Habakkuk 2:14
“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.”
King James Version
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The ultimate global knowledge of God's glory, partially inaugurated in the gospel age, fully realized in the new creation.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 11:9 Revelation 21:3
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishEschatological hope — the Messianic age when Torah knowledge fills the world. Central to Jewish universalist eschatology.
CatholicProgressively fulfilled through the Church's evangelization; fully at the Parousia.
ProtestantBeing fulfilled through global gospel proclamation; fully at the consummation.
AcademicDraws on Isaiah 11:9 tradition. Part of the 'golden age' prophetic genre common in ANE literature.
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