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Holy Prophet Habakkuk 12/15/2013
The holy prophet Habakkuk was the son of Shaphat of the tribe of Simeon. He prophesied 600 before Christ, in the reign of the Emperor Manassas. He foresaw the destruction of Jerusalem. When Nabuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, laid siege to Jerusalem, Habakkuk found shelter in the land of Ishmael, where from he returned and lived as a farmer. One day as he was carrying food to the workers in the field, an angel of God appeared to him and told him: “Take the food to Daniel, at the lions’ den in Babylon.“ And Habakkuk said: “Lord, I have not seen Babylon and I do not know where the den is“. Then the angel took him by his hair and instantly carried him the great distance to Babylon by the lions’ den where the Emperor Cyrus had thrown the prophet Daniel to punish him for refusing to worship the idols. “Daniel, Daniel take the food that the Lord sents you! “called out Habakkuk. And Daniel accepted the food and ate. Then the angel of God took Habakkuk again and returned him to Judea, to his field. Habakkuk prophesied the deliverance of Jerusalem and the time of Christ. He fell asleep in the Lord in advanced old age and was buried at the place called Chaldea. His holy relics were discovered at the time of the Emperor Theodosius the Great.
