WHO DO YOU TRUST? (4 OF 5)
Scripture: Habakkuk 2:13-14, Habakkuk 2:18-20
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Who Do You Trust? (4 of 5)
Series: Habakkuk: Trusting God in Uncertain Times
Stephen Whitney
Habakkuk 2:13-14, 18-20
The city of Babylon was built on the banks of the Euphrates River. It was the largest city in the world in 600 BC which was 2,200 acres or 3.5 miles square with a population of 200,000 people. King Nebuchadnezzar built the famous hanging gardens for one of his wives, who was homesick for the mountains where she grew up. He made a mountain built on the roof of his palace complex where trees and other plants grew which were watered with an ingenious hydraulic system that lifted the water from the river to the top of the elevated gardens. They became so famous the Greeks called them one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
The city was surrounded by a system of double walls that were 85 feet high (the height of an eight-story building). The outer wall was 17 miles long. The walls were so wide that they had chariot races on the top of them. There were eight gates into the city, the most famous was the Ishtar Gate on the north side of the city. It was 50 feet high and made of blue glazed bricks with pictures of lions and their many gods.
The processional street which led from the gate was about 1,000 yards long and was decorated on either side by enameled bricks showing 120 lions and 575 dragons and bulls. There were more than 50 temples to different gods in the city.
Daniel 4:29-30 Nebuchadnezzar was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon and the king said, ''Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?''
God humbled Nebuchadnezzar by making him act like an animal for seven years (Daniel 4:32-33). The magnificent city was conquered by the Medes and Persians just a few years later because they did not honor and worship God (Daniel 5:28-31).
God judges those who trust in themselves instead of him. True security is found in God alone - not an ...
Series: Habakkuk: Trusting God in Uncertain Times
Stephen Whitney
Habakkuk 2:13-14, 18-20
The city of Babylon was built on the banks of the Euphrates River. It was the largest city in the world in 600 BC which was 2,200 acres or 3.5 miles square with a population of 200,000 people. King Nebuchadnezzar built the famous hanging gardens for one of his wives, who was homesick for the mountains where she grew up. He made a mountain built on the roof of his palace complex where trees and other plants grew which were watered with an ingenious hydraulic system that lifted the water from the river to the top of the elevated gardens. They became so famous the Greeks called them one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
The city was surrounded by a system of double walls that were 85 feet high (the height of an eight-story building). The outer wall was 17 miles long. The walls were so wide that they had chariot races on the top of them. There were eight gates into the city, the most famous was the Ishtar Gate on the north side of the city. It was 50 feet high and made of blue glazed bricks with pictures of lions and their many gods.
The processional street which led from the gate was about 1,000 yards long and was decorated on either side by enameled bricks showing 120 lions and 575 dragons and bulls. There were more than 50 temples to different gods in the city.
Daniel 4:29-30 Nebuchadnezzar was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon and the king said, ''Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?''
God humbled Nebuchadnezzar by making him act like an animal for seven years (Daniel 4:32-33). The magnificent city was conquered by the Medes and Persians just a few years later because they did not honor and worship God (Daniel 5:28-31).
God judges those who trust in themselves instead of him. True security is found in God alone - not an ...
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