. ", Some uncertainty exists regarding the meaning of this reference to seed in the barn, etc. (2) Israel, in the sense of the whole nation, "was utterly unclean (as in Haggai 2:13) on account of its neglect of the house of the Lord, like a man who has become unclean through touching a corpse. Judah would continue throughout history. (1-11) He promises God's assistance to them. Let’s find the first encouragement God gives the Jews to do his will. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. He led the people out of slavery; Christ leads men out of sin; he built a temple; Christ built the greater temple of his Church; etc. shake . We must apologize for those writers who suppose that Haggai thought Zerubbabel was the Messiah, and that such is what he wrote in this passage. The shaking began introductory to the … Go up to the mountains; cut the timber, and get on with the work, now! Let's have none of that nonsense about the time not being ripe; do you suppose the times are ripe for you to live in your nice houses while the house of God lies in ruins ? It should always be borne in mind, however, that the only genuine Temple the Lord ever had is the Church of Jesus Christ our Lord. All human kingdoms are founded upon false values; and sin, injustice, oppression, and exploitation at last mar the image of the best of them. Yet from this day on I will bless you.'" ... for their lips should keep this knowledge, and the people should enquire the law at their mouth, Mal. First peace between God and man, then between man and God, then between man and man ( Isaiah 2:4 , Hosea 2:18 , Zechariah 9:10 ). Whether he did, or didn't, he faithfully reported God's Word. It has been already sown this month, and there are no more signs of its bearing a good crop, much less of its being safely stored in the barn, than there were in the past season, when there was such a failure; yet I promise to you from this day (emphatically marking by the repetition the connection of the blessing with the day of their obedience) a blessing in an abundant harvest. God's love and tenderness for his people was unbounded. There has never been founded a "permanent" earthly kingdom. Or, translate, "From this day on which the temple is being begun," namely, on the foundations long ago laid [GROTIUS]. The sinful nation would have to make some changes before blessings could be bestowed. God shook the heavens by the lightnings at Sinai; the earth, that it should give forth waters; the sea, that it should be divided asunder. Therefore, although Haggai probably understood God's words which came through him as predictions of what would be fulfilled with regard to the physical temple they were rebuilding, discerning students of the holy Scriptures cannot fail to understand that much more was included in the heavenly meaning of this magnificent Messianic passage (Haggai 2:6-9). As Keil further explained, the teaching of this passage is preparatory to the prophet's explanation of the crop-failures and the withholding of divine blessing. first glory--Many elders present at the laying of the foundation of the second temple who had seen the first temple ( Ezra 3:12 Ezra 3:13 ) in all its glory, wept at the contrast presented by the rough and unpromising appearance of the former in its beginnings. A note in the Douay Version states: "This promise relates to Christ who was of the race of Zerubbabel. Haggai reproves the Jews for neglecting the temple. "If the injunction of Cyrus had been heeded, the dimensions of the new temple would have exceeded those of the old",[3] but there was no way, really that Haggai and Zerubbabel, with the limited resources available, could have strictly adhered to any such guidelines. FOURTH PROPHECY. 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem 1 in Judea, in the time 2 of King Herod, 3 wise men 4 from the East came to Jerusalem 5 2 saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? Appropriated from Amos 4:9 , whose canonicity is thus sealed by Haggai's inspired authority; in the last clause, "turned," however, has to be supplied, its omission marking by the elliptical abruptness ("yet ye not to Me!") Ponder earnestly, retracing the past "upward" (that is, backward), comparing what evils heretofore befell you before ye set about this work, with the present time when you have again commenced it, and when in consequence I now engage to "bless you." Jesus spoke of "wars and rumors of wars," declaring that "the end is not yet," indicating that these shall continue throughout all time to the end. War chariots are to give place to His reign of peace ( Micah 5:10 , Zechariah 9:10 ). (Baldwin) 2. Since that time they invent various forced and false interpretations of such plain Messianic prophecies. