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 Now, we will read together in our Bibles a couple of sections.

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 First of all, from Ephesians chapter 2.

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 So in the New Testament, Ephesians chapter 2,

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 where we're going to hear of temple imagery being used in the New Testament.

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 And then we're going to turn to Haggai chapter 2 and read the first nine verses.

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 So here in Ephesians 2, let's hear God's word.

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 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called uncircumcised

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 by those who call themselves the circumcision, which is done in the body by human hands,

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 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ,

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 excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise,

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 without hope and without God in the world.

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 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

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 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one,

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 and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

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 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations.

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 His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two,

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 thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,

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 by which he put to death their hostility.

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 He came and preached peace to you who are far away and peace to those who are near.

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 For through him, we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

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 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,

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 but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household,

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 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,

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 with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

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 In him, the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

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 And in him, you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

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 In a sense, what we have there is a recognition that in God's purpose,

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 the temple was always supposed to be a place of worship,

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 not just for the Jews, but ultimately for the nations of the world.

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 And while the physical temple failed to do that, Jesus does.

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 Now, Haggai chapter 2 in the Old Testament, towards the very end of the Old Testament,

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 and we are going to read verses 1 to 9.

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 In the second year of King Darius, on the 21st day of the seventh month,

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 the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai.

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 Speak to Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,

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 to Joshua, son of Josedach, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people.

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 Ask them,

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 Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory?

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 How does it look to you now?

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 Does it not seem to you like nothing?

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 But now be strong, Zerubbabel, declares the Lord.

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 Be strong, Joshua, son of Josedach, the high priest.

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 Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord, and work.

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 For I am with you, declares the Lord Almighty.

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 This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt,

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 and my spirit remains among you.

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 Do not fear.

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 This is what the Lord Almighty says.

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 In a little while, I will once more shake the heavens and the earth,

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 the sea and the dry land.

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 I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come,

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 and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty.

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 The silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord Almighty.

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 The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,

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 says the Lord Almighty.

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 And in this place, I will grant peace, declares the Lord Almighty.

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 This evening, we're thinking about the fact that in this prophecy,

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 God's discouraged, disheartened people are being reminded that the best is yet to come.

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 To help us to do that, we need to step back in time.

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 So I want to take you in your mind's eye to a building site in 520 BC.

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 Where is this building site?

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 It's in Jerusalem.

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 And what is it that's being built, or rather rebuilt?

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 It's the temple where God would be worshipped.

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 As we saw last week, that project had restarted in 536 BC.

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 The foundation had been laid, but then opposition came.

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 And so for 16 years, the building site has remained lifeless.

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 Nothing has been happening.

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 But now, the project has restarted again with full speed.

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 So we're on this building site, and we're seeing a temple be constructed.

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 But then, we also see some old men come by.

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 It appear at how things are developing.

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 And as they watch the building restoration take place,

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 we see them weeping as they watch.

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 Because they're old enough to remember, in childhood, the glory days of Solomon's temple.

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 And they weep.

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 And they say, it's not like it was in the old days.

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 They ask themselves and others the question,

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 where's the glory in this temple?

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 And they are discouraged.

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 And that mood of discouragement spreads around the building site.

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 And because the temple site is in the middle of the city,

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 the city is beginning to feel that wave of discouragement.

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 Enter Haggai.

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 He comes onto the building site.

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 Was he wearing his hard hat?

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 We don't know.

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 But we definitely do know that he brings with him the Lord's message.

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 And it's a message both of realism and hope.

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 Yes, this temple, in a sense, is not and will not be as glorious as Solomon's.

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 But future glory is coming.

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 The best is yet to come.

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 Now, as we come back to 2020, we live in that reality,

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 as we thought about from Zechariah's language of the day of small things,

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 where perhaps our circumstances and our church,

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 we don't feel very glorious.

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 We don't feel super significant.

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 But we also stand in 2020 knowing that that promise through Haggai has been fulfilled.

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 that the greater glory of the temple has come because Jesus has come.

