The Strand Study Bible

HAGGAI 2:14

HAGGAI 2:23

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granate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: 6 from this day will I bless you. 20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twenti- eth day of the month, saying,

14 Then answered Haggai, and said, 1 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. 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and 2 upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 16 Since those days were, 3 when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press- fat 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; 4 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, 5 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 pome-

1. Prov 29:12 2. that is, “before; their past history” 3. Hag 1:9 & Zech 8:10 4. Amos 4:6-11 5. Ezra 3:3-11 6. Zech 8:12 7. Ezra 6:7 8. Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21 (Christ’s Second Coming) (See - Joel 3:16) 9. Dan 2:44 10. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom)

The promise of Wrath when CHRIST returns (Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21)

21 Speak to Zerubbabel, 7 governor of Judah, saying, 8 I will shake the heavens and the earth; P 22 8 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, 9 and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. P

The promise of a Kingdom where CHRIST will rule (Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6)

23 In that 8 DAY , saith the LORD OF HOSTS , will I take thee, OZerubbabel, my servant, the sonof Shealtiel, saiththeLORD, 10 and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts . PP 2:23 A signet (signifying royal authority) was God’s way of honoring Zerubbabel. Therefore, Zerubbabel illustrated CHRIST , whom the other two Persons of the Godhead will also honor someday (Phil 2:5-11). READ NEXT - Zechariah 1:7 - 14:21 PROPHETICAL EVENTS IN HAGGAI Prophecies Fulfilled The promise of Wrath when Christ returns Hag 2:6,7,21-23 (520 BC) To be fulfilled at Christ’s Second Coming Rev 19:11-21 The promise of Israel’s restoration Hag 2:9 (520 BC) To be fulfilled in the Millennium Rev 20:4 The promise of a Kingdom where Christ will rule Hag 2:9,23 (520 BC) To be fulfilled in the Millennium Rev 20:4,6

NOTES OF INTEREST IN HAGGAI HAGGAI is quoted in the NT 1 time.

1. Hag 2:6 - Heb 12:26