﻿ What does it mean that God came from Teman (Habakkuk 3:3)?
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came from Teman Question: "What does it mean that God came from
Teman (Habakkuk 3:3)?"  Habakkuk 3 consists of a hymn of praise
to God. Verse 3 begins a section that says, “God came from
Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.” What exactly does
this mean? What is the significance of God’s coming from Teman?
When Habakkuk states, “God came from Teman,” he speaks of God as
appearing out of the East; that is, He is shining over His
people like the rising sun. God breaks the darkness and
initiates a new day. Teman was a city or region in southern
Edom, to the east of Israel (Genesis 36:11, 15, 34, 42; 1
Chronicles 1:36, 45, 53; Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13; Amos
1:12; Obadiah 1:9). Teman was also the home of one of Job’s
friends (Job 22:1; 42:7, 9). Likewise, Mount Paran, a mountain
opposite of Teman (Deuteronomy 33:2-4), was also east of Israel
(Genesis 21:21).  The next verses in Habak