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 And there's greater glory because now Jesus is constructing a living temple in the church,

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 in people like us who have faith in the Lord Jesus.

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 And we too have the promise that for the church today, the best is yet to come.

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 So we're going to think about that, the realism and the hope in Haggai chapter 2.

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 So first of all, looking back, looking back at former glory,

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 the first five verses is where we're going to be.

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 Now, notice again, we're told when Haggai speaks.

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 It's the second year of King Darius on the 21st day of the seventh month.

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 Now, I am going to presume that we are at best rusty on our Persian calendar dating system.

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 And we're also a bit hazy on how that would connect with a Jewish calendar.

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 Because that's my position, I imagine.

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 I'm not alone in that.

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 This specific date, so the experts tell me,

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 it comes during the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.

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 Okay, so that date is important because it tells us that in the middle of a festival.

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 What's the Feast of Tabernacles?

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 Well, this was something that they did every year.

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 Every year God said to them, live in tents for a week.

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 And it was to remind them of their time when they were in the wilderness

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 before reaching the promised land.

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 It was a time of anticipation, anticipating glory to come.

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 And it's interesting that even when they were in the promised land,

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 they still had to go into their tents, into their booths,

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 and anticipate there was greater glory still to come.

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 And that's going to be significant for the message.

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 Now, everyone is gathered.

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 We see Zerubbabel's there, Judah's there, the remnant are there.

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 Leaders and people are together for this festival.

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 And what does Haggai do?

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 Haggai, in verse 3, says,

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 Now, parents, don't we teach our kids to do the exact opposite of this?

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 It's like, you don't say that kind of thing.

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 You don't point out the flaws in someone else.

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 You've got to keep quiet about that.

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 But here, Haggai deliberately draws attention to it.

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 Why?

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 You're thinking, if they're already feeling discouraged,

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 surely when Haggai comes, this is going to discourage them further.

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 But there's a point to what he's doing.

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 He's pointed to reality.

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 He's saying, this is a time of lesser glory for God's people.

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 If we just for a minute compare Haggai's day with the glory days of Solomon.

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 You know, that's often described as the golden age, the reigns of King David and King Solomon.

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 That was a time when they enjoyed freedom.

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 But now they're ruled by Persia.

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 And that was a time when their territory was large and they were at peace.

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 Now it's Jerusalem and a little bit around.

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 And they're controlled by outside influences.

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 Then they were regarded as great and glorious in that region.

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 They had established dominance over surrounding nations.

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 But now they are small and weak and fragile.

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 So this is a time of lesser glory.

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 And the temple that's being built is a reflection of that wider reality.

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 But here's the thing.

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 And here's where this isn't discouraging for the people.

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 Yes, their glory may have changed.

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 It may have diminished.

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 But God and his glory has not.

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 And God, we're told in verse 4, keeps his promises.

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 I am with you.

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 Verse 5.

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 This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt.

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 And my spirit remains among you.

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 So he keeps his promises.

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 He's given them his presence.

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 He is with them.

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 There is a reminder that the same Redeemer God who brought them out of Egypt

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 is the same God who is for them today.

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 And that's supposed to have an impact on how they feel and how they act on the building site.

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 So knowing this, the people of God are to, verse 4, be strong.

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 Three times.

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 Zerubbabel, be strong.

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 Joshua, be strong.

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 All you people of land.

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 Makes me think of Joshua.

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 I remember when Joshua takes over from Moses.

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 And it's his job to lead the people in conquest, into battle, to take possession of the promised land.

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 And God frequently says to Joshua, be strong and courageous.

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 And again, it's the same reason because God is with them.

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 And God is working out his purposes.

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 So they are to be strong.

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 And, verse 4, they are to work.

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 They are to keep on building this temple.

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 Because this temple represents God being with them.

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 It represents a place of worship.

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 So that they might worship God.

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 It is a place where sacrifices can be made so that forgiveness and reconciliation and restoration might happen.

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 It's a place where the glory of God might be known.

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 Where the reputation of God might spread through the nation and through the nations.

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 So they are to be strong.

