It is God who speaks and makes his promises, and unlike promises made by human beings, because God is Almighty, there is no doubt that he is able to carry out his promise. Outside of Jesus Christ no true and adequate knowledge of God can be possessed. Each of these was symbolical of a deeper and more recondite truth. (Archibald Boyd, M. Here, then, was true glory; here was substantial consolation! God's promise is always assured. "Rites and ceremonies retired more into the background; and prayer began to assume its true place in public worship. God tells the people through Haggai that the desire or beauty of all the nations would come, and that He would fill this temple which was being built with his glory. Men saw so much around them that was problematical. Jesus Christ, in uttering His prophecies in that temple, made that temple still more glorious by the character of those utterances. None of the names of Christ is more appropriate. Christ is the desire of all things in heaven and earth, and His incarnation that great work that all things looked for. This was fulfilled in a most remarkable manner between the time of this prophecy and the coming of our blessed Saviour. The faultless pattern is set before us that we may copy it. The desire of all nations.". Haggai 2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land]; Ver. THE GLORIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROMISED REDEEMER'S ADVENT. Heathen records show that birth from a pure virgin has been attributed to several of these founders of religion. It was strictly no new house, only a reparation of the old. All His teachings go to the same point. )Christ the hope of the worldEdwin Dukes.The words of the original do not refer at all to Messiah, but to the glory of the second temple, which was then being erected and into which it is foretold the riches of the Gentiles should be brought. (Archibald Boyd, M. (John N. Norton, D. D.)The advent of the Lord ushered in amidst the shaking of the nationsJ. 1. 3. Divine order. Secret of this universal power — the Incarnation. They all make frequent use of the title ''The Lord of Hosts.'' A. This is related both of Buddha and of Zoroaster. Political, social, and religious convulsions prepared the way for the Desire of all nations.3. There was spread over the whole of creation a universal expectation of some One called in this place the "Desire of nations." 1. Shall their temple be built again out of so great ruins? Properly speaking, there were three temples in Jerusalem. Mohammedanism bears the stamp of Mahommed, and dissolves before Western civilisation. The doctrine of the Incarnation is not peculiar to Christianity.2. Consider a summary of the theory of sacrifice among the heathen, and see how it points, in company with the Mosaic system, to the Lamb of Calvary. The bodies of men shall be unsubstantial, and shall cast no shadows. )Christ the hope of the worldEdwin Dukes.The words of the original do not refer at all to Messiah, but to the glory of the second temple, which was then being erected and into which it is foretold the riches of the Gentiles should be brought. All these other religions are like water that is strongly impregnated with the salts or the mineral matters which it has dissolved out of the strata through which it rises; but the river of the Water of Life that proceedeth from the throne of God and of the Lamb has no taste of earthly elements in it, and in spite of all the presumptuous crowing of some whose wish is father to the thought, it will flow on till it covers the earth, and every thing shall live whithersoever the river cometh.(A. Disturbance precedes repose; war, peace; death, life. II. )The glory of God's houseJoseph B. McCaul.The glory of Israel consisted in God's visibly dwelling in their midst. Properly speaking, there were three temples in Jerusalem. His goal was to encourage the builders by giving a word of hope. "Once more" implies "once more only." From Joshua to Solomon there was no permanent edifice. Notice the magnificence of the first temple with regard to its materials. Human life was so strange a puzzle. What changes were there, both political, mental, and religious, precursive of the Christian dispensation. Christ's advent. He came for the performance of the very work which had been before marked out for Him. Ark of covenant. The absence of this upward tendency is a sure precursor of moral ruin. He is represented as visiting the earth, suffering and dying, and rising again to become judge of quick and dead.II. 3. This gives the key to all history. Wherever it has come, it has come with a shaking. Haggai addresses this in verses 4 and 5: 2. This is related both of Buddha and of Zoroaster. Secret of this universal power — the Incarnation. "Once more" implies "once more only." Sometimes it means those mental commotions that over spread the minds of individuals. But of it God said, "I will fill this house with glory." The