The temple of God is not what it was, and the question is asked, “…is this not in your eyes as nothing?”

Haggai 2:1-9

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“In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying: “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people,” Haggai 2:1-2

The first time Haggai brought the word of God to the Israelites was about two months ago in the first chapter of Haggai. He is speaking to the same people, which includes Zerubbabel and Joshua, who were put in charge of rebuilding the temple, and also spoken to everyone else remaining of the Israelites. Today, the Holy Spirit is speaking to those in charge of the churches and everyone else remaining true to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

“‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing?” Haggai 2:3

In a sense, Haggai is speaking the word of God to the Baby Boomers of today. As Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964, we remember how the world was then and how it is today. As a 1959 Baby Boomer, I remember the strong roots the Gospel of Jesus Christ had all around the nation. We would go out on the street corners with microphone, speaker, horns, and a drum and share the Message of the Cross with the whosoever. I also remember when all of a sudden that type of public ministry was put to an end through city ordinances and public complaints. The Light of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is no longer found in the churches of today. The Holy Spirit says to us, “…is this not in your eyes as nothing?”

The population boom of the Baby Boomers came about immediately after WW2, and immediately after WW2 the United Nations was established and brought with it the thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and say, as described in Daniel 8. After the United Nations was formed, there was a great falling away from belief in God, people no longer come to Jesus Christ for the remission of sin as before, and the presence of the Holy Spirit is ridiculed, as described in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. Today, people are allowing the image of the beast to live and speak through them by the thing which has power over physiology to form their thoughts and feelings. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. The Holy Spirit says to us, “…is this not in your eyes as nothing?”

Humanity is no longer looked at as the creation of God whose body is made to be built up as the temple of the Holy Spirit, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16 Instead, the thing which forms thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors sits in the human body, the temple of God, as if it is God, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Click for a post on the “man of sin”. The Holy Spirit says to us, “…is this not in your eyes as nothing?”

Through Haggai, the Holy Spirit encourages us to be strong in these days when the State of Israel and Christianity are under attack as the goals of the global government of the United Nations are being implemented. We are to continue to work to build ourselves up in the Holy Spirit through the Lord Jesus Christ, “Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:4

“‘According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’” Haggai 2:5 The word of the covenant spoken to us today is summarized like this, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27

“For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:6-7

The verse above refers to the end of this world as we know it under the global government of the beast, which is described in Revelation 18, the Seventh Plague in Revelation 16:17-21, and the Seventh Trumpet in Revelation 11:15-19

Coming to the “Desire of All Nations” refers to those who come to God through Jesus Christ and inherit eternal life in the New Jerusalem where the glory of God and the Lamb (Jesus Christ) are the temple.

“‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:8-9

The silver and gold refer to everything priceless and precious being in the possession of God, and the only way to access the New Jerusalem is through Jesus Christ by the remission of sin. By the remission of sin, we are given the Holy Spirit who is our guarantee of eternal life, “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.” Ephesians 1:13-14 The temple within the eternal New Jerusalem is described in Revelation 21.

The temple of the Holy Spirit, our body, is greater than the former temple made with hands before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The temple of the Holy Spirit is greater than the churches of today.  “And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.” Hebrews 3:5-6

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11