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Habakkuk 2:20

The Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The temple of Jehovah.

I. THE HOLY TEMPLE.

1. Its material dimensions. The universe. "Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord" (). "The Lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands," but in that which his own hands have fashioned (). He "filleth all in all" (Ephesians L 23).

2. Its inner shrine. Heaven, the habitation of his holiness (; ), his dwelling place (; ), the throne of his glory (; In. ), the place of his immediate presence (; ), the abode of the redeemed (; ), his temple proper (; ).

3. Its distinctive designation. Holy, as being the temple of a holy God, which only the holy in spirit can enter, and in which holy services alone can be performed.

II. THE INDWELLING DEITY.

1. His name. Jehovah, the Self-existent and Immutable One. "I am that I am" ().

2. His attributes. Omnipresence, since he is in his holy temple (; ); omniscience, since all are before him (; ; ).

3. His character. Gracious, since he condescends to receive the homage of worshippers, and to hold communication and correspondence with them.

II. THE SILENT WORSHIPPERS.

1. Their persons. "All the earth;" i.e. all the inhabitants thereof, if all are not as yet (; ), all ought to be (; ; ), and all one day will be (; ; ; ) worshippers of the one living and true God.

2. Their attitude. "Before him"—in his presence, beneath his eye, before his throne, at his footstool. God's worshippers should strive to realize the immediate presence of him whom they worship (; ; ).

3. Their devotion. "Silence;" expressive of reverence before his majesty (), of submission beneath his authority (), of trust in his mercy (), of expectant waiting for his utterances whether of commandment or promise ().

Learn:

1. That the highest glory of the universe is God's presence in it.

2. That man's truest hope springs from the vicinity of God.

3. That the finest worship may at times be inaudible.

4. That God oftenest speaks to those who are waiting to hear him.

HOMILIES BY S.D. HILLMAN

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