answer is that the world has not accepted the principles of Christianity. To prepare the way for this grand event, we may see the omnipotent Jehovah shaking the heavens, earth, and seas. There were three of surpassing magnificence — the ark, the altar, and the light. It is delivered on October 17, 520 BC, less than one month after the work of rebuilding the temple began. This shaking is a powerful drawing of men to a Christian conversion. If Christ be the desire of all nations, what is He to us individually? The realized spiritual presence of God in Christ with his Church, and which constitutes her true glory. In that later passage, the author of Hebrews contrasts Sinai with Zion, and states that a greater kingdom has come in … The cry of all religions was reconciliation with God. In these verses before us the words 'says the Lord Almighty' and 'declares the Lord Almighty' are repeated five times. 3. In what can this august prediction find its fulfilment if not in the Saviour of the world, who alone could give the "peace" mentioned in verse 9? I. All changes, revolutions, and convulsions are preparing the way for His triumphal chariot. Christ is the desire of all things in heaven and earth, and His incarnation that great work that all things looked for.1. That there would come, or had come, a perfect God-man to better the condition of the human race in this world, and to teach them about the next. This restricted apprehension of the meaning underlying the prophet's words would cheer the hearts of the builders and impel them to renewed endeavour. Answer to the question, "How can man be just with God?"3. (4) More noteworthy still is the fact that sacrifice meant the giving up of that which was valued and beloved. These causes conspired to damp the fervour of the people in the work of restoration. The Master said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, for He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor." Is it not the one story — the universality of sin and the redeeming Christ? Answer to the question, "How can man be just with God?"3. "I will shake." Napoleon's estimate of the superiority of the influence of Christ.2. )Christ suited to all nationsA. Moral socialism is what all nations crave for. As proofs of an actual expectation of this Divine Person, take the testimonies of two Roman historians, Suetonius and Tacitus. Show how the several parts of this prediction agree to our blessed Saviour, and to no other.I. The Messiah has always been the Desire of all nations. It was destroyed after an existence of over four hundred years. 4. The words may, however, be used as the motto of a sermon. THE WORLD SHOULD BE IN A GENERAL EXPECTATION OF MESSIAS AT THE TIME OF HIS COMING. The Solution to Discouragement (Haggai 2:4-5) God says through Haggai: “But now don’t be discouraged, for I am with you. In the first temple the voice of prophecy was heard, but in the second it was altogether silent. "Intense admiration is necessary to our highest perfection." Stradling, S. T. P.)The presentation of Christ in the templeEdmund Venables, M. A.Regard Christ as satisfying the craving of mankind for a perfect ideal of goodness.I. At last the voice of prophecy came. Man must have a God. The Shechinah. This often removes serious obstacles to the establishment and welfare of the Redeemer's Church.III. To the want produced by guilt, add that created by the corruption which sin hath shed through our nature. He was the delight and joy of His Father.2. (2) To the nations visited, the judgments of God are in wrath, and correctors of iniquity. It was strictly no new house, only a reparation of the old. This promise of Christ had a threefold virtue in it that made it seasonable in the time of distress. The Jews were in general expectation. BUT ALL THESE COME SHORT OF THE TRUE DEVOTION TO THE ONE PERFECT IDEAL. "The desire of all nations" should be "the desirable things of all nations," as the LXX τά ἐκλεκτά πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν The prophet describes, say they, not the coming of a person, but the contributions made to the rebuilding of the second temple (ver. 1. "I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.". That the promise of His coming to the temple was fulfilled, see the records of our Lord's visits to the temple, as given in the Gospels.II. I. We see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. This Shaking foretells a shaking of all things unto a great alteration. Heathen records show that birth from a pure virgin has been attributed to several of these founders of religion. The designation of the interval before their commencement as "yet only a little while" leads us to look for a nearer future than five hundred years. How far was this threefold want met by the Lord Jesus Christ in His advent? Place he would grant peace door set open for the precursors of His,... 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