Haggai

📢 Word to 2 officials - Governor & High Priest

The word of the LORD
through Haggai the prophet;

• to Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel), governor of Judah, and
• to Jeshua (son of Jehozadak), the high priest.

This is what the YHVH Sabaoth says:

The people are saying,

Rebuilding the house of the LORD;
Restoration of that which lies in ruins;
can wait.

YHVH’s response through his prophet, Haggai:
He evaluates their thinking
“Should My house yet wait, persist as ruins {these 60+ years};
while you live, content and secure in luxurious homes?”
“Look at the sorry state you’re truly in!” 👇🏽

• You plant much but harvest little
• You eat but are not satisfied
• You drink but are still thirsty
• You put on clothes but cannot keep warm
• Your wages are gone: soon as you receive them; as though you’ve got holes for pockets!
  “Take stock of your circumstances! "

Now, Arise! Go up into the mountain, and bring down timber,
and rebuild My house. So that, I may take pleasure in it and be honoured,
says the LORD.

You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor.
And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away.
Why? Because My house lies in ruins, says YHVH,
while all of you are busy building your own fine houses.
Abandonment of M633, to seek their own Kingdom & delights

It’s because of you–your dereliction of duty;

• that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops.
• I have called for a drought on your fields and hills: withering grain and crops; new wine and olive oil; to starve you and your livestock; and to ruin everything you have sought with hard labour.
  In God’s mercy, He topples the Tower of Self-gratification that leads to destruction.

Then Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel), and Jeshua (son of Jehozadak), the high priest, and the whole remnant of God’s people obeyed the voice of Eternal One, YHVH, their God.

When they heard the words of the prophet Haggai,
whom the LORD their God had sent,
the people revered the LORD.

24.06

📢 Word to Everyone

Then the LORD, by Haggai, His messenger, sent this word to the people:
“I am with you. “

So the LORD stirred up their spirits:

• Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah
• Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and
• the whole remnant of God’s people.

Such that they assembled, and began in earnest, the work on the house of their God:
YHVH, the Eternal, LORD of Stars & Cosmos.

21.07

📢 Word to Everyone

The LORD sent another message through the prophet Haggai.
Ask them,

• Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah
• Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and
• the whole remnant of God’s people there in the land:

Who remembers this House–in its heyday?
All the beauty and splendor, back then?
Now, how does this compare?
Bleak? Drab? Bereft of Glory?
You speak truth.

But now, says YHVH:

Do not despair!
Be strong, Zerubbabel.
Be strong, Jeshua (son of Jehozadak), the high priest.
Be strong, all you people still left in the land.

And now get to work, for I am with you, says the LORD of Cosmos.
My Spirit remains within you,
just as I promised when you came out of Egypt.
So, do not be afraid. '

In just a little while, I will again

• shake the heavens and the earth;
• trouble the oceans and the dry land;
• shake all the nations, and
  the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple.
  I will fill this place with splenour, wealth and glory, says YHVH Sabaoth.
  The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, says YHVH.

I promise,

“The Glory of this Restored Temple will surpass the original, " says the Eternal One.
And in this New City, I will usher in, Peace.
I, the LORD of StarGates, have spoken! "

garden 👉🏽 tabernacle/tent 👉🏽 temple/house 👉🏽 city

24.09

1st Message: "Ask the priests"

The LORD of Heaven’s Hosts said to Haggai:
Ask the priests this question about the law.

So, Haggai asked, “If one of you is carrying some meat from a holy sacrifice in his robes and his robe happens to brush against some bread or stew, wine or olive oil, or any other kind of food, will it also become holy? "
The priests replied, “No. "

Then Haggai asked, “What if someone becomes ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person and then touches any of these foods, will the food be defiled? "
And the priests answered, “Yes. "

Then Haggai responded, “That is how it is with this people and this nation, says the LORD. Everything they do and everything they offer is defiled by their sin. "

Consider what unrest you had prior to laying the foundation of El’s Temple.
When you sought to prosper without My Gracious Presence, how did you fare?

When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten.
When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty.
I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy everything you sought before Me.
Even so, you refused to return to Me, says the LORD.

Today, as the foundation of this My house is laid,
take stock and give careful consideration to your choices from this point forward.
An invitation to discover futility and prioritise, instead, seeking His Kingdom & Zedek, first!

As it stands now,
There’s no more seed left in the barn:
You haven’t yet harvested your grain, and
Your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees
have not yet yielded fruit.
But from this day onward, I will bless you. "

2nd Message: to Zerubbabel
On that same day, the word of YHVH came a second time onto Haggai:
“Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, that

• I am about to shake the heavens and the earth
• I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms.
• I will overturn their chariots and riders.
• The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.

“But when this happens, says the LORD of Hosts,

I will honour you, Zerubbabel (son of Shealtiel), My servant.
I’ll take you and wear you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you.
I will be made incorruptible: a gold ring, bearing the name of the LORD.

I, the LORD of Heaven’s Hosts, have spoken! "

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