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR HAGGAI 1-2. Read Haggai 2 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). Announce this news about God the same yesterday, today, and forever … Continue reading "Commentary on Haggai 1:15b-2:9" 23. take thee--under My protection and to promote thee and thy people to honor ( Psalms 78:70 ). Of course, Zerubbabel was an excellent type of Christ. Greater glory promised to the second temple than to the first. There could hardly be a more vivid picture of the covenant promise. (2) Messiah was not desired by all nations, but "a root out of a dry ground," having "no beauty that we should desire Him" ( Isaiah 53:2 ). Haggai 2 Commentary Rosscup : This work came out in 1856. a signet--( Solomon 8:6 , Jeremiah 22:24 ). Zerubbabel will be a signet ring to God. Keil also agreed fully with this: "In a little while ..." These words are a problem for some. Although the disastrous conditions had continued right up until the very day the foundation of the temple was laid, and despite there hardly being enough seed in the granaries to sow the fields, Haggai will now pronounce an astounding blessing upon the people. . It is competent in exegetical detail of a reformed nature, explaining much in the books, but disappointing … He continues with that theme is chapter 2 verses 1 through 9. Haggai did not say to the priests, make us a law about the situation mentioned; but "tell the people what the law is!" In Christ's time God shook the heaven, when He spake from it; the earth, when it quaked; the sea, when He commanded the winds and waves [GROTIUS]. In the first and the last of these, one finds two prophecies of the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. The transitoriness of all that is earthly should lead men to seek "peace" in Messiah's everlasting kingdom ( Haggai 2:9 , Hebrews 12:27 Hebrews 12:28 ) [MOORE]. Now that they are obedient, God will bless them, though no sign is seen of fertility as yet. The translators of most of the versions and translations since the KJV have made "desire" plural, reading it "the desires" "the precious things," "the desirable things," etc. An identical expression was used in Revelation 6:11 to indicate the total period of human probation. Eugene H. Merrill, An Exegetical Commentary: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, pp. "For thus saith Jehovah 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; and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.". The prophet assures them this and all other world powers are to fall before Messiah, who is to be associated with this temple; therefore they need fear naught. Here he applies the two cases just stated. How does one view this? "[8] This is quite obviously the same construction that the author of Hebrews placed upon the passage. of Could it be true that all they needed was some good fungicides and hail insurance? This is the reply: The Jews had been led to fear that these convulsions would destroy their national existence. This is cited to illustrate the principle, that a sacrifice, holy, as enveloping divine things (just as the "skirt" is "holy" which envelops "holy" flesh), cannot by its inherent or opus operatum efficacy make holy a person whose disobedience, as that of the Jew while neglecting God's house, made him unholy. Resumed from Haggai 2:15 after Haggai 2:16 Haggai 2:17 , that the blessing in Haggai 2:19 may stand in the more marked contrast with the curse in Haggai 2:16 Haggai 2:17 . "Six hundred talents of gold ($10,000,000.00) were used in overlaying the Holy of Holies alone. According to the covenant . Or, "it is yet only a little while"; literally, "one little," that is, a single brief space till a series of movements is to begin; namely, the shakings of nations soon to begin which are to end in the advent of Messiah, "the desire of all nations" [MOORE]. The shaking of nations implies judgments of wrath on the foes of God's people, to precede the reign of the Prince of peace ( Isaiah 13:13 ). when the Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar, sacked Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, killed many of … HAGGAI 2 COMME TARY EDITED BY GLE PEASE 1 on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: BAR ES, "In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month - This was the seventh day of the feast of tabernacles, Lev_23:34, Lev_23:36, Lev_23:40-42. and its close. Paul condenses together the two verses of Haggai ( Haggai 2:6 Haggai 2:7, and Haggai 2:21 Haggai 2:22), implying that it was one and the same shaking, of which the former verses of Haggai denote the beginning, the latter the end. Keil construed this as a reference to Sinai and the earthquake that marked the giving of the Law to Moses. Before leaving Haggai 2:6, it is appropriate to notice that when God speaks of the redemption of men, it is always done in prospect of Final Judgment and God's execution of his wrath upon rebellious humanity. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Haggai 2:19. MAURER translates (omitting vessels, which is not in the original), "purahs," or "wine-measures.". Some of you older ones remember the glory and extravagant wealth of the First Temple, and you are belittling this one because of its inferiority in your eyes; but the glory of this house shall exceed that of the first (Haggai 2:9). "This seventh month was Teshri, the equivalent of our October/November. "[17] And, while it is true enough that it "has a comprehensive meaning, signifying total mental, spiritual, and physical well-being,"[18] "peace" is the primary meaning of the word; and it is thus used at the present time by Jews all over the world. God blesses those who put His house first from holy lives (2:10-14). Amos declared: In this verse is the promise that God meant all he ever said. (After construction had promptly begun and the outline of the new Temple began to appear.) But what is implied is not that the nations definitely desired Him, but that He was the only one to satisfy the yearning desires which all felt unconsciously for a Saviour, shown in their painful rites and bloody sacrifices. Haggai 2 Christian Standard Bible (CSB) Encouragement and Promise. Note also the deduction in Hebrews to the effect that the second "shaking" is to be infinitely more violent than the first, even to the extent of removing the material things that are shaken. So the spiritual Israel is sealed in their covenant head by His Spirit ( 2 Corinthians 1:20 2 Corinthians 1:22 , Ephesians 1:4 Ephesians 1:13 Ephesians 1:14 ). God's promise through Zerubbabel to Israel of safety in the coming commotions. Haggai 2:18. We have already seen that the true meaning of all that Haggai said was that the glory of Christianity should far outshine the glory of Judaism. Whereas Solomon's temple stood 120 cubits in height, that of Zerubbabel was only 60 cubits, according to Josephus. 17. Also, God's being with the old Israel must be considered as a type and symbol of his being with his church throughout the ages. "Every one by the sword of his brother ..." That is the "modus operandi" of the divine will. Haggai held up for all men to see it who will, the character of all earthly states, as well as the means of their ultimate overthrow, "Every one by the sword of his brother.". Salem Media Group. Yet once, it is a little while--or, "(it is) yet a little while." The inspiration of Haggai and Zechariah at this time was a specimen of the presence of God's Spirit remaining still with His people, as He had been with Moses and Israel of old ( Ezra 5:1 , Isaiah 63:11 ). 21. to Zerubbabel--Perhaps Zerubbabel had asked as to the convulsions foretold ( Haggai 2:6 Haggai 2:7 ). Get busy! If the priorities of our heart are wrong, nothing we do is really holy to God. Does not this indicate that all of Haggai's prophecy is to take place at some near date in the future from the time he wrote? "<26a> "The meaning is that the Messianic descent was to come through Zerubbabel, of the line of David, just as it did through David himself. A ring with a seal on it; the legal representative of the owner; generally of precious stones and gold, &c., and much valued. 13. A broad view of the human race on earth clearly reveals that the people who have honored God enjoy degrees of earthly prosperity unmatched and even unapproached by anything visible in those lands where paganism still prevails. Most of the Old Testament revelation regarding such things was very specific. the priests--Propose this question to them on the law. 8. The only "glory" that mattered, and the only glory that had any permanent value was that of God Himself. However low their estimate of the present temple ("it") from its outward inferiority, God holds it superior ( Zechariah 4:10 , 1 Corinthians 1:27 1 Corinthians 1:28 ). As Barnes said, "This implies that there were those among them who had seen the first house in its glory, yet but few. Crops failed, expectations were not met; God did not bless them. What they commanded in case (2) was already covered. "Through all that time ..." Through all the fourteen years after they had returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple, and during which time they had utterly neglected it. This, of course, is the royal badge of the Church's glory: "Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of you" (Matthew 18:20). As is characteristic of practically all of the prophecies of the Final Judgment, this one also mingles revelations with it that would appear to have their primary fulfillment in the kingdom of Christ, which is the Church. God had promised the Messiah "through" them. The spiritual legacy which Haggai has left us is, "the assurance that God will be with his people when they act in faith and obedience to the demand that he be given the first place."[34]. ii. 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