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 ). Individually, therefore, there must be countless exceptions to the principle expounded by Haggai; but, as applied to nations, there are no historical exceptions to it. The glory of this latter house . Again, it is the glory of the New Covenant in Christ Jesus that provides the complete fulfillment of the passage. violent political convulsions accompanied with physical prodigies ( Matthew 24:7 Matthew 24:29 ). 23. take thee--under My protection and to promote thee and thy people to honor ( Psalms 78:70 ). 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. "In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet saying.". 1 2: Haggai 2 Hag 2:1 Vv 1-9: Second message: The temple to be filled with glory. "Ask now the priests concerning the law..." "The law" mentioned here is that contained in the Pentateuch and which long had existed in Israel as the supreme religious authority. 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]. Haggai 2:18. Haggai 2, Coffman Commentaries on the Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the Church of Christ, presents a verse level look at the Bible. greater than of the former--namely, through the presence of Messiah, in (whose) face is given the light of the knowledge of the glory of God ( 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; compare Hebrews 1:2 ), and who said of Himself, "in thi s place is one greater than the temple" ( Matthew 12:6 ), and who "sat daily teaching in it" ( Matthew 26:55 ). Yes, the altar they had erected upon the original site, in conformity to God's law, was "holy", but the sinful nation (continuing in their neglect of sacred duty) were unholy still, and, therefore, the very sacrifices they offered were themselves unholy through contamination by contact with the sinful nation. "Once again, God will intervene in human affairs (shake the heavens and the earth). 3Adapted from Carol L. Meyers and Eric M. Meyers, Haggai, Zechariah 1—8, p. xxxi. Our own enlightenment upon what is meant can be immeasurably aided by the writings of the New Testament apostles and prophets of the New Covenant, notably among whom is the apostle John. If the priorities of our heart are wrong, nothing we do is really holy to God. 13. The connection of it with Messiah more than counterbalanced all these; for He is the antitype to all the five ( Haggai 2:9 ). "Yet once more ..." raises the question of what was the first occasion of God's shaking the earth and the heavens, etc.? Read Haggai 2 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). "I will shake the heavens and the earth ..." This is repeated from Haggai 2:6 (see notes on that passage), and will be elaborated and expanded in this final outburst of Messianic prophecy. The shaking began introductory to the first advent; it will be finished at the second. This writer does not claim any competence to decide such a question of Hebrew grammar; but, upon the unequivocal analysis of such a scholar as Feinberg (Dean, and Professor of Semitics, Talbot Theological Seminary, La Mirada, California), which, as far as we are able to determine is not contradicted by any authority whatever, we must in conscience receive the rendition which, to us, is clearly demanded by the entire context. And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.". 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]. At first, a remnant of the people obeyed; and they even erected an altar to God on the ancient site in Jerusalem; but then their zeal faded, and for half a lifetime the old Temple continued to lie in ruins. . As "Shiloh" ( Genesis 49:10 ) means peace, this verse confirms the view that Haggai 2:7 , "the desire of all nations," refers to Shiloh or Messiah, foretold in Genesis 49:10 . Christ is the "signet" on God's hand: always in the Father's presence, ever pleasing in his sight. The fact of Haggai's apparent mingling of the two events is no problem at all. The Jews before the destruction of Jerusalem all expected Messiah would appear in the second temple. The reason: the people had not really become "holy" through the token beginning they had made. The very next verse would point to the true method of its accomplishment. ", "I will shake the heavens ... earth ... sea ... and dry land ...", "The precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory ...", "In this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts ...", "Ask now the priests concerning the law...", "Consider from this day and backward ...", "I will shake the heavens and the earth ...", "I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms ...". In fact, Numbers 19:22 makes precisely that application of it. Not in man's "might," but in that of God's Spirit ( Zechariah 4:6 ). The fusion of the gospel age and the Judgment is common in Biblical prophecy. Haggai 2:14. "[26] God surely had intervened in human affairs by the summary end which he had brought to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews; and the prophet here made such an intervention by God upon behalf of his people a prophecy of a far greater shaking of the "heavens and the earth" to occur in the dispensation of the "last times." Hitler boasted that his "Third Reich" would last a thousand years, but it perished in blood and fire while Hitler himself was a young man, himself also carried away by its collapse. For I am with you . It is competent in exegetical detail of a reformed nature, explaining much in the books, but disappointing … Legal sanctity is not so readily communicated as legal impurity. ", The significance of this dating lies in the fact of its having been a little less than a month since the work on rebuilding the Temple had commenced. . Haggai 2:10-19 . Arise, and build the Temple! Some have estimated the cost of Solomon's Temple somewhere between three and five billion dollars! Announce this news about God the same yesterday, today, and forever … Continue reading "Commentary on Haggai 1:15b-2:9" Is the seed yet in the barn?--implying, It is not. Compare "(let him come) unto Me!" ( Ezra 3:10 Ezra 3:11 ); the foundation now laid was the secondary one, which, above the earth, was laid on the previous work [TIRINUS]. Keil also agreed fully with this: "In a little while ..." These words are a problem for some. 