THE COMING GLORY OF GOD’S HOUSE

Haggai 2:1-9

Our Need

Haggai 1:13 - God’s way of addressing our need:

The messenger of the Lord.

The message of the Lord.

Haggai 2:1-9

1) There was Disappointment

2) There was Encouragement

3) There was Fulfillment

The Context of Haggai

586BC Destruction of Temple and Exile

539BC Return under Zerubbabel 538BC Rebuilding of Temple Commences 520BC Rebuilding of Temples

Recommences Haggai

516BC Second Temple Completed

1) There was disappointment

God’s temple was in a bad state!

“Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like Nothing?” (Hag 2:3)

2) There was encouragement

God sent His messenger with His message!

Verse 4:

“Be strong, all you people of the land, and work. For I am with you, declares the Lord Almighty.”

3) There was fulfillment

“The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house.”

A Great Prophecy!

7 “I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the Lord Almighty.

8 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the Lord Almighty.

9 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the Lord Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the Lord Almighty.” (Hag 2:7-9)

The Coming of the Lord Jesus！

The messenger of the Lord.The message of the Lord.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre“At that moment the curtain of thetemple was torn in two from top tobottom. The earth shook and the rockssplit.” (Mat 27:51)

Gospel of John

14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (Joh 1:14)

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 The Jews replied, “It has taken forty six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. (Joh 2:19-21)

The Glory of the New Temple

“Don’t you know that you are the temple of God?” (I Cor 3:16)

Application

“Be strong, all you people of the land, and work. For I am with you, declares the Lord Almighty.”