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【二○四、哈巴谷书有何重要预言？ （哈二4）】
答：先知哈巴谷在本书中的预言基督，是从互古太初就有自有永有的神，祂是根基盘石（哈一13；约一1，14，18；西一17；林前三11；彼前二4～8）。基督为人因信称义救恩之主，（哈二4；罗一17；三24；五1；弗二8，9）。是全地上的人敬拜圣殿之主（哈二20；约二16～21）。以及为审判世界大有能力威严荣耀之主。（哈三2，3，16；路廿一26，27）。——李道生《旧约圣经问题总解（上）》
【哈巴谷书所论的祈祷】哈巴谷书共三章，都是论到祈祷。第一章是因看不清现实的环境，发出急躁的祷告。第二章是因着看清楚将来，故在忍耐中祷告。第三章是因看到神的临在，就发出得胜的祷告。── 桑安柱《先知们的信息》
【哈巴谷书】
一、第一次与神的对话（一2~11）
1.先知的求问（一2~4）──神为何任凭罪恶与强暴存在？
2.神的答复（一5~11）──神将兴起迦勒底人做为惩罚罪恶之民的工具
二、第二次与神的对话（一12~二20）
1.先知的求问（一12~二1）
神为何使用比犹大更恶更坏的巴比伦为刑罚工具来执行审判呢？
2.神的答复（二2~20）
神也必惩罚迦勒底人（五祸或五大罪及其审判）而且，
(1)义人必因信得生（二4）
(2)认识耶和华荣耀的知识要充满遍地（二14）
(3)全地的人都要敬畏地事奉，敬拜神（二20）
三、先知的祷告与歌颂
1.求神复兴祂作为的祷告（三2）
2.为过去而赞美（三3~15）
求算，记念神大能的作为
(1)摩西出埃及
(2)约书亚征服迦南
3.为将来而歌颂（三17~19）
── 于宏洁《小先知书》
【哈巴谷由饮泣到欢呼的心路历程】
一、他坦诚地在神面前陈述心中的苦恼和疑团
二、哈巴谷决定等候神，他说：「我要站在守望所，立在楼上观看，看耶和华对我说什么话。」
三、哈巴谷听到神的解答之后，就欢呼歌颂神。一切就都改变了——不是外面的环境，是他自己的内心，是他的灵性！当他只看外面的环境，他就灰心颓唐，当他等候神的说话，他就能欢呼高歌！
四、让我们永远把哈巴谷的信心放在前面来学习，因为有一天，认识耶和华荣光的知识要充满全地，而那一天不会太远了，就在眼前了。基督要来，这是我们的大喜讯，愿神帮助我们以真的信来儆醒，以真的希望来等候，又以真的爱来服事——直到他来！
——巴斯德《归纳性研经》
【哈巴谷之预言】
一、不易信的一奇事
1、这件事应验于迦勒底人之掳掠（一6~11）
2、这件事更应验于罗马之驱散—保罗在彼西底的安提阿讲道时，曾印证哈巴谷的话（参徒十三18，40，41）
二、快要临到的日期（二3；来十37~38）；一则，是一定的，是神所定的，神为他一定的事工，皆有一定的日期，是神特别定规的日期。二则，是必要应验的，“快要应验，并不虚谎”。三则，是需要等待的。“主所应许的尚未成就，有人以为他是耽延，其实不是耽延，乃是宽容……”（彼后三9）
三、信仰上最大的标题（二4；罗一17，加三11~14；来十38）──“义人因信得生”：
1、印证此言指着异邦（加三11~14）
2、也是指着犹太（来十38；何三4）
3、更是指着犹太和异邦（罗一16~17，十一26~27）
四、世界的黄金时代（二14；赛十一9~12）：一则，世界的劳苦叹息已过去，不论选民、异邦，全世界皆充满了罪恶，满了痛苦。何幸有一天，这各方面的痛苦都在止息，连万物也要一同“得享神儿女自由的荣耀”（罗八21~23）。二则，认识主的知识要充满遍地，世界一切痛苦、一切失败，全因不认识耶和华而来。到那日，认识耶和华的知识，要充满遍地，如水充满洋海。这种属灵的知识，是极“荣耀”的，是神的荣耀，也是人类的荣耀。
五、全地一致的崇拜（二20；启卅3）
1、“惟耶和华在他的圣殿中”——惟他是神，他的帐幕要在人间，要和人同住。
2、“全地的人都当在他的面前肃静”——此时认识耶和华荣耀的知识，既充满遍地，如水充满洋海，万口都颂扬主，万膝都跪拜主。
此五种预言，有很自然的次序，是从犹大家被掳，说到他么被赶散天下，直到耶稣二次再来，千禧年国成立，基督为王。到那时，要看见主的荣耀充满大地，惟耶和华在他的殿中，全地的人都当在他面前肃静静默。——贾玉铭《圣经要义》
【哈巴谷的信心】
一、以信诘问神(一2~4，12~17)
1、信神是永在的——“从亘古而有”（一12）
2、信神是圣洁公义的（一3，12~13）
3、信神是听人祈祷的（一2）——在此，哈巴谷所以大胆诘问神，正是因为他笃信神的神格，他是永远可靠的，乐意听人祷告的神。
二、以信称义得生（二4）
1、是重在“义”（罗一17）
2、是重在“信”（加三11~14）
3、是重在“生”（来十38）
三、以信立于望楼（二1~3）
1、各教会中急需有守望楼
2、更需要有人站在守望楼