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 And they are to work.

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 And, verse 5, they are not to fear.

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 Because they are to trust in the God who is with them.

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 So they're to look back.

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 They're looking back and seeing the former glory.

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 But they are to take heart.

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 To take heart because God remains with them.

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 As Zechariah chapter 4 says,

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 Isn't this something that we need to hear in our own setting today?

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 Probably everybody has a sense of,

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 when was the glory day of the church?

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 Some of us, if we like church history,

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 we might think back to the 16th century, to the Reformation.

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 Maybe, for older generations, we might think back to our childhood.

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 People might look and think,

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 well, the church before the wars,

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 that was the sort of golden age in present.

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 Maybe we just think,

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 life before COVID,

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 the church felt like a golden age.

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 Because at least we could be together.

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 Today,

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 I imagine for many of us,

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 we feel weak.

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 As Christians, we feel disconnected.

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 more isolated from our brothers and sisters.

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 The church seems small.

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 In our nation,

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 it doesn't have the position of influence

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 and respect that once it did.

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 Because God's name, God's word, God's glory,

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 God's gospel, the Lord Jesus,

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 don't have the same position

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 that they used to.

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 And we could be discouraged by that,

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 but God would have us take heart.

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 Because,

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 God is,

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 with his people.

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 Jesus promised,

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 I am with you always.

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 Jesus sent the Spirit,

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 so we wouldn't be alone,

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 so we wouldn't be like orphans.

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 God still keeps his promises.

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 God made a covenant promise,

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 God has made a covenant with the church,

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 in and through the body and blood

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 given for us in sacrifice

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 to remove our sins,

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 to bring us to God.

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 And God will keep his promise

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 to be God for us.

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 Take heart,

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 because God will receive glory.

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 Take heart,

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 because God is building his kingdom.

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 He is establishing a living temple.

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 And as Jesus said,

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 not even the gates of hell,

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 not that the powers of the devil

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 are powerless to resist

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 that movement of God's grace.

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 So,

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 so this is a call to work

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 in our day of small things,

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 at the small things

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 that we are called to do.

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 We're called to serve faithfully,

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 to live for God

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 in our families,

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 to live as servants of God

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 in our workplaces,

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 whatever that looks like nowadays,

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 to serve faithfully in the church,

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 to come together where possible

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 as the church,

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 whether that's on Sundays

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 or whether it's to pray

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 or in community group,

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 to love and encourage

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 and build one another up

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 and bear one another's burdens,

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 to serve faithfully in worshipping

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 on Sundays and all through the week.

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 And we do that,

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 not depending on our own strength,

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 but just as Haggai said,

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 depending on the God who is with us,

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 God's presence and God's power.

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 And as we do that,

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 remember what we read in Ephesians 2.

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 Jesus,

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 he is the true temple.

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 He is the cornerstone

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 that God has laid,

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 that precious cornerstone

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 on which the church is built.

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 The living temple is both built on Jesus,

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 on his words,

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 on his truth,

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 and built by Jesus

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 as he draws men and women

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 and boys and girls

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 to faith in himself.

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 And so we worship Jesus

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 because he is our Emmanuel.

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 He is God with us.

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 He is the one who,

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 in his body,

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 the new covenant

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 has been established

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 and he sends the Spirit.

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 So these words from the Lord

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 we see fulfilled

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 in the ministry of Jesus.

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 So yes,

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 the church today may not seem glorious,

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 but never forget,

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 Jesus,

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 our King,

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 is glorious,

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 always will be glorious

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 and he is pursuing his glory

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 in us,

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 through us,

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 in the world.

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 So keep building.

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 Keep building by sharing the gospel,

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 making much of Jesus,

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 using Advent,

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 for example.

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 whether it's those videos,

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 whether it's sharing devotional thoughts

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 or reflections,

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 whether it's just talking about

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 the reason for Christmas,

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 sharing the gospel both inside the church

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 because we never want to move away

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 from God and his grace.

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 We never want to take for granted

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 what Jesus has done for us

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 in his life, death and resurrection,

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 but also sharing the gospel

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 outside the walls of the church

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 or the community of God's people.

