Habakkuk: Faith, Justice, and Trusting God in Difficult Times

Habakkuk: Faith, Justice, and Trusting God in Difficult Times is a focused 10-lesson study of Habakkuk 1-3. Students follow the prophet from his first complaint about violence and injustice through God's surprising answer, the call for the righteous to live by faith, the woes against oppressive power, the promise of God's glory filling the earth, and Habakkuk's final prayer of confident joy even when visible resources disappear.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the literary movement of Habakkuk from complaint to trust and worship.
• Explain Habakkuk's questions concerning violence, injustice, and God's apparent delay.
• Understand God's surprising announcement concerning the Babylonians without confusing divine providence with moral approval of Babylonian violence.
• Explain the watchman's posture and the importance of waiting for God's appointed time.
• Interpret Habakkuk 2:4 in its original context and recognize its later New Testament significance.
• Identify the sins condemned in the five woes against oppressive power.
• Explain the promise that the earth will be filled with knowledge of the Lord's glory.
• Contrast living trust in God with idolatry and false security.
• Understand Habakkuk 3 as prayer, remembrance, awe, and confidence in God.
• Apply Habakkuk responsibly to prayer, injustice, uncertainty, waiting, endurance, faith, and joy.

Course Content

Ten substantial self-study lessons cover Habakkuk 1-3: the prophet's first complaint, God's surprising answer, the second complaint, standing at the watch, the righteous living by faith, woes against greed and exploitation, the knowledge of God's glory filling the earth, violence and idolatry, Habakkuk's prayer, and the final declaration of joy in God despite agricultural and economic collapse. Each lesson includes substantial HTML teaching, one plain-text assignment, and four multiple-choice review questions.