Welcome to part two of Dr. Josh Matsu.

Josh, what did you got for us for Habakkuk?

I think it would be appropriate to start with my story of Habakkuk.

I actually ran into Habakkuk as a 19 year old pre-missionary, getting ready to leave

on my mission, and I was attending a temple session in the Idaho Falls Temple for the

first time.

And as you walk past the recommend desk into the temple, the doorway that goes into the

chapel above it is a reference to Habakkuk 2.20.

And I remember as a 19 year old looking up and reading the words of Habakkuk 2.20, but

the Lord is in his holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before him and asking,

who is Habakkuk?

And why was he so important that we're putting his name up on the wall of the temple in

Idaho Falls?

That was my introduction to Habakkuk.

I actually have loved the book ever since, and we'll talk about the context of 2.20,

because it's going to make a lot of sense of why that verse is there and also why it's

really impactful for a temple.

But the name Habakkuk is the first thing that catches my eye, and the root for Habakkuk

is somewhat unknown, but it's really close to a word that's used frequently in Genesis

to enfold, clasp, or embrace.

Habakkuk has something to do with this idea of embracing or clasping or enfolding, and

I found it used in two different ways in Genesis.

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