Haggai 2:3
That saw — Near fourscore years ago. This house — The temple built by Solomon.... [ Continue Reading ]
That saw — Near fourscore years ago. This house — The temple built by Solomon.... [ Continue Reading ]
My spirit — Of strength and courage, of wisdom and understanding.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet once — After many confirmations of the new covenant, one more, remains to be made. A little while — Tho' above five hundred years, yet this was but a little time compared with that between the promise to Adam and Christ's coming. I will shake — Whether it be metaphorical or literal, it was verif... [ Continue Reading ]
All nations — Which was literally fulfilled in the overthrow of the Persian monarchy by the Grecians, in the civil wars, and succeeding troubles among Alexander's successors, the growth of the Roman power by subduing their neighbours, and their dissentions and home — bred wars. The desire — Christ t... [ Continue Reading ]
The silver — The treasures of both: doubt not therefore but I will give enough to build this house.... [ Continue Reading ]
In this place — In my house, a type of Christ. Peace — A spiritual, internal, and heavenly peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
Concerning the law — What the law saith in this case.... [ Continue Reading ]
Holy flesh — Part of the sacrifice, legally sanctified, or made holy by the altar on which the whole was sanctified. In the skirt — In the lap of his garment, or in any other cloth, and if this cloth touch any common thing as bread, &c., shall that become legally holy?... [ Continue Reading ]
Said — Now the second case is proposed. These — Bread or pottage, wine or oil, or meat. Unclean — Shall that which the unclean doth touch, become unclean? Though a mediate touch of what is holy will not make holy, yet will not a mediate touch of what is polluted defile?... [ Continue Reading ]
So — Polluted persons, touching what is clean, pollute it, so polluted Jews, polluted God's ordinances, while the outward performing of legal duties, left them as unholy in themselves, as they were before: somewhat more then is to be done. The soul is first to be purified, that they and we may offer... [ Continue Reading ]
Upward — Through past years. Before — Before you would set upon the re — building of the temple after you had intermitted it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Since — All the while the temple lay neglected. When one came — Men are disappointed half in half. But ten — Which he expected would prove twenty measures, ephahs or bushels. It proved but half your hope, thus your corn failed, and your oil much more.... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessing — Burning, and scorching winds. All the labours — In your plowing and sowing, in planting of olives and vines.... [ Continue Reading ]
From the day — When you began to build on the old foundation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Is the seed — Your seed for the next harvest is yet in your barns. Hath not brought forth — No sign yet appears what vintage you shall have, what store of wine, oil, figs, and pomegranates. Yet in the word of God I tell you, you shall be blest in them all, and have a large produce.... [ Continue Reading ]
My servant — A type of him who was God's most beloved servant. As a signet — Which is very highly valued, and carefully kept. So shall the antitypical Zerubbabel, the Messiah, be advanced, loved, and inviolably preserved king, and supreme over his church. He is indeed the signet on God's right — han... [ Continue Reading ]