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. So Hebrews 12:26 , which quotes this passage; the apostle compares the heavier punishment which awaits the disobedient under the New Testament with that which met such under the Old Testament. 22. On the contrary, by the second case, they made "unclean" their very offerings by being unclean through "dead works" (disobedience), just as the person unclean by contact with a dead body imparted his uncleanness to all that he touched (compare Hebrews 9:14 ). As Deane put it, "The true Zerubbabel, Christ, the son and antitype of Zerubbabel, is the signet in the hand of the Father. Even so, "the proportions were not greatly inferior to those of the first temple. 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 ). Ye are disappointed at the absence of these precious metals in the adorning of this temple, as compared with the first temple: If I pleased I could adorn this temple with them, but I will adorn it with a "glory" ( Haggai 2:7 Haggai 2:9 ) far more precious; namely, with the presence of My divine Son in His veiled glory first, and at His second coming with His revealed glory, accompanied with outward adornment of gold and silver, of which the golden covering within and without put on by Herod is the type. (1-9) Their sins hindered the work. Therefore, when the remnant was restored to the land of Canaan, and after they had been working only about a month, the Lord provided the strong assurances of this promise that he was "with" them. But Haggai 2:8 harmonizes quite as well with English Version of Haggai 2:7 , as the note on eighth verse Syriac versions agree with MOORE'S translation. THE PROBLEM OF SIZE - Vss. Sacrifices without obedience (in respect to God's command to build the temple) could not sanctify. The Jews note five points of inferiority: The absence from the second temple of (1) the sacred fire; (2) the Shekinah; (3) the ark and cherubim; (4) the Urim and Thummim; (5) the spirit of prophecy. First, if a man carries holy meat (meat offered in a sacrifice) in the fold of his garment and touches bread (or other food) with this garment, will that food become holy? We hold that the words were not Haggai's at all, but God's; and as Peter indicated (1 Peter 1:10-12), students in the present dispensation have a far better opportunity to understand what God wrote through that prophet than he did. One wonders what "earthly powers" could be meant by that! ?" From the destruction of the first temple to the second year of Darius Hystaspes, the date of Haggai's prophecy, was a space of seventy years ( Zechariah 1:12 ); and to the first year of Cyrus, or the end of the captivity, fifty-two years; so that the elders might easily remember the first temple. Though there was no sign of leaf or fruit upon the trees, and hardly enough seed in the barn, nothing by which men could judge of the future abundance, "Yet the prophet predicts an abundant crop, dating from the people's obedience. He then proceeded to specify exactly what had been taking place. You people seem to have another objection, claiming that you are entitled to God's blessings already, because you have erected an altar and make sacrifices to God. from the four and twentieth day . In the second case, regarding the transferability, or contagiousness of defilement, their answer fully conformed to Numbers 19:11,22, but in the first situation, regarding the same quality as applied to holiness, their answer conformed exactly to all situations where the Lord had not spoken; and they declined to make a law where God had not provided one. "[2] The speculation that Haggai himself might have been among them is valid enough, but unprovable, as noted in our introduction. "And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of nations; 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.". At the establishment of the Sinaitic covenant, only the earth was shaken to introduce it, but now heaven and earth and all things are to be shaken, that is, along with prodigies in the world of nature, all kingdoms that stand in the way of Messiah's kingdom, "which cannot be shaken," are to be upturned ( Daniel 2:35 Daniel 2:44 , Matthew 21:44 ). "I will shake the heavens ... earth ... sea ... and dry land ..." We hold these words to be unequivocally a reference to the final Judgment that shall close the age of probation for the human race. God will shake the heavens and the earth and overthrow all the kingdoms of men, "every one by the sword of his brother." "In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.". Haggai 2 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary has been relied on by millions in their daily studies for more than 90 years 10. four and twentieth day . 19. 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. Whether he did, or didn't, he faithfully reported God's Word. The final Judgment itself is part of this dispensation just like the Church, both of them standing in the prophecies of events of the "last days." "That day" mentioned in this final passage, as Galley pointed out "is the Day of the Lord when the heavens and the earth will be shaken,"[33] in fact removing the fulfillment of the prophecy to times long subsequent to Haggai. a signet--( Solomon 8:6 , Jeremiah 22:24 ). "This seventh month was Teshri, the equivalent of our October/November. As Hailey noted, "The Lord never had but one house in Jerusalem." 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. Each of us must walk in the light we have. No! Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?" 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. Haggai 2:12. Since that time they invent various forced and false interpretations of such plain Messianic prophecies. Haggai himself, though a prophet, must ask the priests concerning the law. "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.". This is the same ninth month, Chisleu, corresponding to November/December. That exile began in 587 B.C. God's love and tenderness for his people was unbounded. To both questions the priests give a correct answer. No indeed. Haggai 2:11-14. so--or, "and." 