Haggai 2:20-23 Consider your Lord - Revision history

Wakefien: /* The brother of Camyses, Bardiya took the throne in 522 BC but was overthrown shortly there after by Darius the great. */

2023-06-16T21:00:36Z

‎The brother of Camyses, Bardiya took the throne in 522 BC but was overthrown shortly there after by Darius the great.

Wakefien: /* I Jer. 31:31 God promised that he would make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah, an explicit reference to the Jews. */

2023-06-13T19:10:13Z

‎I Jer. 31:31 God promised that he would make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah, an explicit reference to the Jews.

Wakefien: /* The New Covenant looked forward to a time when God's law would be written on the hearts (Jer. 31:31-33). */

2023-06-13T19:09:53Z

‎The New Covenant looked forward to a time when God's law would be written on the hearts (Jer. 31:31-33).

Wakefien: /* Listen to the words of Jeremiah just prior to Jehoiachin's capture. */

2023-06-13T19:08:16Z

‎Listen to the words of Jeremiah just prior to Jehoiachin's capture.

Wakefien: /* Consider the fact that we are serving the God who has made us a promise (23). */

2023-06-13T19:07:38Z

‎Consider the fact that we are serving the God who has made us a promise (23).

Wakefien: /* Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22). */

2023-06-13T19:07:24Z

‎Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22).

Wakefien: /* I know that some people pray and ask God to send Angels to protect them. Personally do not, I pray and ask God to protect me however He wants. */

2023-06-13T19:07:07Z

‎I know that some people pray and ask God to send Angels to protect them. Personally do not, I pray and ask God to protect me however He wants.

Wakefien: /* Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22). */

2023-06-13T19:05:14Z

‎Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22).

Wakefien: /* Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22). */

2023-06-13T19:03:29Z

‎Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22).

Wakefien: /* God provided the Savior who came as a man yet full God who lived a perfect life and was executed on the cross buying redemption for all who place their faith on the Savior. */

2023-06-13T19:01:58Z

‎God provided the Savior who came as a man yet full God who lived a perfect life and was executed on the cross buying redemption for all who place their faith on the Savior.

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 ====Me shaking the bridge is nothing compared to what Darius the great accomplished.====
 =====After the death of Cyrus the great the Persian empire was led by Cambyses II he received a wound in his thigh which became infected and ended up killing him.=====
-=====The brother of Camyses, Bardiya took the throne in 522 BC but was overthrown shortly there after by Darius the great.=====
+=====The brother of Cambyses, Bardiya took the throne in 522 BC but was overthrown shortly there after by Darius the great.=====
 =====That same year there were significant revolts against Darius throughout the Empire=====
 =====Darius did not appear to have the support of the populace but he did have a loyal army=====

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 ====The New Covenant is with Israel but brings blessings on the church.====
 =====Israel had failed utterly and completely, but God was not done with Israel and God was not done with his promises.=====
-=====I Jer. 31:31 God promised that he would make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah, an explicit reference to the Jews.=====
+=====In Jer. 31:31 God promised that he would make a New Covenant with Israel and Judah, an explicit reference to the Jews.=====
 ======I don't want you to go too far. I am not saying God was necessarily speaking of the New Covenant when he told Zerubbabel that he would make him like a signet ring======
 ======Instead, what I am saying is that this may have been a promise to bring Messiah through Zerubbabel and since Messiah brought the New Covenant we should celebrate this promise.======

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 ====This blessing took the form of a New Covenant through Messiah.====
 ===The New Covenant looked forward to a time when God's law would be written on the hearts (Jer. 31:31-33).===
-In order to understand Haggai, we need to understand the brokenness of the time. The Jews had turned from God and the result was the fall of Jerusalem and the burning of the temple. However, all was not lost. Jeremiah had promised that the people would return to the land and more than just returning. Jeremiah promised there would be a New Covenant, one in which the Law would be written on the hearts of the people. The reality of human life is sin nature. A nature that constantly seeks to draw us away from God. Under the Old Covenant God provided the Law but people found the Law impossible to keep. Sin nature took over and sin ran ramped. God judged sin and the nation fell. What was needed was something different and that is exactly what god promised. God promised a New Covenant.
+In order to understand Haggai, we need to understand the brokenness of the time. The Jews had turned from God and the result was the fall of Jerusalem and the burning of the temple. However, all was not lost. Jeremiah had promised that the people would return to the land and more than just returning. Jeremiah promised there would be a New Covenant, one in which the Law would be written on the hearts of the people. The reality of human life is sin nature. A nature that constantly seeks to draw us away from God. Under the Old Covenant God provided the Law but people found the Law impossible to keep. Sin nature took over and sin ran rampent. God judged sin and the nation fell. What was needed was something different and that is exactly what God promised. God promised a New Covenant.
 ====The New Covenant is with Israel but brings blessings on the church.====
 =====Israel had failed utterly and completely, but God was not done with Israel and God was not done with his promises.=====
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 ======I don't want you to go too far. I am not saying God was necessarily speaking of the New Covenant when he told Zerubbabel that he would make him like a signet ring======
 ======Instead, what I am saying is that this may have been a promise to bring Messiah through Zerubbabel and since Messiah brought the New Covenant we should celebrate this promise.======
 ===The New Covenant has been inaugurated and the blessing promised in the New Covenant should be remembered.===
 =====In Matthew 26:28 Jesus presented the New Covenant as being inaugurated with his death.=====

