A casual glance at the condition of our world will reveal just how far away from God our society has traveled.

Political tension, financial instability, widespread violence, and the list goes on and on. All of this is a

reminder that we need revival. In this study, Scott Pauley leads us through a study of the Old

Testament book of Habakkuk and brings a comparison from our day to the day in which Habakkuk served.

What was needed in his day is exactly what our world needs today.

Heaven sent revival.

Let's consider his message and receive help from Habakkuk.

The spike in violent crime and bloodshed all around the world is astounding.

I mean, we are watching before our very eyes, things we've never seen before.

It's not my purpose today to rehash the news.

That's not what any of us need. We get enough of that.

It is rather to give you a divine perspective on this earthly predicament. We've come to the

third woe in Habakkuk chapter number two. It's found in verses 12, 13, and 14, and this

particular woe is on violence. Now, that's significant because

violence is a mark of Satan's work. Violence is a mark of the flesh, of anger and wrath. It is

never a mark of the Lord's nature, of the meekness and gentleness of Christ. There certainly

is a time to stand, there's a time to fight, as a time to defend. There are righteous battles

that's born out in scripture, but to simply be violent and to inflict harm on others and to

hurt other people made in the image of God

is inexcusable. And that's why we read in Habakkuk chapter 2 beginning in verse number 12,

woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and establisheth a city by iniquity.

Behold, it is not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor and the very fire

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