Sharon Luzzi
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Posted: 04/27/2011 at 8:52pm
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Good Evening,
When God shows us in His word things in sequence or a thread it usually
means they go together. Some of these verses had been going thru my
mind until he directed me to this book.
For many years he has shown me that catastrophic events would come
and then the Glory. Or actually at the same time.
I believe this accurately describes where we are right about now.
Haggai 1
The Command to Rebuild the Temple
1(A) In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first
day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the
prophet to(B) Zerubbabel the son of(C) Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and
to(D) Joshua the son of(E) Jehozadak, the high priest: 2"Thus says the
LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the
house of the LORD." 3Then the word of the LORD came(F) by the hand of
Haggai the prophet, 4(G) "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your
paneled houses, while(H) this house lies in ruins? 5Now, therefore, thus
says the LORD of hosts:(I) Consider your ways. 6(J) You have sown much,
and harvested little.(K) You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but
you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And
he who(L) earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
7"Thus says the LORD of hosts:(M) Consider your ways. 8Go up to the
hills and bring wood and build the house, that(N) I may take pleasure in it
and that(O) I may be glorified, says the LORD. 9(P) You looked for much,
and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home,(Q) I blew it
away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house(R) that lies
in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.
10Therefore(S) the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the
earth has withheld its produce. 11And(T) I have called for a drought on
the land and the hills, on(U) the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the
ground brings forth, on man and beast, and(V) on all their labors."
The People Obey the LORD
12(W) Then(X) Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and(Y) Joshua the son of
Jehozadak, 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 feared the LORD. 13Then
Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD’s
message,(Z) "I am with you, declares the LORD." 14And(AA) the LORD
stirred up the spirit of(AB) Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of
Judah, and the spirit of(AC) Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
and the spirit of all(AD) the remnant of the people. And they came and(AE)
worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15(AF) on the
twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of
Darius the king.
Haggai 2
The Coming Glory of the Temple
1(A) In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the
word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, 2"Speak now
to(B) Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the
son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people,
and say, 3(C) 'Who is left among you who saw this house(D) in its former
glory? How do you see it now?(E) Is it not as nothing in your eyes? 4Yet
now(F) be strong, O(G) Zerubbabel, declares the LORD.(H) Be strong, O(I)
Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the
land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of
hosts, 5(J) according to the covenant that I made with you when you came
out of Egypt.(K) My Spirit remains in your midst.(L) Fear not. 6For thus
says the LORD of hosts:(M) Yet once more, in a little while,(N) I will shake
the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7And I will shake
all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and(O) I will
fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. 8(P) The silver is mine,
and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. 9(Q) The latter glory of
this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts.
And(R) in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.'"
Blessings for a Defiled People
10(S) On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,(T) in the second year
of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, 11"Thus
says the LORD of hosts:(U) Ask the priests about the law: 12'If someone
carries(V) holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold
bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?'"
The priests answered and said,(W) "No." 13Then Haggai said,(X) "If
someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body(Y) touches any of
these, does it become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "It does
become unclean." 14Then Haggai answered and said,(Z) "So is it with this
people, and with this nation before me, declares the LORD, and so with
every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean. 15Now
then,(AA) consider from this day onward.[a] Before stone was placed upon
stone in the temple of the LORD, 16how did you fare?(AB) When one came
to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the
wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17(AC) I struck
you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with
hail,(AD) yet you did not turn to me, declares the LORD. 18(AE) Consider
from this day onward,(AF) from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month.
Since(AG) the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid,
consider: 19(AH) Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree,
the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this
day on(AI) I will bless you."
Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet
20The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai(AJ) on the
twenty-fourth day of the month, 21"Speak to(AK) Zerubbabel, governor of
Judah, saying,(AL) I am about to shake the heavens and the earth,
22and(AM) to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy
the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and(AN) overthrow the
chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go
down,(AO) every one by the sword of his brother. 23On that day, declares
the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O(AP) Zerubbabel(AQ) my servant, the
son of(AR) Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you(AS) like a[c] signet
ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of hosts."
Footnotes:
SHaron Luzzi
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