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SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:21

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(KJV) Haggai 2:21

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

SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:21

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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GIVE CAREFUL THOUGHT / HAGGAI 2:15-19

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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.

GIVE CAREFUL THOUGHT / HAGGAI 2:15-19

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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ASK THE PRIESTS / HAGGAI 2:10-14

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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.

ASK THE PRIESTS / HAGGAI 2:10-14

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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ONCE MORE SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:6-9

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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.

ONCE MORE SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH / HAGGAI 2:6-9

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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THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3

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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?

THIS HOUSE IN ITS FORMER GLORY / HAGGAI 2:3

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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SAID OF HIS WIFE SARAH SHE IS MY SISTER / GENESIS 20:1-2

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(KJV) Genesis 20:1-2 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

SAID OF HIS WIFE SARAH SHE IS MY SISTER / GENESIS 20:1-2

As he had done when he went down to Egypt, Abraham failed to trust God with his wife’s situation, risking God’s plan for her. But God touched the hearts of men in order to protect Sarah’s purpose as the mother of the covenant people (Genesis 20:3-7). At times, God will give His grace to help His normally faithful followers escape situations that can occur when they temporarily lack faith and obedience. 

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  1. THEY GOT THEIR FATHER TO DRINK WINE / GENESIS 19:13
  2. SMOKE FROM A FURNACE / GENESIS 19:28
  3. LOT’S WIFE LOOKED BACK, AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALET / GENESIS 19:26
  4. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS / GENESIS 19:8
  5. HAVE SEX WITH THEM / GENESIS 19:5
  6. LOT WAS SITTING IN THE GATEWAY / GENESIS 19:1-2
  7. ABRAHAM REMAINED STANDING BEFORE THE LORD / GENESIS 18:22
  8. THEIR SIN IS SO GRIEVOUS / GENESIS 18:20-21
  9. HE WILL DIRECT HIS CHILDREN … KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD / GENESIS 18:19
  10. IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? / GENESIS 18:13-14
  11. THREE MEN / GENESIS 18:2
  12. LAUGHED / GENESIS 17:17
  13. SARAH /GENESIS 17:15
  14. CIRCUMCISION / GENESIS 17:11
  15. EVERLASTING POSSESSION / GENESIS 17:8
  16. TO BE YOUR GOD / GENESIS 17:6-7
  17. ABRAM … ABRAHAM / GENESIS 17:5
  18. MY COVENANT / GENESIS 17:2
  19. NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD / GENESIS 17:1
  20. AGAINST EVERYONE / GENESIS 16:12
  21. ISHMAEL / GENESIS 16:11
  22. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / GENESIS 16:7
  23. THE LORD HAS KEPT ME FROM HAVING CHILDREN / GENESIS 16:2
  24. THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM / GENESIS 15:17-21
  25. A COUNTRY NOT THEIR OWN / GENESIS 15:13
  26. HE BELIEVED … HE CREDITED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS /GENESIS 15:6
  27. YOUR SHIELD, YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD / GENESIS 15:1
  28. I WILL ACCEPT NOTHING BELONGING TO YOU /GENESIS 14:22-23
  29. GAVE HIM A TENTH OF EVERYTHING / GENESIS 14:20
  30. MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM / GENESIS 14:18
  31. CALLED OUT THE 318 TRAINED MEN / GENESIS 14:14
  32. PITCHED HIS TENTS NEAR SODOM / GENESIS 13:12
  33. LOT LOOKED UP AND SAW / GENESIS 13:10
  34. SAY YOU ARE MY SISTER / GENESIS 12:13
  35. A FAMINE IN THE LAND / GENESIS 12:10
  36. THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM / GENESIS 12:7
  37. ABRAM LEFT, AS THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM / GENESIS 12:4
  38. ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU / GENESIS 12:3
  39. LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY / GENESIS 12:1
  40. HIS SON ABRAM / GENESIS 11:31
  41. UR OF THE CHALDEANS / GENESIS 11:28
  42. LET US BUILD … THAT WE MAY MAKE A NAME / GENESIS 11:4
  43. A PLAIN IN SHINAR / GENESIS 11:1-2
  44. BORN TO SHEM / GENESIS 10:21-31