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 And we keep building also

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 in the sense that we want to support

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 both local and global mission.

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 One of the reasons that we,

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 during lockdown and ongoing restrictions,

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 have had missions speakers

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 come to us month after month

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 is so that we would be reminded

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 that we have work to do

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 in supporting global mission

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 for the glory of God.

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 So there is former glory

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 and there's reality

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 but also hope.

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 But then Haggai encourages

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 a looking forward

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 to see greater glory.

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 Now, in Morningside,

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 we have a sister church,

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 a church plant by the name

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 of Cornerstone.

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 And their building project

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 is nearly done.

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 And that's good news.

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 Last week,

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 I was watching their

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 promotional video.

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 And it was interesting

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 to see how they did it.

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 And in a sense,

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 there's a pattern

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 that we can probably detect

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 that we see in Haggai.

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 So one thing that the video did

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 was sort of go to the old schoolhouse

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 and say,

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 here was this iconic building

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 in its heyday,

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 at the heart of the community.

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 See, lots of old pictures

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 and you'd see there it is

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 as the school

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 and sort of heart of the community.

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 And then now,

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 in its present state,

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 you see it as a building site.

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 And I guess,

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 unless you know the plan

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 and you know the trajectory,

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 you might think,

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 yikes,

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 how can this be good?

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 How can anything good

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 come out of this

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 or rubble and ruin

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 and expose walls

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 and all those kind of things?

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 And in a sense,

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 the video goes on

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 to respond to that

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 because it keeps bringing us

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 back to artists' impressions

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 of the finished article.

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 So you're constantly

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 looking forward

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 with hope

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 for what it will become.

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 And we can pray

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 for Cornerstone

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 as they look to

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 share the gospel

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 with people

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 in the Morningside community,

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 but also as they look

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 to be a church planting

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 centre

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 where we can remember

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 them.

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 But let's go back

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 to Haggai

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 on his building site.

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 So he's looking back,

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 yeah,

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 it's not the same

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 glorious Solomon's temple,

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 but he's also looking forward.

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 He's saying,

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 there's something

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 so glorious coming

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 that it's going to make

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 Solomon's temple

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 look like a garden shed.

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 Now,

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 how is that?

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 Haggai's very careful

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 to say it's not going to be

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 because of your

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 architectural skill.

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 It's not going to be

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 the gold and silver

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 that you bring.

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 It's not because

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 of your hard work.

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 How is that?

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 It's because God

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 himself

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 will act

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 for his glory

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 to give

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 and to bring

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 glory.

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 Now,

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 one word

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 that helps us

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 to think about this

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 is the word shaking.

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 Verse 6,

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 this is what the Lord

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 Almighty says,

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 in a little while

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 I will once more

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 shake the heavens

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 and the earth

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 and the sea

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 and the dry land.

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 I will shake

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 all nations

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 and what's desirable

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 and nations will come

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 and I will fill

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 this house with glory.

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 Now,

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 the prophets

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 of the Old Testament,

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 many of them

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 spoke of the day

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 of the Lord.

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 a decisive day

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 in history

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 when God would

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 intervene

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 at the end

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 of the age

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 and that shaking

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 is Haggai's

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 way of talking

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 about the day

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:40.779
 of the Lord

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 and what he

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 anticipates

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:45.140
 as God gives

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 this message

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 is of the world

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 being turned

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 right side up

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 and that plays

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.779
 itself out

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 because there is

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.420
 this picture of

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.940
 nations becoming

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.660
 worshippers

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:56.019
 and that is

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.560
 seen in them

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.300
 bringing their

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 wealth

00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.200
 to the temple

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.640
 but crucial

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.940
 to this shaking

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:04.300
 for our purposes

00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:05.580
 is when God

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.640
 said in verse 7

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:08.160
 I will fill

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.600
 this house

00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.160
 with glory.

