THE REWARD FOR OBEDIENCE
HAGGAI 2, 15-23
WHEN WE DO NOT PUT GOD’S HOUSE FIRST
But now, do consider what will happen from this day forward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, from that time
- When one came to a grain heap expecting twenty measures, there would be only ten; and
- When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, there would be only twenty.
I struck you and the work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the LORD.
WHEN WE PUT GOD’S HOUSE FIRST
‘Do consider from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was founded, consider: Is the seed still in the barn? As to the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree they have not produced.
Yet from this day on I will bless you [in the harvest of your crops].
ZERUBBABEL CHOSEN AS A SIGNET
And again the word of the LORD came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month (Dec 18, 520 B.C.), saying, “Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying,
‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. I will [in the distant future] overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the ungodly nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them, and the horses and their riders will go down, every one by the sword of his brother [annihilating one another].
On that day,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, My servant,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will make you through the Messiah, your descendant like a signet ring, for I have chosen you as the one with whom to renew My covenant to David’s line,’ ” declares the LORD of hosts.
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