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Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide An Appeal This PowerPoint Show is freely shared to all who may find it beneficial. While intended primarily for personal use, some find it useful for teaching the lesson in church. There are those, however, who add illustrations, change background, change fonts, etc. While their intention may be good, this is not right. Slide #1 says designed by claro ruiz vicente. For honest Christians, it is not necessary for anothers creation to be copyrighted in order to be respected. PLEASE USE AS IS.
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message to us today just as it was a message to those who lived in the time of these twelve writers who, though long gone, still speak. The question is, will we listen?
What are our priorities, and why is it important to get them right? Today, too, it is so easy to get caught up in the struggle for existence that we forget what our first priority needs to be, which, of course, is doing always the Lords will.
it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts.
Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
1. First and Second Sermon 1st: Planting Much, Harvesting Little {280}
well-nigh forsaken. The people... strove to attain temporal property, butwork as they might they did not prosper. God bestowed upon them the fruits of field and gardenbut because they had used these bountiful gifts so selfishly, the blessings were
1. First and Second Sermon 1st: Planting Much, Harvesting Little {280}
God could not be honored properly as long as His house sat in ruins. The temple was a visible reminder to the whole world that the Sovereign Lord is God of heaven and earth. Their attitude toward the temple revealed a deeper spiritual problem: their loss of the sense of their mission as the remnant people of the Lord.
The message is instantly obeyed by the leaders and the remnant people. In less than five years the temple is completed. While the kingdom of God cannot be identified with a material building, the book of Haggai is a reminder that God sometimes uses material things, such as buildings, for spiritual
Haggai now could deliver a new word from the Lord. I am with you. As soon as the people decided to obey the Lord, the messages of reproof were replaced by words of encouragement. The assurance of Gods presence gave them the promise of all other blessings.
of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory. The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than of the former and in this place will I give peace.
temples current state compared to its appearance before the exile. Clearly, the present appearance did not match the former glory. People may have been discouraged because they had no chance of duplicating the splendor of Solomons temple that once stood in the same place.
The prophet encouraged the people to keep working because Gods Spirit was with them. Be strong! Do not fear! The prophet declared that, in the end, the Lord would make the temples latter glory greater than its former glory. That became true, however, only because One greater than the temple had come.
It would be a different type of glory because this temple would be honored by the presence of Jesus, in the flesh. In this very building would appear, in the fullness of time, the Desire of all nations as the Teacher and Saviour of mankind. PK 577
bless you.
I will take you, Zerubbabel, My servantand will make you a signet ring: for I have chosen you.
holiness to the things it touches? (vs 12). NO. Will an unclean person having contact with a dead corpse defile things around himself? YES. Sin automatically spreads around us; therefore, if we want something good to happen around us, it must
Only God can produce holiness in a persons life, because He is the only source of holiness. People, things, and time can become holy only as they are in relationship with God.
3. Fourth and Fifth Sermons 5th: The Lords Signet Ring {284}
Zerubbabel would be the Lords signet ring, an object that provides evidence of royal authority and ownership. Although Zerubbabels role is key in building the temple, he did not fulfill all the promises given to him by God through Haggai. Gospel writers point to Jesus as the final fulfillment.
was the result of a neglect to put Gods interest first. Had the Israelites honored God, had they shown Him due respect and courtesy, by making the building of His house their first work, they would have invited His presence and blessing. PK 574