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.700
 So the difference

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.460
 between Solomon's

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.240
 temple and Haggai's

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.540
 temple

00:22:14.540 --> 00:22:16.259
 wasn't the

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:18.340
 size of the building,

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.759
 they were actually

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.580
 pretty similar

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.840
 archaeologists tell us

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.019
 and it wasn't

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.879
 so much the fact

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:24.299
 that Solomon's

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.619
 temple had

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.179
 loaded gold

00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:25.720
 and silver

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.859
 and Haggai's

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.879
 didn't have so much

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.779
 the difference

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.559
 is that when

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:31.480
 Solomon dedicated

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.339
 his temple

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:34.859
 the glory cloud

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:36.019
 came down

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.359
 God's glory

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.579
 filled the temple

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.119
 so the priest

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.500
 had to get out

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.099
 because God

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.839
 was so glorious

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.480
 and he was present

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.839
 in his temple

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.859
 now that hadn't

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.139
 happened in Haggai's

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.359
 day

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:47.099
 but

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:49.199
 but then

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:51.799
 Haggai

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.259
 brings us

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.200
 wonderful news

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.960
 from God

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.500
 in verse 9

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.279
 the glory of this

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.860
 present house

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.700
 will be greater

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:58.400
 than the glory

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.620
 of the former house

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.500
 and in this place

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.279
 I will grant peace

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.860
 now how can that be

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:04.180
 and we need to

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.519
 recognise

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.500
 this didn't happen

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:07.000
 in Zerubbabel's day

