Haggai
Hag 1:1a second Ezra 4:24; Zech. 1:1
Hag 1:11 Darius
I.e., Darius Hystaspes, who ruled the Medo-Persian empire from 521-486 B.C. See Ezra 4:5, 24; 5:3—6:12.
Hag 1:12 Haggai
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Hag 1:12 [1] Meaning My feast, or the feast of Jah; Jah being a shortened form of Jehovah. The name indicates that Haggai the prophet, who had been born in captivity in Babylon, expected earnestly to return from the captivity that the feasts of Jehovah might be restored.
Hag 1:12 [2] The central thought of Haggai’s prophecy is that the building of the house of Jehovah is related to the welfare of God’s people today and to the coming of the millennial kingdom with its Messiah in the age of restoration (Matt. 19:28; Acts 3:20-21). In the Old Testament the house of God, or the temple, was first a type of Christ as the house of God individually (John 2:19-21) and then a type of the church, the Body, the enlarged Christ, as God’s house corporately (1 Tim. 3:15). Thus, Haggai’s prophecy refers to us, the New Testament believers, since we are the reality of the type.
Hag 1:13b Zerubbabel 1 Chron. 3:17, 19; Ezra 3:2; 5:2; Matt. 1:12
During the years when the rebuilding of the temple was interrupted through the opposition of the adversaries (Ezra 4), the children of Israel began to build houses for themselves and gradually forgot the building of the temple (vv. 2-4). Haggai’s speaking to Zerubbabel the governor, representing the kingship, and Joshua the high priest, representing the priesthood, was to strengthen and encourage them and the people for the rebuilding of the temple as God’s house (Ezra 5:1 and note).
Hag 1:1c Joshua Zech. 3:1; 6:11
Hag 1:4a house 2 Sam. 7:2; Psa. 132:3-5
Hag 1:51 Consider
The self-serving and God-neglecting returned captives were taking care of their houses but not Jehovah’s house; hence, He came in to ask them concerning His house.
Hag 1:6a have Deut. 28:38; Hosea 4:10; Micah 6:14-15
Hag 1:61 little
This indicates that if we do not have the heart to take care of God’s house for His satisfaction, no matter how much we eat or drink or how well we dress, there will be no satisfaction. If we neglect the church, we will have no real enjoyment or satisfaction.
Hag 1:81 bring
Today our gospel preaching is our gathering of material for the building of God’s house.
Hag 1:91 run
The word run indicates that the people were busy caring for their own houses. It is impossible for us to be neutral. We must be absolute, either taking care of our houses first or taking care of the Lord’s house first (cf. Matt. 6:33; Luke 9:57-62).
Hag 1:10a dew Lev. 26:19; Deut. 28:23; 1 Kings 8:35
Hag 1:11a drought 1 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 8:1
Hag 1:14a stirred 2 Chron. 36:22; Ezra 1:1
Hag 1:141 spirit
For the recovery of the building of God’s house, God’s elect were stirred up by the Lord in their spirit in the order of God’s authority, beginning with Zerubbabel the governor (cf. Ezra 1:5). In the Minor Prophets both the divine Spirit and the stirred-up human spirit of God’s elect are mentioned. In the New Testament the divine Spirit has been consummated and poured out (Acts 2:17-21; Joel 2:28-32), and our human spirit responds to such a Spirit by being stirred up (cf. Acts 17:16; Rom. 8:16; 2 Cor. 2:13).
Hag 1:142 work
In our response to the Lord’s charge, we all should be occupied by the Lord Jesus in the work of preaching the gospel, feeding the new believers, and taking care of others for the building up of the Lord’s house, the church as the Body of Christ (John 21:15-17).
Hag 2:3b nothing Zech. 4:10
Hag 2:4a be Zech. 8:9; Eph. 6:10
Hag 2:5a Spirit Neh. 9:20; Isa. 63:11
Hag 2:61 Yet
The prophecy in vv. 6-9 concerns the house of Jehovah in the millennium. It was an encouragement to the building of Jehovah’s house at Zerubbabel’s time.
Hag 2:6a shake Joel 3:16; Hag. 2:21; Heb. 12:26; Rev. 6:12
Hag 2:71 Desire
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Hag 2:71 [1] This refers to Christ, who is the Desire of all the nations (Mal. 3:1b). Even though the nations do not know Christ, they still desire Christ. All people desire to have peace and a good life with virtues such as light, love, patience, humility, meekness, endurance, joy, and righteousness. Since Christ is the reality of all these things, for the nations to desire these things means that, unconsciously, they desire Christ.
Hag 2:71 [2] The coming of Christ as the Desire of all the nations depends on the return of God’s people from their captivity in Babylon and the recovery of the building of God’s house. Christ came the first time, in His incarnation, through the return of a remnant of Israel to Jerusalem from their captivity in Babylon for the rebuilding of the temple. He will come the second time through the return of a remnant of His New Testament elect from their captivity in the religious Babylon (Rev. 17) to the proper ground of the church for the recovery of the building of the church, God’s spiritual house (1 Tim. 3:15; 1 Pet. 2:5).
Hag 2:7a come Gen. 49:10; Mal. 3:1
Hag 2:8a Mine cf. Psa. 50:10
Hag 2:9a greater cf. Matt. 12:6
Hag 2:13a corpse Num. 19:11
Hag 2:141 unclean
The uncleanness here was not related to their physical offerings but to their moral and spiritual situation, which involved their relationship with God. Once the uncleanness was removed, they would be blessed by God.
Hag 2:17a blight Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; Amos 4:9
Hag 2:211 Zerubbabel
Verses 20-23 are the promise concerning the Messiah (typified by Zerubbabel) in the coming kingdom. Jehovah’s making Zerubbabel as a signet ring (v. 23) indicates that Jehovah regarded him as His representative and that He loved him and trusted him. In this matter Zerubbabel is a type of Christ. He represents God (Matt. 28:18), and He is the One whom God loves and trusts (Matt. 3:17; 17:5; John 3:35; 17:2). As such a person, He is qualified to take care of the building of God’s house, the church (Matt. 16:18).
Hag 2:21a shake Hag. 2:6-7; Heb. 12:26
Hag 2:23a signet S.S. 8:6; Jer. 22:24
Hag 2:23b chosen Isa. 42:1; 43:10