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Jesus in Haggai

The prophet Haggai released one of the most important directions for us. In the first chapter of his book, he speaks predominantly on the importance of rightly building the House of the Lord. We know that Jesus is the Master Builder of God’s House and His Body – the Church, so we can definitely see Him here as The Builder of God’s House.

The prophet is explaining why most Christians do not experience a breakthrough and why they always seem to strive hard to be prosperous, but end up broke. That’s because the House of the Lord is not their Number 1 priority, as it should be. Jesus told His disciples the same thing when He told them to seek first the Kingdom of God and THEN all else will be given them as well. See the passage from Haggai:

“Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?" Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it." ” (1:3-6)

See, priority is everything with the Lord. He can’t take the second place. He is the Head, the Chief Cornerstone, the Alfa & Omega, the Beginning & the End. And we must always put Him and His Kingdom / House first place in our lives. Then and then only can we be successful in everything we are doing.

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the Lord. "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the Lord Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house. Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the oil and whatever the ground produces, on men and cattle, and on the labor of your hands."” (1:7-11)

In the end of the first and the second chapter, we can see Jesus in the face of Zerubbabel and Joshua. So, here we see the Lord as the Governor and the High Priest, Who promised His people that the Glory of His House would be greater and greater; that He will be a blessing for His people and that He will overthrow the power of all foreign kingdoms and powers.

God Bless You!

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