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.940
 and it didn't happen

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.600
 in the rest of the

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.640
 Old Testament era

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.100
 we need to wait

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.740
 for

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:14.580
 fulfilment

00:23:14.580 --> 00:23:16.039
 to the coming

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.519
 of Jesus

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.360
 that promise

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.580
 of greater glory

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.779
 is fulfilled

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.879
 in Jesus

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.960
 again John 1

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.159
 the word became

00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:24.059
 flesh and dwelt

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.559
 among us

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.579
 and we have seen

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.119
 what

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:27.259
 we have seen

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.939
 his glory

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.799
 the glory

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.299
 of the one and only

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.240
 so here's this

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.199
 wonderful reality

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:34.279
 Jesus the eternal

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.960
 son of God

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.699
 the full

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:37.139
 radiance of God's

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.379
 glory

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.480
 comes to the earth

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.980
 and Jesus

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.019
 is the Lord

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.980
 who then

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.659
 in his

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.379
 lifetime

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:44.699
 comes to his

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.099
 temple

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:47.679
 and actually

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:48.219
 one of the things

00:23:48.219 --> 00:23:48.679
 that we see

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:49.319
 in the gospels

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.679
 and we see

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.179
 in his ministry

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.899
 is Jesus

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.959
 is making clear

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.599
 that he takes

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.319
 over from the

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.639
 temple

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:55.019
 if you want

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.459
 to enjoy

00:23:55.459 --> 00:23:56.139
 the presence

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:57.000
 of God

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.679
 don't go to

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.099
 the temple

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.939
 come to me

00:23:58.939 --> 00:24:00.459
 if you want

00:24:00.459 --> 00:24:01.379
 to worship

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.039
 it's not in

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.980
 the temple

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.740
 you worship

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.279
 in spirit and

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.719
 truth and you

00:24:05.719 --> 00:24:06.579
 worship through

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.459
 Jesus

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:09.459
 if you're

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:09.799
 looking for

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.959
 a sacrifice

00:24:10.959 --> 00:24:12.899
 that reconciles

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.339
 you to God

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.899
 and brings you

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.639
 forgiveness

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.480
 don't go to

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.980
 the temple

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.619
 with an animal

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.740
 come to Jesus

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.500
 and his death

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.220
 on the cross

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.059
 Jesus

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.259
 takes over

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.059
 from the temple

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.799
 and Jesus

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:24.179
 has more glory

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:25.559
 than Solomon's

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:25.939
 temple

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:30.079
 and then we

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.379
 think about

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.879
 Matthew

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.339
 and the way

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.379
 Matthew's gospel

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.119
 talks about

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.059
 the death

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.619
 of Jesus

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:36.339
 and significantly

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.259
 he uses the

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.059
 language of shaking

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.459
 Matthew 27

00:24:39.459 --> 00:24:40.599
 51

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.199
 you can look

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:41.519
 it up

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.399
 at the death

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.080
 of Jesus

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:44.259
 two things

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.620
 happened

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.440
 the curtain

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.060
 of the temple

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:47.440
 was torn

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.980
 in two

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.620
 and the earth

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.500
 shook

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:52.060
 and the rocks

00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:52.900
 split

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:54.440
 the curtain

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.800
 of the temple

00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.340
 was interesting

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.880
 because

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:57.720
 one of the reasons

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.660
 Jesus judges

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.500
 the temple

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.060
 and the leaders

00:25:00.060 --> 00:25:01.500
 over the temple

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.460
 is because

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:04.380
 God's house

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.920
 was meant to be

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.320
 a house

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:06.800
 for all nations

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.119
 but

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.419
 it had become

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.919
 restricted

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.559
 and closed

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.339
 just to

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.180
 the Jewish

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.559
 people

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.559
 and so the

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:13.940
 temple

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.960
 curtain

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.359
 torn

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.720
 in two

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.039
 was saying

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.099
 access to

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.379
 God

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.779
 is now

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.139
 open

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.480
 and it's

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.919
 open to

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.460
 anyone

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.279
 who will

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.579
 believe

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.819
 in the

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.339
 Lord Jesus

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:23.099
 so this

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.659
 shaking

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.000
 back to

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.500
 this shaking

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:24.960
 concept

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.680
 this shaking

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.460
 began

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:28.399
 what Haggai

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:28.700
 was looking

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.000
 forward to

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.480
 it began

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.019
 when Jesus

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.659
 died

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:33.120
 his redeeming

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.360
 work

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.779
 is a

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.680
 shaking

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.360
 it's God

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.240
 intervening

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.900
 in a decisive

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.320
 way

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:38.420
 now the way

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.840
 is open

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.180
 to God

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.779
 now Jesus

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.259
 the true

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.640
 temple

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.860
 makes it

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.300
 possible

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:42.820
 for people

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.600
 from all

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.220
 nations

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.460
 to come

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.920
 to him

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.140
 and that

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.840
 shaking

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.800
 that began

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.480
 at the cross

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.500
 will continue

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:52.000
 until the

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.600
 return

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.500
 of Jesus

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.880
 and when

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.380
 Jesus

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.200
 returns

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.180
 this promise

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.840
 will be truly

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.400
 fulfilled

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.080
 when Haggai

00:25:59.080 --> 00:25:59.680
 says

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:01.180
 the glory

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.460
 of this

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.860
 present

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.080
 house

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.340
 will be

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.860
 greater

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.560
 than the

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:03.759
 glory

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.000
 of the

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.299
