Suburban Christians need to hear the message of Haggai. This neglected Old Testament book has incredible relevance for us, especially if we live in a comfortable, affluent suburb (like where I live: Naperville). Having just preached through book at our church, I’ve been freshly impressed as to the importance and relevance of Haggai for suburban […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
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Haggai Sermons
In July of 2024 I preached through the book of Haggai at Cross of Christ Fellowship. Here’s the audio from the sermons: 1 Haggai 1 “Build the House!” 2 Haggai 2:1-9 “Encouragement to Carry On” 3 Haggai 2:10-23 “2 Final Messages”
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Haggai 2:10-23 Sermon
Here’s the audio for my sermon on Haggai 2:10-23 preached at Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville “2 Final Messages”
God’s Rule Over the Nations and the Greater Zerubbabel (2:20-23) 20 The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, 21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, 22 and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. […]
God’s Blessings for an Obedient People 2:10-19 10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, 11 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: 12 ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of […]
Andrew Hill is helpful in explaining Haggai 2:23 and how ultimately Zerubbabel pointed forward to Jesus, the Greater Zerubbabel. Haggai 2:23:“23 On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen […]
One way that God motivates believers do what is right is by promising to bless their obedience. This truth is seen in the book of Haggai. In chapter 1, God speaks through Haggai to a disobedient people—a people who were meant to rebuild the temple, but for the previous 15-18 years have instead focused on […]
I like this quote I found on John Calvin’s commentary on Haggai 2:6 about God “Shaking the nations”: He then adds, I will move all the nations, and they shall come. After having mentioned the heaven and the earth, he now shows that he would arrest the attention of all mortals, so as to turn […]
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Andrew Hill on Haggai 2
I found commentator Andrew Hill on Haggai 2:1-9 to be helpful. The promised ‘latter glory’ of the temple finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ: “The true glory of the Second Temple that Haggai calls the people to build will not be the gold and silver of the nations (v. 8). Rather, the stunning glory of […]
A God Powerful Enough to Change Us (1:11-15) 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.” 12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the […]