Category: Haggai

(KJV) Haggai 2:23

In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

When the time came for God to shake the heavens and the earth, He would make Zerubbabel kike a signet ring. Such a ring could be used to stamp an official seal – like a signature – or given as a pledge or guarantee of a promise. This “ring” signified the official mark of God’ supreme authority and a pledge of favor toward God’s people. In addition, it likely represented a guarantee of God’s promise to send a final ruler who would emerge victorious when God overturned thrones and shattered earthly kingdoms (Haggai 2:22). This was Haggai’s prophecy about Jesus Christ, a descendant of Zerubbabel (Matthew 1:12-13). “On that day,” Jesus will be the supreme ruler with absolute authority over everything. 

Zerubbabel’s importance in relation to Christ is further revealed in the two New Testament genealogies, or family histories, of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:12-13; Luke 3:27). Zerubbabel is the center that ties both branches of Jesus Christ’s “family tree” together: form Solomon (son of King David) to Zerubbabel to Joseph (Jesus’ earthly father), and from Nathan (son of King David) to Zerubbabel to Mary (Jesus’ mother).

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1. SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:21
2. GIVE CAREFUL THOUGHT / HAGGAI 2:15-19
3. ASK THE PRIESTS / HAGGAI 2:10-14
4. ONCE MORE SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:6-9
5. THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3
6. I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13
7. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
8. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
9. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
10. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
11. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 2:21

Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

The prophet encouraged Zerubbabel, the governor of God’s people, by saying that one day God would destroy the power of ungodly kingdoms and nations throughout the earth. This will happen when Christ returns to earth to destroy the forces of evil and reign in peace over all the world (Revelation 19:11 – 20:6).

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1. GIVE CAREFUL THOUGHT / HAGGAI 2:15-19
2. ASK THE PRIESTS / HAGGAI 2:10-14
3. ONCE MORE SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:6-9
4. THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3
5. I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13
6. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
7. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
8. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
9. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
10. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 2:15-19  

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord: ¹⁶ Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. ¹⁷ I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.¹⁸ Consider now from this day and upward, 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. ¹⁹ Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

God asked the people to think about why they had lost His blessing in the past. (They certainly should have remembered what had brought His judgment on them, resulting in their previous captivity and exile.) It was because of their disobedience and rebellion (Haggai 1:9-11; Haggai 1:6-11). Now, however, because of their willingness to build the temple, God would give them success in all other areas of life. This principle also is expressed in the New Testament: God’s favor and friendship will be a part of our lives only as we continue to pursue His purposes and obey His commands (John 14:21-23).

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1. ASK THE PRIESTS / HAGGAI 2:10-14
2. ONCE MORE SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:6-9
3. THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3
4. I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13
5. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
6. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
7. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
8. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
9. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 2:10-14

In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, ¹¹ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, ¹² If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. ¹³ Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. ¹⁴ Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

Using examples of things, the priests understood to be “clean” or “unclean” according to God’s ceremonial law (Leviticus 6:24-27), God illustrates that holiness (spiritual and moral purity and wholeness) cannot be transmitted by contact. However, the corrupting influence of sin could be “passed on” by contact or association. In other words, living in the ‘holy land” or simply following God’s regulations would not make them holy, but sin in their lives would defile and corrupt everything they did, including their worship. We must keep in mind that participating in religious activities – even spiritual worship – cannot make us right with God if our hearts are not in tune with His purposes. We also must be very sober about the fact that deliberately exposing ourselves to ungodly influences or holding on to sinful attitudes and behaviors will have a negative effect on our spiritual lives. Scripture clearly teaches that if we give bad influences our attention and our time, they will corrupt good character (Proverbs 22:24-25; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 15:33; 2 Peter 2:7-8).

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1. ONCE MORE SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:6-9
2. THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3
3. I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13
4. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
5. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
6. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
7. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
8. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 2:6-9

For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; ⁷ And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. ⁸ The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. ⁹ The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

These verses refer to God’s future judgment on the world preceding and accompanying Christ’s return to earth (Hebrews 12:26-27): “The earth and the sky will tremble” (Joel 3:16; Matthew 24:29-30). Following this time, Christ will establish a kingdom of peace on earth, and God’s glory will fill the temple more than ever before as Christ literally reigns among His people. 

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1. THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3
2. I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13
3. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
4. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
5. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
6. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
7. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV Haggai 2:3

Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

When the new temple was completed, some people were discouraged and disheartened because they remembered the splendor of the temple that had been destroyed over 70 years earlier. Many of these older Jews viewed the present temple as “nothing” compared to the magnificence of the first temple built by Solomon. But God encouraged the people with three promises:

1. God Himself would be with them to fulfill all the promises made to their faithful ancestors (Haggai 2:4).
2. God’s Spirit would remain among the people (Haggai 2:5).

The glory of God’s house in the future would be greater than anything in the past. That was because of the powerful things that eventually would take place in that temple (Haggai 2:9), including the ministry of Jesus and His followers as recorder in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and the book of Acts. Christ Himself eventually would enter that temple when He was on earth, bringing God’s presence there in a more powerful and literal way than ever before.

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1. I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13
2. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
3. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
4. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
5. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
6. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 1:13

Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

God responded to the people’s obedience by promising to be with them. He strengthened their determination and helped them accomplish the work (Zechariah 4:6). We can be assured that if we obey God’s Word and direction, He will enable us to do whatever He intends for us to do, regardless of our own understanding and abilities. To be “with you” is the greatest commitment the Lord can make to any believer (Genesis 26:24; 28:15; 39:2-3, 21, 23; Exodus 3:12; Matthew 28:20).

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1. THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12
2. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
3. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
4. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
5. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 1:12

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.

The leaders and the people responded to Haggai’s message with a great sense of awe and reverence for God. Their actions reflected how seriously they took Haggai’s message: immediately they committed themselves to restarting work on God’s house (Luke 11:28; John 14:15, 23).

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1. PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11
2. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
3. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
4. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 16:1-11

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. ⁷ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. ⁸ Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. ⁹ Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. ¹⁰ Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. ¹¹ And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Though the people may have been working hard, they were not enjoying the success they could have had. They had lost God’s blessing because their lives were self-centered; they showed little interest in God’s goals and purposes. We cannot expect to experience God’s blessing and help in our lives if we are not concerned for and active in His work. This includes participating in and contributing toward ministry efforts at home and abroad.

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1. PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4
2. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
3. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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(KJV) Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

One of the main reasons the returned Jews had neglected the temple construction was because they had become so busy with their own interests. They had given great attention to the details of beautifying their own homes, using lovely panels of cedar wood, but they had left God’s house in ruins. Haggai insisted that God and His work had to come first. This is a timeless message to God’s people today as well. We must be careful not to let our own interests and concerns get in the way of our relationship with God and His work. His purposes must be the first and the highest priority in our lives (Matthew 6:33). Notice how passionate Jesus was for God’s house and work (John 2:17; 4:34; 6:38; 9:4). Our priorities in life – the things we give our time and attention to – are a good sign of where our hearts are and how much we really love God.

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1. THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME / HAGGAI 1:1
2. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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