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. CICERO records at the time of Christ the silencing of the heathen oracles; and DIO, the fall of the idols in the Roman capitol. Regarding this date, Dean wrote, "The ninth month is Chisleu, answering to parts of November and December. The shaking began introductory to the … [5] However, it was not merely the lesser height and volume of the new edifice that attested its inferiority, but the lack of all the extravagant adornment which had distinguished the first. 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." Well, that is a very small thing; and holiness is not that contagious! Similarly, Jesus, the true Messiah, was the true "Son of David," a title held by Zerubbabel only by accommodation. The second, "the shaking of all nations" is the kind of upheaval among governments and societies that some suppose is meant by the first series of expressions. Only God had the right to declare anything "holy" or "defiled" regarding ceremonial uncleanness. One good apple cannot make a barrel of rotten apples good; and your little token of serving God is not nearly enough to entitle you to the presumption of holiness. The sum of these two rules of the law is, that sin is more easily learned from others than holiness. Before leaving this wonderful Messianic prophecy, we must call attention to the rendition of the KJV in Haggai 2:7, which reads: In every way, this translation is far more suitable than subsequent renditions. Well, how about the Med-fly in California this very day? As for Zerubbabel's building. To make this read "prosperity" is ridiculous, for the present-day meaning of "prosperity" leaves out of sight all the higher significance of the passage. "[32], All of the commentators mention what they call Haggai's disappointment at Zerubbabel's turning out not to be the Msesiah, but even if such a supposition was true, it could not have been due to anything that Haggai wrote. "[20] The message about to be introduced concerning the contrasting characteristics between holiness and defilement. Home >> Bible Studies >> Haggai >> Haggai 2:1-9 These small group studies of Haggai contain outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, teaching points, and applications. True, there had been a gross misunderstanding on secular Israel's part about what God's blessing meant, most of them interpreting it to mean that God would help them subdue all earthly enemies and incorporate the defeated nations into Israel's "godless state" or "kingdom," which was a concept foreign to God altogether. [2:1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, […] Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. "Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 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 food, shall it become holy? that saw . 15. consider--literally, "lay it to heart." 17. 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. Go up to the mountains; cut the timber, and get on with the work, now! It should be observed that in the first event prophesied here, "the heavens" also are to be shaken. Also, he built a temple, as Christ built the far greater Temple of his Church. and how do ye see it now? Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament "For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Once more, in a short time it comes to pass, I shake heaven and earth, and the sea, and the dry. The inferiority of the new edifice did not derive so much from the lateral dimensions of it, because Cyrus had ordered that the new Temple should even exceed the old one in size. Haggai 2:1-9 And actually, this isn’t all God has to say about his divine presence. (Significantly, Haggai here connected the very class of disasters modern man likes to explain solely upon the basis of "natural causes" as judgmental in character.). Two very different events are in view. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. . Besides, Messiah may be described as realizing in Himself at His coming "the desires (the noun expressing collectively the plural) of all nations"; whence the verb is plural. When God was with his people, they were indeed glorified, and all of the alleged inferiority of the new temple would be nullified and compensated for by the presence of the Lord himself who was moving toward the accomplishment of his eternal purpose through the instrumentality of the "once chosen" people in bringing forth the Messiah into the world. So also early Jewish Rabbis before JEROME'S time. Haggai 2:7. . "The ruined skeleton of the Temple was like a dead body decaying in Jerusalem and making everything contaminated." 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]. The people, discouraged at the inferiority of this temple to Solomon's, are encouraged nevertheless to persevere, because God is with them, and this house by its connection with Messiah's kingdom shall have a glory far above that of gold and silver. The whole nation was defiled through their long neglect of sacred duty and the two generations of contact with Babylonian paganism. MAURER translates, "Consider . And then, looking beyond that, in the days of the spread of Christianity all over the world, the kingly riches that were lavished upon worship of Christ in his holy church truly stagger the imagination. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR HAGGAI 1-2. Biblical Commentary Haggai 1:15b – 2:9 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Haggai is a post-exilic prophet, serving during the period following the Babylonian Exile. Haggai 2:19. ... for their lips should keep this knowledge, and the people should enquire the law at their mouth, Mal. yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you. Hence ye may perceive the evils of disobedience and the blessing of obedience. 