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1. How to interpret Poetry

1. How to interpret Poetry. 2. The Bible GPS on Psalm 32. 3. The Bible GPS on Jeremiah 48: 29-33. 4. The Bible GPS on Habakkuk 1: 1-11. 5. The Bible GPS on Lamentations 1: 1-9. 6. The Bible GPS on Song of Songs 2: 3-13. Habakkuk. The GPS. 21 st Century. DIFFERENCES of Language

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1. How to interpret Poetry

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  1. 1. How to interpret Poetry 2. The Bible GPS on Psalm 32 3. The Bible GPS on Jeremiah 48: 29-33 4. The Bible GPS on Habakkuk 1: 1-11 5. The Bible GPS on Lamentations 1: 1-9 6. The Bible GPS on Song of Songs 2: 3-13

  2. Habakkuk The GPS 21st Century DIFFERENCES of Language Tradition Time Situation History C O M M U N I C A T I O N U N D E R S T A N D I N G A P P L I C A T I O N Messageto the original receiver

  3. The First Process: Understanding 1. Situation S.T.A.R.T. U N D E R S T A N D I N G 2. Type of literature 3. Analyze the passage 4. Relate the message to the rest of the Bible 5. Test your findings Messageto the original receiver

  4. The Steps of Understanding 1. Situation S.T.A.R.T. 1. Author: Little is known about Habakkuk except that he was a contemporary of Jeremiah and a man of vigorous faith rooted deeply in the religious traditions of Israel. 2. Date: Habakkuk lived in Judah toward the end of Josiah’s reign (640–609 b.c.) or at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s (609–598). 3. Message: Habakkuk was perplexed that wickedness, strife and oppression were rampant in Judah but God seemingly did nothing. He learns to wait patiently in faith.

  5. The Steps of Understanding 1. Situation S.T.A.R.T. 2. Type of literature

  6. 3. Analyze the passage 3.1 Look out for parallelisms, similes and methaphors, personification and hyperbole 3.2 Mark the main themes 3.3 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiver

  7. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 1Habakkuk’s Complaint 2 How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice?    Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,    and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous,    so that justice is perverted. (NIV)

  8. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 1Habakkuk’s Complaint 2How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice?    Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,    and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous,    so that justice is perverted. Parallelism (NIV)

  9. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 1Habakkuk’s Complaint 2How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,    and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous,    so that justice is perverted. Parallelism Parallelism (NIV)

  10. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 1Habakkuk’s Complaint 2How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,    and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous,    so that justice is perverted. Parallelism Parallelism Parallelism (NIV)

  11. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 1Habakkuk’s Complaint 2How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4Therefore the law is paralyzed,    and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous,    so that justice is perverted. Parallelism Parallelism Parallelism Parallelism (NIV)

  12. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer 5“Look at the nations and watch—    and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days    that you would not believe,    even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians,    that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth    to seize dwellings not their own. 7 They are a feared and dreaded people;    they are a law to themselves    and promote their own honor. (NIV)

  13. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer 5“Look at the nations and watch—    and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days    that you would not believe,    even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians,    that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth    to seize dwellings not their own. 7 They are a feared and dreaded people;    they are a law to themselves    and promote their own honor. Hyperbole (NIV)

  14. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer 5“Look at the nations and watch—    and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days    that you would not believe,    even if you were told. 6 I am raising up the Babylonians,    that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth    to seize dwellings not their own. 7They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves    and promote their own honor. Hyperbole Parallelism (NIV)

  15. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind    and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” (NIV)

  16. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind    and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” Simile (NIV)

  17. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind    and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” Simile Parallelism (NIV)

  18. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind    and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” Simile Parallelism Simile (NIV)

  19. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind   and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” Simile Parallelism Simile Parallelism Simile (NIV)

  20. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind   and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” Simile Parallelism Simile Parallelism Simile Parallelism (NIV)

  21. Habakkuk 1: 1-11 The LORD’s Answer continuous 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,    fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour; 9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordesadvance like a desert wind   and gather prisoners like sand. 10They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities;    by building earthen ramps they capture them. 11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.” Simile Parallelism Simile Parallelism Simile Parallelism Simile (NIV)

  22. 3. Analyze the passage Like Habakkuk, we can raise our lament to God. God hears the cry but sometimes answers in mysterious ways. 3.1 Look out for parallelisms, similes and methaphors, personification and hyperbole 3.2 Mark the main themes 3.3 Conclude and summarize the message to the original receiver

  23. 4. Relate the message to the broader Biblical and theological framework? 20 Why do you always forget us?    Why do you forsake us so long? (Lamentations 5– NIV) 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). (Mark 15 NIV) 5. Test your findings Like Habakkuk, we can raise our lament to God. God hears the cry but sometimes answers in mysterious ways. S T A R T

  24. 21st Century Like Habakkuk, we can raise our lament to God. God hears the cry but sometimes answers in mysterious ways. C O M M U N I C A T I O N U N D E R S T A N D I N G Incidental = Cultural, Ceremonial & Civil A P P L I C A T I O N Messageto the original receiver Essential = Moral

  25. TheGPS 21st Century C O M M U N I C A T I O N U N D E R S T A N D I N G Small Group A P P L I C A T I O N Messageto the original receiver

  26. Please read answer the following questions in the light of Day 160 of “The Bible as your GPS” or page 108 of “Hearing God’s Tweet” 1. Is it OK to compain to God? 2. What were Habakkuk’s specific complaints against God? 3. In what ways do the Christians that you know show that they are concerned (or unconcerned) about justice? 4. Verse 5 begins with God telling Habakkuk that he will be “utterly amazed.” What all did God say that must have astonished and confused Habakkuk? 5. From what you know about God, why does it seem possible that God would work even through the Babylonians? 6. Habakkuk moves from despair to hope. Read Habakkuk 3: 17-19 7. What touches you the most of this study?

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