaziah
(20 Kings)
Jehosaphat
Judah
Rehoboam
Abijah
Jehoram Ahaziah
Athaliah
Kings Extra
(Uzziah)
Hezekiah Manasseh
Josiah
Jehoiakim
Zedekiah
Dethroned by murder
Guilty of Murder
Jehoahaz
Jehoiachin
GOOD
586 BC Jerusalem
Destroyed by
Babylon
Babylonians
Prophets
in Judah
Nahum
Prophets
Jonah
Assyrians
930 BC
880 BC
780 BC
Hoshea
722 BC Northern Tribes
Conquered by Assyria
Shallu
Zecharaih
830 BC
Pekah
Menahim
Pekahiah
Jeroboam
II
Jehoaz
Jehoash
Joram
Jehu
Ahaziah
Baasha
Omri
Ahab
Elah
Zimri
Tibni
Nadab
(20 Kings)
Jeroboam
I
in Israel
Israel
Habakkuk
730 BC
680 BC
630 BC
580 BC
530 BC
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BAD
930 BC
880 BC
Amo
n
Jotham
Ahaz
Menahim
Pekahiah
Zecharaih
830 BC
780 BC
Pekah
Hoshea
(Uzziah)
Hezekiah Manasseh
Josiah
586 BC Jerusalem
Destroyed by
Babylon
722 BC Northern Tribes
Conquered by Assyria
Shallu
Amaziah
Azariah
Jeroboam
II
Jehu
Jehoaz
Jehoash
Joram
Jehosaphat
Ahab
Joash
(Jehoash)
Ahaziah
Nadab
(20 Kings)
Baasha
Omri
Israel
Elah
Zimri
Tibni
(20 Kings)
Asa
Jeroboam
I
Judah
Rehoboam
Abijah
Jehoram Ahaziah
Athaliah
Kings Extra
Jehoiakim
Zedekiah
Dethroned by murder
Guilty of Murder
Jehoahaz
Jehoiachin
GOOD
730 BC
680 BC
630 BC
580 BC
530 BC
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