CHAPTER 2. GOD WILL RESTORE HIS PEOPLE. This second chapter divides up into three parts, conveying three promises: 1). The promise that God will take this seemingly inadequate Temple that they have built and will make it more glorious than they could ever have dreamed of, so that it will bring ble... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD'S HOUSE WILL BECOME A HOUSE FOR ALL NATIONS, FILLED WITH GLORY (HAGGAI 2:1). God's first promise springing from their obedience is that, in spite of unpromising beginnings, His House will attract all nations, so that His House will be filled with glory. Haggai 2:1 ‘In the seventh month, in th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RESTORATION OF CURRENT BLESSING (HAGGAI 2:10). Two months after the previous message, on the day that the foundations or building of the new Temple were finally established, Haggai brings both a warning and a promise. He does this in terms of whether purity and holiness can be passed on by cont... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE AND THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH AND OF GOD'S KINGDOM (HAGGAI 2:20). Here we have the third of the three promises. The first was that the Temple would be for all nations, the second that their near future would flourish, and now thirdly that the Prince who has established the Templ... [ Continue Reading ]