I was reading, studying and learning the Book of Haggai the rebuilding of the temple.
Haggai 1 English Standard Version (ESV)
The Command to Rebuild the Temple
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.” 3 Then the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?5 Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. 6 You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord. 9 You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.”
1.Man thinks he has all authority to tell God what to do instead of man listening to God's voice.
2. God sent his messenger to the people to give a message that the people have build up their homes, but the House of God sits in ruins.
3. God has withheld the blessings from above of the Holy Spirit.
4. God never longer at the helm of the church because man has become his own god in his own house build by his hands.
Reminds me of today's religion of men because there are many houses(churches)build by men hands where Holy Spirit is not dwelling. Beautiful churches on the outside, but dead within.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.
The New Temple
1 Corinthians 3 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Do you not know that you[b] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Sinners, unbelievers, and lost are observing Christians how they represent God in the faith by their temple(lifestyle) because Holy Spirit resides within. Folks are observing Christians everyday behavior because it is easy to put that mask on Sunday morning.
Haggai 1 English Standard Version (ESV)
The Command to Rebuild the Temple
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.” 3 Then the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?5 Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. 6 You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord. 9 You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.”
1.Man thinks he has all authority to tell God what to do instead of man listening to God's voice.
2. God sent his messenger to the people to give a message that the people have build up their homes, but the House of God sits in ruins.
3. God has withheld the blessings from above of the Holy Spirit.
4. God never longer at the helm of the church because man has become his own god in his own house build by his hands.
Reminds me of today's religion of men because there are many houses(churches)build by men hands where Holy Spirit is not dwelling. Beautiful churches on the outside, but dead within.
Matthew 23:27
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.
The New Temple
1 Corinthians 3 English Standard Version (ESV)
16 Do you not know that you[b] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Sinners, unbelievers, and lost are observing Christians how they represent God in the faith by their temple(lifestyle) because Holy Spirit resides within. Folks are observing Christians everyday behavior because it is easy to put that mask on Sunday morning.
