Nation rises up against nation and around the world and sin abounds at home. World powers aim an ever-increasing array of complex nuclear weapons at each other while they talk of peace. World War III seems incredibly imminent. While the stage is set for a global holocaust, an unsuspecting home audience fiddles a happy tune. The nation's moral fiber is being eaten away by a playboy philosophy that makes personal pleasure the supreme rule of life.
Hedonism catches fire while homes crumble.
Crime soars while the church sours. Drugs, divorce, and debauchery prevail and decency dies. Frivolity dances in the streets. In God We Trust' has become a meaningless slogan stamped on corroding coins. In such a world of crisis and chaos, Habakkuk speaks with clarity.