Transcript Hebrews 9:24-28 (N.I.V.)

~MEDITATION~
Philippians 2:12b, 13 NIV
Continue to work out
your salvation with fear
and trembling,
13 for it is God who
works in you to will and
to act in order to fulfill
his good purpose.
12
Filipenses 2:12b, 13 NVI
lleven a cabo su
salvación con temor y
temblor,
13 pues Dios es quien
produce en ustedes tanto
el querer como el hacer
para que se cumpla su
buena voluntad.
12
Haggai 1:1-15
Opening statements 1:1-4
“These people say”
 “The word of the LORD”
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God’s people shaken 1:5-11
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Consider your circumstances (5,6)
 Consider why your expectations are unmet(9)
Consider what you should do (7,8)
 Consider the consequences of neglecting what God
declares to be a priority (10,11)
God’s people stirred 1:12-15
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Responding to the Word (12)
Encouraged by the Word (13)
Quickened by the Word (14)
There is a Hebrew word play which has its beginning
in verse (4) and is completed in verse (11)
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The Hebrew word for “ruins” in verse 4 is
(‘brE(x') “hareb”
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The Hebrew word for “drought” in verse 11 is
(br<xoø) “horeb”
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This is called inclusio , a figure of speech where a
passage is bracketed with the same set of words.
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Because my house remains in “hareb” you will
experience “horeb”
“And God, we know, does punish men in
these two ways: either by withdrawing his
blessings, by rendering the earth and the
heavens dry; or by making the abundant
produce unsatisfying and even useless.”
John Calvin
“To leave the temple un-rebuilt was just
another way of saying: It matters not
whether God is with us.”
It is as if the people were saying: “When we
get living conditions and the economy right,
and develop a decent standard of living and
negotiate proper wage rates- then we will
have time for religion and for God.”
“The LORD does not tolerate a society run
on these lines. He is not a complacent
onlooker; he will be central or he will be at
odds.”
Alec Motyer
Isaiah 41:8-10
8"But
you, O Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have
chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,
9I
took you from the ends of the earth, from its
farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my
servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected
you.
10So
do not fear, for I am with you; do not be
dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you
and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right
hand.”
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
22“In
the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order
to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by
Jeremiah, the LORD moved(stirred) the heart of
Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation
throughout his realm and to put it in writing:
23"This
is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "'The
LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the
kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to
build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.
Anyone of his people among you-- may the LORD
his God be with him, and let him go up.'
Ezra 1:5
“Then the family heads of Judah and
Benjamin, and the priests and Levites-everyone whose heart God had moved
(stirred) -- prepared to go up and build the
house of the LORD in Jerusalem.”
“Foolishly, then, do they imagine that the
Israelites were led by their own free-will to
obey the word of God, and then that some aid
of the Holy Spirit followed, to make them firmly
to persevere in their course.”
But the Prophet declared in the first place, that
his message was respectfully received by the
people. And now, he explains how it was; even
because God had touched the hearts of the
whole people.”
John Calvin