Habakkuk was writing and speaking to a church that was also an ethnic group, a national and geographically located people. Habakkuk was writing when the Assyrian empire was on its way out. The new empire on the horizon was Babylon. The nations were in turmoil and immorality was rampant. Habakkuk focuses on the Church (nation) and its problems.

James (Jim) Wilkins

Elder, United Church of God

Jim and his wife Gayle were baptized into the Church in the early seventies, were ordained deacon and deaconess in January 1986. Jim was ordained as an Elder in June 1994. They have served congregations in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Jim has a Masters in Biblical Studies.