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.". For we saw his star when it rose 6 and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod 7 heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. "[30] "Haggai, like Zechariah, saw in Zerubbabel the Messianic King,"[31] This was in the fullness of time fully vindicated as an authentic vision. He will yet bless the true Israel (the spiritual seed of Abraham), making them a blessing to all the earth. in this place . "Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozodak, the High Priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts.". Therefore, we apply Haggai 2:7 to God's true temple, the Church of Jesus Christ. Proud member 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. "In that day" in the prophecies almost invariably means "in the days of the New Covenant," "in the last days," "in the times of the kingdom of Christ," or "at a time far removed from the present. The Red Horse of the Apocalypse did not make a foray into the earth and then go back to heaven! Not only did the kings of the earth aid the Jews in the building of their Second Temple, but in the days of Herod the Great, that monarch did indeed spend the vast resources of his whole kingdom in the most costly and extravagant decorations of it. Affliction will harden the heart, if not referred to God as its author [Moore]. The very next verse reminds us that God already owns all the gold and silver; and far from being an explanation of the nature of the promised glory, verse 8 is an explanation of what the glory is not! Despite the fact of the uncleanness in Numbers being a reference to uncleanness caused by a dead body; the principle would of necessity apply to all uncleanness. The early patriarchs, Job ( Job 19:25-27 , 33:23-26 ) and Abraham ( John 8:56 ), desired Him. 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. Haggai reproves the Jews for neglecting the temple. "Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.". . "Peace" for mankind never yet came out of a Jewish temple. There would hardly have been any point in a question framed just like this, if indeed there were none who could remember the former temple of Solomon. Really. But when two nouns stand together, of which one is governed by the other, the verb agrees sometimes in number with the latter, though it really has the former as its nominative, that is, the Hebrew "come" is made in number to agree with "nations," though really agreeing with "the desire." 20. the month--the ninth in the second year of Darius. Despite our preference for the KJV in this verse, the commentary above is written upon our version (ASV) and interpreted accordingly. PLATO [Alcibiades, 2] shows the yearning of the Gentiles after a spiritual deliverer: "It is therefore necessary," says Alcibiades on the subject of acceptable worship, "to wait until One teach us how we ought to behave towards the gods and men." "I smote you with blasting and mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah.". "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. (4) Haggai 2:8 , "The silver is mine," &c. accords with the translation, "the choice things of all nations" shall be brought in. to (the time which has elapsed) from the day on which the foundation . Vs. 2- Haggai's message was directed to the civic leaders, religious leaders and the people themselves. 2 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, It is no embarrassment at all to us that many of the current liberal interpreters do indeed deny this. "This house ..." Haggai did not view the efforts of his generation as the construction of a new Temple, but as the rebuilding of the old one. How does one view this? All human kingdoms are founded upon false values; and sin, injustice, oppression, and exploitation at last mar the image of the best of them. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" Here he applies the two cases just stated. The last three of Haggai's four messages are found in this second chapter (Haggai 2:1-9; Haggai 2:10-19; and Haggai 2:20-13). War chariots are to give place to His reign of peace ( Micah 5:10 , Zechariah 9:10 ). 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 . Thus, Haggai applied the analogy we have already discussed under the previous verses. . He brings these objections to applying "the desire of all nations" to Messiah: (1) The Hebrew means the quality, not the thing desired, namely, its desirableness or beauty, But the abstract is often put for the concrete. Zerubbabel is seen as a type of Christ in that, "He led the people out of Babylonian bondage, as Christ would lead his people out of the bondage of sin. when one came to an heap of twenty measures--that is to a heap which he had expected would be one of twenty measures, there were but ten. The sinful nation would have to make some changes before blessings could be bestowed. The latter part of Haggai 2:7 is apparently just such a revelation. 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]. Zerubbabel, therefore, as their civil leader and representative is addressed, not Joshua, their religious leader. 1-3. for I am with you--The greatest strength is to have Jehovah with us as our strength. Bible Commentary Haggai. Thus, Haggai's "little while" is the same as John's "little time," and "short time." "Blasting" results from excessive drought; "mildew, from excessive moisture. In the light of this obvious meaning of the passage, we cannot join with those who apply these words exclusively to the overthrow of Babylon, or any of the other numerous upheavals of either ancient or modern history. This prophecy was very shortly before that of Zechariah. The previous shaking shall cause the yearning "desire" for the Prince of peace. The ancient covenant that God made with Abraham, promising to bless "all the people of the earth" through his "seed" (singular, which is Christ), will yet be honored by the Father. This is the reply: The Jews had been led to fear that these convulsions would destroy their national existence. Haggai did not say to the priests, make us a law about the situation mentioned; but "tell the people what the law is!" "Six hundred talents of gold ($10,000,000.00) were used in overlaying the Holy of Holies alone. As Barnes said, "This implies that there were those among them who had seen the first house in its glory, yet but few. 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. 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