3、急需而又急需者，是有人以信站在守望楼——哈巴谷因为有信，即站在守望楼上：一则，在那里作了会众的眼目“立在望楼上观看”。二则，在那里替会众儆醒。三则，在那里凭信心忍待神的回答，如得不到神的回答，即站在那里等候不离去，直到“看耶和华对我说什么话”。四则，在那里代会众申诉，即代表会众把他们的心愿、冤枉，向神申诉。
四、以信说预言
1、因其骄狂纵欲（二5~8）
2、因其贪财不义（二9~11）
3、因其肆行残暴（二12~13）
4、因其沉缅于酒（二15~17）
5、因其拜像崇邪（二18~19）
五、以信奋兴教会（三2）（弗二10；林前三9）
1、本是处于神的旨意
2、神将此旨意放在爱教会的人心中
3、爱教会者即为教会奋兴祷告
4、神即允人祷告，而复兴他的教会
六、以信安度生活（三17~18）
1、以物质言之（三17）——本处所言是兵祸以后，荒旱的现象。无花果、葡萄酒与橄榄油三者皆犹太人生活中之日用品。
2、以灵性言之（三19）——一则，主事我的力量，是我的灵性的力量。二则，主使脚快如母鹿，奔走灵程，力上加力。三则，使我稳行在高处，越走越到高尚的地步。凡此莫非信心的效力。
七、以信遥望主国
1、关于主首次来（一5；徒十三37~41）所行的一件令人惊奇、不易相信的事。
2、关于主二次再来（二14；赛十一9~12）“认识耶和华荣耀的知识，要充满遍地”时，即基督荣耀的国度实现时。
——贾玉铭《圣经要义》
【哈巴谷信心的日子】
一、信心日的清晨
1、“信”——灵生命最初的动机或起点，即在于一个“信”字。信心好像属灵的眼，睁开即看见了真光。
2、“义”——人灵生命之丧失，是因为罪，使人与神隔绝，使人死在罪中。
3、“生”——得救即得生，未得生命，即未得救。
二、信心日之午时（二14）
1、以量言——此即救恩普世，主荣丕显的时候，故也可称为信心日的午时。
2、以质言——此即各人信心日的午间。
3、以质与量言——因为以量言，与救恩的各方面，皆已亲历；以质言，于救恩的每一方面已有深切的经验，也即到了信心日的午时了。
三、信心日的晚间（三17~19），本处所言，是指信心的暮景。
1、按生命言——三种树皆表信徒，但一颗树不发旺、不结果、不效力时并不失望，仍然因耶和华欢欣，因救我的神喜乐，因为生命发展是在于主。
2、按生活言——当无花果树不发旺，葡萄树不结果，橄榄树不效力时，是处境最困难时，但信心的安慰与喜乐，并不因此而减少。
3、按工作言——此时有什么工作可作呢？还有什么兴趣工作呢？但是信心的能力，正是在这无工作可作，或不能工作的时候，更显出工作的能力与效率。
——贾玉铭《圣经要义》
Habakkuk’s Four Experiences
I. In Ch. 1 the prophet is a Man with a Burden—on the Ground looking round (1.1)
II. In Ch. 2 he is a Man with a Vision—on the Watchtower looking out (2.1~2)
III. In Ch. 3 he is a Man with a Prayer—in the Sanctuary looking up (3.1~2)
IV. In Ch. 3 he is a Man with a Song—on the heights looking down (3.17~19)
── Archibald Naismith《Outlines for Sermons》
Habakkuk - From A Sob To A Song (1:1-3:19)
INTRODUCTION
1. We have seen that during the O.T. period known as "Judah Alone"...
a. Zephaniah was prophesying to Judah
b. Nahum was pronouncing God's judgment upon Nineveh
2. Then there was Habakkuk, a prophet filled with troubling questions
a. Concerning his NAME
1) It means "Embrace"
2) "His name, as Luther well puts it, speaks as one who took his
nation to his heart, comforted it and held it up, as one
embraces and presses to his bosom a poor weeping child,
calming and consoling it with good hope." (Geikie)
b. Concerning the DATE
1) Around 612-606 B.C.
