The Coming Glory of God’s House
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: 2Pe 1:21Hag 1:1Hag 2:20Hag 1:15Hag 2:10 “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, 1 the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them, Hag 1:1Ezr 1:8Ezr 2:63Hag 1:14Neh 8:9 ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’ Ezr 3:12Luk 21:5-6Ezk 7:20Hag 2:9Zec 4:9-10
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, 1Ch 28:20Deu 31:23Jos 1:9Zec 8:92Sa 5:102Ti 2:11Ch 22:131Co 16:13
declares the LORD.
Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak,
the high priest.
And be strong, all you people of the land,
declares the LORD.
Work! For I am with you,
declares the LORD of Hosts.
This is the promise I made to you Exo 29:45-46Exo 34:10Isa 41:13Neh 9:20Exo 33:12-14Zec 8:13Zec 8:15Act 27:24
when you came out of Egypt.
And My Spirit remains among you;
do not be afraid.”
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Heb 12:26-28Isa 10:25Act 2:19Luk 21:25-27Mrk 13:24-26Hag 2:21-22Jol 2:30-32Jol 3:16
“Once more, in a little while,
I will shake the heavens and the earth, 2
the sea and the dry land.
I will shake all the nations, Mal 3:11Ki 8:11Jhn 7:37-39Dan 2:44-45Luk 2:10-11Ezk 21:27Gen 22:18Gen 49:10
and they will come with all their treasures,
and I will fill this house with glory,
says the LORD of Hosts.
The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, Psa 50:10-12Psa 24:11Ch 29:14-16Isa 60:17Isa 60:131Ki 6:20-35
declares the LORD of Hosts.
The latter glory of this house Psa 85:8-9Col 1:19-212Co 3:9-10Psa 24:7-101Ti 3:16Isa 9:6-7Mic 5:5Act 10:36
will be greater than the former,
says the LORD of Hosts.
And in this place I will provide peace,
declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Blessings for a Defiled People
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying, Hag 2:20Hag 1:1Hag 1:15 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling. Lev 10:10-11Deu 33:10Mal 2:7Deu 17:8-11Ezk 44:23-24Tit 1:9 If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” Lev 6:27Mat 23:19Exo 29:37Ezk 44:19Lev 6:29Lev 7:6
“No,” replied the priests.
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” Lev 22:4-6Num 19:11-22Num 5:2-3Num 9:6-10
“Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled. Pro 28:9Tit 1:15Hag 1:4-11Isa 1:11-15Pro 15:8Ezr 3:2-3Jud 1:23Pro 21:27
Now consider carefully from this day forward: 3 Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, Hag 1:5Ezr 3:10Ezr 4:24Hag 1:7Hag 2:181Co 11:31Hos 14:9Isa 5:12 from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, 4 there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, 5 there were but twenty. Hag 1:6Pro 3:9-10Hag 1:9-11Mal 2:2Zec 8:10-12 I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. Deu 28:22Hag 1:11Hag 1:91Ki 8:37Amo 4:8-11Jer 5:32Ch 28:222Ch 6:28
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: Zec 8:9Ezr 5:1-2Hag 2:15Zec 8:12Deu 32:29Hag 1:14-15Hag 2:10Luk 15:17-20 Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.” Mal 3:10Hab 3:17-18Pro 3:9-10Mat 6:33Gen 26:12Zec 8:11-15Deu 15:10Psa 128:1-5
Zerubbabel the LORD’s Signet Ring
For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying, “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth: Hag 2:6-7Zec 4:6-10Ezr 5:2Hag 1:1Heb 12:26-27Psa 46:6Rev 16:17-191Ch 3:19
I will overturn royal thrones Mic 5:10Jdg 7:22Ezk 39:20Mat 24:7Mic 5:15Psa 46:9Zec 10:11Zec 4:6
and destroy the power
of the kingdoms of the nations.
I will overturn chariots and their riders;
horses and their riders will fall,
each by the sword of his brother.
On that day, Isa 43:10Isa 42:1Jer 22:24Sng 8:6Zec 4:6-141Pe 2:4Mat 12:182Ti 2:19
declares the LORD of Hosts,
I will take you, My servant,
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,
declares the LORD,
and I will make you like My signet ring,
for I have chosen you,
declares the LORD of Hosts.”