  45. THE SONS OF HAM / GENESIS 10:6-20
  46. THE SONS OF JEPHETH / GENESIS 10:2-5
  47. THE ACCOUNT OF SHEM, HAM AND JAPHETH / GENESIS 10:1
  48. CURSED BE CANAAN / GENESIS 9:25
  49. HAM / GENESIS 9:22
  50. DRANK SOME OF ITS WINE, HE BECAME DRUNK / GENESIS 9:21
  51. MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS / GENESIS 9:13
  52. I NOW ESTABLISH MY COVENANT / GENESIS 9:9-17
  53. WHOEVER SHEDS THE BLOOD OF MAN, BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED / GENESIS 9:6
  54. BUT GOD REMEMBERED NOAH / GENESIS 8:1
  55. EVERY LIVING THING … WAS WIPED OUT … ONLY NOAH WAS LEFT / GENESIS 7:23
  56. THE GREAT DEEP BURST FORTH / GENESIS 7:11-12
  57. THE FLOODWATERS CAME ON THE EARTH / GENESIS 7:6
  58. I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU / GENESIS 6:18
  59. AN ARK / GENESIS 6:14
  60. NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS AMONG THE PEOPLE / GENESIS 6:9
  61. THE LORD WAS GRIEVED / GENESIS 6:6
  62. GOD TOOK HIM/ GENESIS 5:24
  63. ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD / GENESIS 5:22
  64. SETH … FATHER OF ENOSH / GENESIS 5:6
  65. CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD / GENESIS 4:26
  66. MARRIED TWO WOMEN / GENESIS 4:19
  67. CAIN … HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:17
  68. CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE LORD’S PRESENCE / GENESIS 4:16
  69. A MARK ON CAIN / GENESIS 4:15
  70. NOW YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE / GENENSIS 4:11
  71. YOUR BROTHER’S BLOOD CRIES OUT TO ME / GENESIS 4:10
  72. IT DESIRES TO HAVE YOU / GENESIS 4:7
  73. AN OFFERING TO THE LORD / GENESIS 4:3-5
  74. ADAM LAY WITH HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:1
  75. HE DROVE THE MAN OUT / GENESIS 3:24
  76. HE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL / GENESIS 3:15
  77. THE SERPENT DECEIVED ME / GENESIS 3:13
  78. THEY HID / GENESIS 3:8
  79. THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NAKED / GENEIS 3:7
  80. LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER / GENESIS 2:24
  81. HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM / GENESIS 2:18
  82. THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN / GENESIS 2:16
  83. PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN / GENESIS 2:15
  84. TREE OF LIFE / GENESIS 2:9
  85. GARDEN IN THE EAST, IN EDEN / GENESIS 2:8
  86. A LIVING BEING / GENESIS 2:7
  87. THE ACCOUNT – THE LORD GOD / GENESIS 2:4
  88. GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY / GENESIS 2:3
  89. BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE / GENESIS 1:28
  90. THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING – THE FIRST DAY / GENESIS 1:5
  91. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED / GENESIS 1:1
  92. IT WAS GOOD / GENESIS 1:10
  93. HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD / GENESIS 8:21
  94. THE SONS OF GOD / GENESIS 6:2
  95. HOW GREAT MAN’S WICKEDNESS /GENESIS 6:5
  96. ADAM LIVED 930 YEARS / GENESIS 5:5
  97. WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ADAM’S LINE / GENESIS 5:1
  98. KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL / GENESIS 3:22
  99. GOD SAID LET US – LET US MAKE MAN / GENESIS 1:26
  100. I WILL GREATLY INCREASE YOUR PAINS / GENESIS 3:16-19
  101. SERVE AS SIGNS / GENESIS 1:14-15
  102. LET THERE BE LIGHT / GENESIS 1:8
  103. THE WOMAN … ATE IT … HER HUSBAND … WITH HER / GENESIS 3:6
  104. YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD / GENESIS 3:5
  105. YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE / GENESIS 3:4
  106. THE SERPENT / GENESIS 3:1
  107. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13

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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.

I AM WITH YOU / HAGGAI 1:13

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
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THE PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12

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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 PEOPLE OBEYED / HAGGAI 1:12

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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PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11

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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.

PLANTED MUCH, BUT HAVE HARVESTED LITTLE / HAGGAI 1:6-11

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
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PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4

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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?

PANELED HOUSES / HAGGAI 1:4

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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