2) Just as Babylon was making her westward move toward world
conquest
c. Concerning his MESSAGE: the book easily falls into three sections
1) A "burden" - Hab 1:1-2:1
2) A "vision" - Hab 2:2-20
3) A "prayer" - Hab 3:1-19
3. We note an immediate difference between Habakkuk and other
prophets...
a. Instead of taking the Lord's message directly to the people (as
do most prophets)
b. He takes the complaint of the people directly to the Lord,
representing them in the complaint
-- As he does so, it has been said that Habakkuk goes "From A Sob To
A Song"
[This process begins with a "burden" as found in the first section of
his message...]
I. HIS "BURDEN": FAITH GRAPPLING WITH A PROBLEM
A. THE PROPHET RAISES A QUESTION...
1. He laments over apparent rule of wickedness and violence
2. How can the Lord justify His apparent indifference to such
things? - Hab 1:1-4
B. GOD'S ANSWER...
1. He is not indifferent!
2. He is doing something that will be hard to fathom - Hab 1:5-11
a. Raising up the Chaldeans (Babylon) to execute His judgment
b. Using a violent nation that arrogantly thinks it is serving
its own god (and purpose)
C. THE PROPHET'S SECOND QUESTION...
1. How can a holy God employ such an impure and godless agent?
- Hab 1:12-17
2. This is hard for Habakkuk to understand, but he will watch to
see what the Lord will say to him - Hab 2:1
[Indeed, it is a heavy "burden" for Habakkuk. God has answered his
first question by saying He will use the Chaldeans to punish the
wickedness and violence in Judah. But the Chaldeans are wicked also,
how can God use them?
Habakkuk receives his answer in the form of a "vision"...]
II. HIS "VISION": FAITH GRASPING THE SOLUTION
A. GOD'S ANSWER: FIRST, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH...
1. Habakkuk is to write what God reveals to him - Hab 2:2-3
2. The proud is not upright; but the just shall live by his faith
- Hab 2:4
B. GOD'S ANSWER: SECOND, GOD WILL JUDGE THE PROUD...
1. Woe to the proud possessed with the lust of conquest and
plunder - Hab 2:5-8
2. Woe to their efforts to build a permanent empire through
cruelty and godless gain - Hab 2:9-11
3. Woe to those who build cities with bloodshed - Hab 2:12-14
4. Woe to those with cruelty in their treatment of those they
conquered - Hab 2:15-17
5. Woe to those given over to idolatry - Hab 2:18-20
a. Who worship that in which there is no breath at all
b. While the Lord is in His holy temple, before whom the earth
should keep silence
[The answer to Habakkuk's second question appears to be this: While
God may use a wicked nation like Babylon to punish the wickedness of
Judah, He will not let Babylon's wickedness go unpunished either!
In the meantime, the just (righteous) person will live by his faith in
God, which Habakkuk illustrates with his "prayer"...]
III. HIS "PRAYER": FAITH GLORYING IN ASSURANCE
A. PETITION FOR GOD'S ACTION AND MERCY...
1. Written in the form of a psalm - Hab 3:1,19c
2. Asking God to revive His works, and in His wrath remember
mercy - Hab 3:2
B. PRAISE FOR GOD'S PAST DELIVERANCE...
1. His mighty works in the past - Hab 3:3-7
2. Bringing both judgment to the wicked and salvation to His
people - Hab 3:8-15
C. PROFESSION OF FAITH...
1. He trembled at what he has heard, that he will have rest in
the day of trouble - Hab 3:16
2. But he expresses his faith, that while trouble may come he
will rejoice in the Lord who will be his strength - Hab 3:
17-19
-- Here we find one of the greatest expressions of faith found
anywhere!
CONCLUSION
1. What lessons can we glean from this short book? (as suggested by
Homer Hailey)
a. The universal supremacy of God's judgment upon the wicked
1) God would use Chaldea to punish wicked Judah
2) Then Chaldea would be destroyed for its own wickedness
b. Evil is self-destructive
1) If the righteous can be patient, trusting in the Lord
2) The tyranny and arrogance of the wicked will eventually fall
c. The fact of divine discipline
1) In Job it is shown in the suffering of the individual
2) In Habakkuk it is shown in the suffering of the nation
-- In both cases, suffering is disciplinary
2. Perhaps the most important lesson concerns the value of "faith"...
a. By it the righteous in Habakkuk's day would live
b. Even more so today!
1) In receiving salvation - Ro 1:16-17
2) In persevering - He 10:35-39
-- Notice that both quote from Hab 2:4
But our faith must not be a shallow faith; it must be like that
expressed by Habakkuk...
"Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no
food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there
be no herd in the stalls;"
"Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like
deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills."
Habakkuk 3:17-19
Is this our kind of faith?
－－《Executable Outlines》
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