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 =====On March 15/16th 587 BC Jehoiachin was captured by Babylon together with 3000 Jews and exiled to Babylon.=====
 ======Listen to the words of Jeremiah just prior to Jehoiachin's capture.======
-<p>“As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[c] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians. 26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27 You will never come back to the land you long to return to.”<ref>Jeremiah 22:24-27</ref></p>
+<p>“As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians. 26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27 You will never come back to the land you long to return to.”<ref>Jeremiah 22:24-27</ref></p>
 ====Zerubabbel was Jehoiachin's grandson and the promise of the signet ring is a promise of restored blessing, a blessing that was ultimately fulfilled in Messiah who was a descendent of Zerubbabel as written in Matthew 1:12====
 ======And you all thought those genealogies were useless :)======

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 ===MTR: Take a minute to pray and admit to God that while you often seek control you in fact do not have control.===
-==Consider the fact that we are serving the God who has made us a promise (23).==
+==Consider the fact that we are serving the God who has made us a ''promise'' (23).==
 ===Zerubbabel was given a wonderful promise that was fulfilled in the Messiah who fulfills all glory.===
 ====In order to understand this promise we must look back to Jeremiah 22.====
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 Specifically, we relate to God no longer as enemies of God but rather as sons of God bought with the blood and participating in the blessings of the New Covenant.
 </p>
 =Conclusion: Consider your Lord=
 ===MTR: Join me by celebrating and remembering through the Lord's supper===

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 ===MTR: Carefully consider God's plans, power, and scope while reflecting on your life.===
-==Consider the fact that we are serving the God who sovereignly directs (22).==
+==Consider the fact that we are serving the God who ''sovereignly'' ''directs'' (22).==
 <p>For Zerubbabel, I suspect that the power of Darius seemed unsurpassable. This Darius has managed to crush all rebellions in as little as a year. This Darius was ruler over the world that Zerubbabel knew. It probably seemed to Zerubbabel that Darius called all the shots. However, that was not the case. God was still in charge because God is still sovereign. In verse 22 we see God stating hat he has the power to remove kings, he has the power to destroy kingdoms, and he has the power to overthrow armies. I am reminded that all of creation is subject to God.</p>
 ===Earthly rulers are subject to God's control (Prov. 21:1).===

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 <p>15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Col 1:15–16.</ref></p>
 ====This is huge, every aspect of creation is subject to God!====
-====I know that some people pray and ask God to send Angels to protect them. Personally do not, I pray and ask God to protect me however He wants.====
+====I know that some people pray and ask God to send Angels to protect them. Personally I do not. I pray and ask God to protect me however He wants.====
 In reality I know it is mostly just a style thing but I really want to give as much control to God as I can.
 ====I am a recovering controloholic, what I know to be true is the more I give control to God the better things go!====
 ===MTR: Take a minute to pray and admit to God that while you often seek control you in fact do not have control.===

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 =====God chose a people, Israel, to represent Him as a Kingdom of priests, this people failed to properly represent God and fell into idolatry.=====
 =====God provided prophets who called the people to repentance while also reminding people of and expanding upon the promise of an anointed one to redeem.=====
-=====God provided the Savior who came as a man yet full God who lived a perfect life and was executed on the cross buying redemption for all who place their faith on the Savior.=====
+=====God provided the Savior who came as a man yet fully God who lived a perfect life and was executed on the cross buying redemption for all who place their faith on the Savior.=====
 =====God established the Church and tasked the Church with spreading the Good News of redemption.=====
 =====God provided the Church with Scripture to guide the Church in how to properly spread the Good News and operate.=====