1. THE COMING GLORY OF GOD’S HOUSE Haggai 2:1-9

2. Our Need Haggai 1:13 God’s way of addressing our need: Haggai 1:13 - God’s way of addressing our need:  The messenger of the Lord.  The message of the Lord.

3. Haggai 2:1-9 1) There was Disappointment 2) There was Encouragement 3) There was Fulfillment

4. The Context of Haggai  586BC  Destruction of Temple and Exile  539BC  Return under Zerubbabel  538BC  Rebuilding of Temple Commences  520BC  Rebuilding of Temples Recommences Haggai  516BC  Second Temple Completed

5. 1)There was disappointment God’s temple was in a bad state!

6. “Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like Nothing?” (Hag 2:3)

7. 2)There was encouragement  God sent His messenger with His message! Verse 4: Be strong and work “Be strong, all you people of the land, and work. For I am with you For I am with you, declares the Lord Almighty.”

8. 3)There was fulfillment glory “The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house.”

10. A Great Prophecy! 7 “I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the Lord Almighty. 8 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the Lord Almighty. 9 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the Lord Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the Lord Almighty.” (Hag 2:7-9)

11. The Coming of the Lord Jesus ！ The messenger of the Lord. The message of the Lord.

12. Church of the Holy Sepulchre “At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split.” (Mat 27:51)

13. Gospel of John 14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (Joh 1:14) 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” 20 The Jews replied, “It has taken forty six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. (Joh 2:19-21)

14. The Glory of the New Temple “Don’t you know that you are the temple of God?” (I Cor 3:16)

15. Application “Be strong, all you people of the land, and work. For I am with you, declares the Lord Almighty.”