 former

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.620
 house

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:06.620
 when Jesus

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.279
 returns

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.039
 his

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.460
 unimaginable

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.920
 glory

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.620
 will be

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.080
 revealed

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:12.299
 and all

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.720
 the people

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.100
 of God

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.460
 will get

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.400
 to enjoy

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.960
 his glory

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.320
 and to

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:15.700
 see

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.580
 his glory

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.220
 and to

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.560
 live

00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.240
 in

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.519
 the new

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.019
 heaven

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.640
 and the

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:20.960
 new

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.500
 earth

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.779
 where we

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.299
 can enjoy

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.880
 his glory

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.560
 forever

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:26.200
 enjoy his

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.759
 presence

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.259
 forever

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.400
 verse 9

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.680
 we will

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.080
 enjoy

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:30.840
 unbroken

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.620
 peace

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.980
 forever

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.780
 true

00:26:33.780 --> 00:26:34.600
 well

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.259
 being

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:38.259
 to go

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.640
 back to

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.280
 verse 7

00:26:39.280 --> 00:26:40.160
 this shaking

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.500
 it brings

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.860
 in

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.680
 worshippers

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.620
 from

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.440
 the

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.240
 nations

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.100
 Jesus

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:48.040
 receives

00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.900
 glory

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:50.320
 as the

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.620
 true

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.040
 temple

00:26:51.040 --> 00:26:51.780
 but also

00:26:51.780 --> 00:26:52.160
 as he

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.780
 builds

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.060
 this

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.680
 living

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.140
 temple

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.480
 to use

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.100
 Ephesians 2

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.420
 languages

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.160
 he builds

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.019
 the church

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:59.019
 Ephesians 2

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.420
 Jesus

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.900
 in his

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.160
 body

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.420
 on the

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.620
 cross

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.019
 he makes

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.360
 peace

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.660
 peace

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:01.980
 between

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.340
 us

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.519
 and

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.740
 God

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:02.880
 and

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.060
 makes

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.320
 peace

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:03.640
 between

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.040
 different

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.960
 nations

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.660
 so that

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:05.880
 we can

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.259
 be all

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.540
 one

00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:06.720
 in

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.019
 Christ

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.440
 Jesus

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.960
 he

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.440
 builds

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.880
 us

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.519
 into

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.720
 a

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:09.960
 holy

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.340
 temple

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.540
 in

00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:10.660
 the

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.060
 Lord

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:12.460
 where

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.640
 does

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:12.960
 God

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.300
 dwell

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.720
 now

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.900
 Ephesians 2

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.140
 says

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.400
 God

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.840
 dwells

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.120
 in

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.400
 his

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.740
 people

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.560
 in

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.120
 his

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:19.140
 church

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.080
 and so

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.580
 together

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:20.920
 we're

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.500
 enjoying

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.380
 greater

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.940
 glory

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.620
 we enjoy

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.339
 the presence

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.879
 of God

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.619
 with us

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:25.839
 and we

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.619
 look ahead

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.619
 to more

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.099
 still to

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.539
 come

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:30.179
 so Haggai

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.579
 does this

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.239
 wonderful thing

00:27:31.239 --> 00:27:31.479
 in this

00:27:31.479 --> 00:27:32.099
 beautiful

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.699
 building site

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:32.979
 sermon

00:27:32.979 --> 00:27:33.299
 he takes

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.539
 them from

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.339
 small things

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.500
 to eternal

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.000
 glory

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.219
 he says

00:27:37.219 --> 00:27:37.719
 yes your

00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:38.239
 temple is

00:27:38.239 --> 00:27:39.239
 less glorious

00:27:39.239 --> 00:27:39.579
 but your

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.479
 God is not

00:27:40.479 --> 00:27:42.000
 he says

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.599
 look forward

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.259
 because future

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.779
 glory is

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.079
 coming

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.779
 Jesus

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.459
 God's true

00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:46.019
 temple is

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.239
 coming

00:27:46.239 --> 00:27:46.759
 we know

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.579
 how that

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.119
 glory is

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.479
 seen

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.379
 and one

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.679
 day

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.799
 Jesus

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.159
 will

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.239
 rule

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.980
 over the

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.180
 new

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.500
 heaven

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.779
 and the

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.019
 new

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.299
 earth

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.460
 this

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.099
 whole

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.420
 new

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.799
 cosmos

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.079
 will

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.319
 be

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.660
 his

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.099
 temple

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.440
 where

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.759
 our

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:58.980
 king

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.400
 dwells

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.640
 and we

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.099
 will be

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:01.220
 with him

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.259
 so today

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.980
 in our

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.900
 small things

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.940
 we are called

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.900
 to work

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:08.220
 and we are

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.700
 called to

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.140
 worship

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:11.380
 and we're

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.819
 called to

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.440
 wait

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.980
 with expectation

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:15.259
 knowing that

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.819
 for us truly

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.440
 the best

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.579
 is also

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:19.059
 yet to come

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.420
 solution

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:28.039
 once

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:32.880
 to

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.240
 let's

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:37.120
 pack

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.519
 to

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.859
 mercy

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:39.019
 can

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.120
 see

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.500
 out

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.819
 next

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.940
 time