The Strand Study Bible

HAGGAI 1:12

HAGGAI 2:13

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God’s people heed Haggai’s warning and the Temple work resumes Date - Sept 24th, 520 BC/AM 3480

and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD OF HOSTS : 5 3 According to the word that I cov- enanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my SPIRIT remaineth among you: fear ye not. 6 For thus saith the LORD OF HOSTS ; 4 Yet once, it is a little while, and 5 I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; P 7 And I will 5 shake all nations, and the 6 DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS shall come: and I will fill this housewith 7 glory, saith the LORDOFHOSTS . P 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The promise of Israel’s restoration during CHRIST’S Kingdom (Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6) 9 8 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former , saith the LORD of hosts : 9 and in this place will I give peace , saith the LORD of hosts . P P 10 In the four and twentieth day of the 10 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 ; 11 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. The promise of Wrath when CHRIST returns (Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21) READ NEXT - Zechariah 1:1-6 A reminder to God’s people - “Consider your ways” Date Written - Dec 24th, 520 BC/AM 3480

1. Ezra 3:12-13 2. Zech 8:9 3. Exo 29:45-46 4. Quoted in the NT -Heb 12:26 5. Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21 (Christ’s Second Coming) (See - Joel 3:16) 6. Gen 49:10 7. Isa 60:7 8. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4 (Israel’s Restoration) (See - Ezk 40-48) 9. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom) (See - Isa 9:6 & Mic 5:5 & Lk 2:14) 10. or, “December” 11. Lev 10:8-11 & Deut 33:8-10 & Mal 2:7 12. that is, “can sanctification and holiness be transferred?” The answer is no! 13. Lev 22:4-6 & Num 19:11 14. that is, “can defilement and sin be transferred?” The answer is yes!

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. 13 Then spake Haggai the LORD’S messenger in the LORD’S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. 14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, gover- nor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. READ NEXT - Ezra 5:2 - 6:13 Haggai 2 A reminder to God’s people to finish what they start Date Written - Oct 21st, 520 BC/AM 3480 1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 1 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? 4 Yet now be 2 strong, OZerubbabel, saith the LORD ; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD ,

13 12 Then said Haggai, 13 If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, 14 shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. 1:12 The fear of the Lord deals with our willingness to take God’s Word over our own. It is choosing what God says (faith – Heb 11:6) over how we feel ( Prov 1:7 & 13:13, Exo 9:19-20, Deut 17:18-19, and Jere 26:18-19). 1:14 The LORD stirred up His people through preaching. As a result they finished the work of the Temple in only 23 days (vs. 15). 2:1 The 21 st of October ( seventh month ) was the seventh (and last) day of the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:39-44). 2:3 According to I Kings 6:1-9:1, Solomon’s Temple was both “first and glorious.” Those who remembered the first Temple, before its destruction by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 BC (II Ki 25:9), wept when they saw its replacement. 2:13 Whereas, the good that we do can only be observed - the bad that we do can be absorbed (It shall be unclean). Defilement (sin) can be transferred . People with colds don’t catch health; people with health catch colds. Disobedience is contagious. The disobedience of the people contaminated every Jew around them. That is why it’s so dangerous for a believer to hang around non-believers (II Cor 6:14) and/or backslidden Christians (I Cor 5:1-7 & 15:33). The question remains: Will your life be observed or absorbed ?