Theology of the Book of Habakkuk

Pisac ovog članka pokušava proniknuti u Knjigu proroka Habakuka otkrivajući njenu temeljnu teološku misao, koja se može nazrijeti već iz samog značenja prorokova imena (\u27zagrliti’): Božja se ljubav prema izabranom narodu i pojedincu može predočiti zagrljajem. Identifikaciju Habakuka, glazbenika iz Levijeva plemena, pisac temelji - u nedostatku vanjskih - isključivo na unutarnjim odrednicama Knjige proroka Habakuka, a zatim raspravlja o datumu nastanka knjige, navodeći različna mišljenja, da bi se sam opredijelio za \u27raniji datum od vremena vladavine kralja Joakima’, prije razdoblja između 609. i 605. god. prije Krista i prije babilonskog sužanjstva, i to ponovno na temelju unutarnje referencije (1,6). Središnja se rasprava u ovome članku odnosi na pitanje proročke borbe i vizije, na očitovanje Habakukove misli iz apostrofiranja Boga i porabe njegovih imena / Jahve, Stijena, Svetac moj/, na susret s Bogom koji nestrpljivost proroka preobraća u mimo čekanje, na odnos Božjih sudova i \u27prirodnih’ konsekvenci za grešno postupanje, na Božju istragu prije sudbenog pravorijeka i, napokon, na \u27veliki motiv\u27 - spasiteljsku vjeru, od koje \u27pravednik živi\u27. Na kraju, zamjedba o tome daje samo jedan susret s Božanstvom bio dostatan da od kritičara postane obožavatelj - djeluje poticajno i usmjerava na osobno vjersko iskustvo i proslavljanje Boga kao njegov najradosniji dio.The writer of this article is trying to extract the basic theological motive in the Book of Habakkuk, which seems to be suggested from the very meaning of the prophet’s name, ’embrace’: God’s love toward his chosen people and individual members could be illustrated by an embrace. The identity of Habakkuk, the musician from the tribe o f Levi, is based exclusively on the internal evidences of the book since the external data simply do dot exist. On the basis of the internal evidences (1,6) also, the author discusses briefly the date of the Book of Habakkuk, addressing the major opinions on the subject and personally opts for the earlier date of writing before the reign of the king Jehoiakim, before the period between 609. and 605. B.C., and before the Babylonian exile. The Central discussion in this article is around prophet’s message which he called "burden" and the vision of the "grand motif ’ which is "the righteous shall live by faith" (2,4). The author analyses various God’s names (Jahveh, My Holy One) and establishes God’s sovereign dealing with his people and the Babylonians. It seems that only one encounter with God is enough to change a critic of God into his admirer - which is stimulating for a personal religious experience in which dark days become full of light in God’s coming in the person of Christ