Haggai 2:1-9
A COMFORTING ASSURANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
A COMFORTING ASSURANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, not even a full month after the construction of the Temple had been resumed, CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD BY THE PROPHET HAGGAI, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, the rest of those who had now re-turned from Babylon, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? the Temple of Solomon with its almost unequaled rich ornamentation. AND HOW DO YE SEE IT NOW? What impression did this second Temple make upon them as they observed it?. IS IT NOT IN YOUR EYES, IN COMPARISON OF IT, AS NOTHING? Any kind of... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord, filled with reassuring comfort; AND BE STRONG, O JOSHUA, SON OF JOSEDECH, THE HIGH PRIEST; AND BE STRONG, ALL YE PEOPLE OF THE LAND, SAITH THE LORD, all filled with the same reassurance, AND WORK, to complete the erection of the Temple; FOR I AM WITH... [ Continue Reading ]
according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, when Israel was formally accepted as Jehovah's people in the great assembly at Mount Sinai, SO MY SPIRIT REMAINETH AMONG YOU, to strengthen them for the successful conclusion of their work. FEAR YE NOT!... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the same powerful God of the covenant who had entered into fellowship with them at Horeb, YET ONCE, IT IS A LITTLE WHILE, but a short time as men reckon time, AND I WILL SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND THE DRY LAND, in a mighty commotion involving pr... [ Continue Reading ]
and I will shake all nations, all of them being drawn into this agitation, AND THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS, the long-expected Messiah, SHALL COME; AND I WILL FILL THIS HOUSE, now so lowly and unpretentious, WITH GLORY, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, for which reason it would be a small matter for Him to fill any mere earthly house with ornamentation and treasures beyond the dreams of avarice. But that is not the Lord's chief concern.... [ Continue Reading ]
The glory of this latter house, of the New Testament Church, of which this second Temple was but a feeble type and shadow, SHALL BE GREATER THAN OF THE FORMER, of the Jewish Church of the Old Testament, of which the Temple of Solomon was a type, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; AND IN THIS PLACE WILL I GIVE... [ Continue Reading ]
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, a little more than two months later, IN THE SECOND YEAR OF DARIUS, CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD BY HAGGAI, THE PROPHET, again by direct inspiration, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
A WARNING ADMONITION CONCERNING FALSE RIGHTEOUSNESS... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Ask now the priests concerning the Law, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
If one bear holy flesh In the skirt of his garment, namely, the meat of sacrifices which had been offered, AND WITH HIS SKIRT DO TOUCH BREAD OR POTTAGE, any of the holy food that was sodden, OR WINE OR OIL OR ANY MEAT, such as was used in offering sacrifices or in connection with sacrificial meals,... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body, by touching a corpse, TOUCH ANY OF THESE, SHALL IT BE UNCLEAN? AND THE PRIESTS ANSWERED AND SAID, IT SHALL BE UNCLEAN, again in perfect agreement with the Ceremonial Law of the Jews, Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 5:2; Numbers 9:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, saith the Lord, in His presence as Ruler and Judge; AND SO IS EVERY WORK OF THEIR HANDS, everything that they might undertake; AND THAT WHICH THEY OFFER THERE IS UNCLEAN. The children of Israel were in disgrace becaus... [ Continue Reading ]
And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, by applying their hearts to this problem, FROM BEFORE A STONE WAS LAID UPON A STONE IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, before its reconstruction was resumed;... [ Continue Reading ]
since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, a stack of sheaves which promised a yield of twenty bushels or pecks, THERE WERE BUT TEN; WHEN ONE CAME TO THE PRESS-FAT FOR TO DRAW OUT FIFTY VESSELS OUT OF THE PRESS, thinking that the harvest should have brought that much, THERE... [ Continue Reading ]
I smote you with blasting, with blight of the fruits and grains, AND WITH MILDEW, from excessive moisture, AND WITH HAIL IN ALL THE LABORS OF YOUR HANDS, the harvests over which they had worked so hard; YET YE TURNED NOT TO ME, SAITH THE LORD, all His punishments did not have the desired effect.... [ Continue Reading ]
Consider now from this day and upward, applying their hearts to the consideration of that which pertained to their best interests, FROM THE FOUR AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE NINTH MONTH, EVEN FROM THE DAY THAT THE FOUNDATION OF THE LORD'S TEMPLE WAS LAID, CONSIDER IT, for the entire period of time since... [ Continue Reading ]
Is the seed yet in the barn? They were still suffering as a consequence of the shortage. YEA, AS YET THE VINE AND THE FIG-TREE AND THE POMEGRANATE AND THE OLIVE-TREE HATH NOT BROUGHT FORTH, the results of their former lack of zeal were still in evidence; FROM THIS DAY WILL I BLESS YOU. Times would n... [ Continue Reading ]
And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, this being a second revelation on the same day, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
A SPECIAL PROMISE TO ZERUBBABEL... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, in a message of encouragement which was nevertheless intended for the entire assembly of returned exiles, I WILL SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, setting their machinery in motion in the interest of His plans for His people;... [ Continue Reading ]
and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, all the world-powers opposed to His reign, AND I WILL DESTROY THE STRENGTH OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE HEATHEN, all the forces of evil that are opposed to the Church of the Lord; AND I WILL OVERTHROW THE CHARIOTS. AND THOSE THAT RIDE IN THEM, the leaders of th... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, Zerubbabel as a member of the family of David being a type of the coming Messiah, AND WILL MAKE THEE AS A SIGNET, a very precious possession in the eyes of its Oriental possessor;... [ Continue Reading ]