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Just in fact, between year delay and how the people have kind of lost that sense of urgency, they become comfortable with everyday life. So going about their own routines from their own perspectives and just left the temple called home. The foundation is ready but apart from that, nothing has been done and they have gone back to their daily routines. And so God raises up Khakai and Zechariah to speak to the people and remind them about their prerogatives. So that is what we are finding in Haggai chapter 1 verses 5 to 11. Kind of let me passage. So maybe we could just look at a few verses in Haggai chapter 1. If someone would read of 7 to 11. Yeah, Haggai chapter 7 to 11. So, you know, my friends has asked on the chat, is the audio still kind of unclear? Because it is not highly clear that maybe we need to do something about it. So some of just respond to them a question. Is it still unclear? Or is it all right? Do we carry on? You know, your feedback on the head? I am into the online class students. If the audio is clear, could it be confirmed? Or is it still kind of unclear? Not very very clear. Could I have an answer to someone? Is the audio better now? How is the quality of the audio now if someone could... So you feel it is better now, right? I mean, okay, for the last speaker. So maybe the connection was not right. So it's clear now, right? I mean, I can continue, right? Okay. We'll go ahead then. So, yes. We were looking at Haggai chapter 1. Verse 5 to 11. Where God says, in verse 7, God says, give the careful thought to your ways. Okay? He says, first sign, he says, 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 remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own home. Okay? So the Lord says, you people have reached a point in life where you're so busy with your own affairs that you are neglecting the Lord completely. And so now I have decided that I will blow away whatever you bring home. Okay? So you can all refer to your own personal endeavours. And then you bring the proceeds of that back to your house. And the Lord says, I will blow it away. I will not allow you to succeed. In fact, you have other verses which talk about how it's like, okay, that would be in verse 6. Where it says, you earn wages only to put them in a purse. So even though you're putting money into your purse, it's like I said that hold down below at the bottom and all the money is just disappearing. You are not getting blessed. Why? He says, take thought. Give careful thought to the ways the Lord says. The reason is that you have just left the temple work on hold not even bothered to restart the construction work. And so the Lord says, I am judging you for this. And we see something very similar mentioned in the New Testament, right? Matthew chapter 6 verse 30, if someone put it out, Matthew 6 verse 33. It says, very clearly seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. And that's all the other things they added to you as well. So in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, we are reminded that we should place God first. Whatever pertains to him, that comes first. And when we take care of that, he takes care of all the other details of our lives. Okay. So chapter 1 is a chapter 1 where he reminds the people of what they need to do. And in chapter 2, they are given assurance that blessings will come if they obey. They are told also about the future blessings which await them. And they're also told that this temple, the second temple which is being constructed, even though it is smaller in size, it's glory will be very, very great. Okay. So these are all the assurance that they were in Haggai 1 and 2. Now, in just to briefly touch upon Zerubbabel, because the two main leaders were actually helping out in doing this construction work and completing the temple are Zerubbabel and Joshua. Zerubbabel, we have already talked about him when we were covering the book of Ezra. So we will not get into those details. We will not repeat the things which we said about him over the book of Ezra. But just to look at something else that is mentioned about him here in Haggai. So if we could have someone read out Haggai chapter 2 it goes from 20 to 23. So here it almost sounds like a messianic promise. It talks about how God will shake the heavens and earth. It talks about the royal thrones being overturned. And he says the horses and their riders will fall. All very, you know, you would really need to take care of that mobile. Please put it on silent. So, okay, all of these wordings used over here sounds very apocalyptic. It sounds like the end times which are being mentioned. And then more of God says to Zerubbabel and says I will make you like my signet ring. That would be the royal ring which the king wears on his finger. Usually when you're on your sealing important documents that would be the signet ring which would be used to impress. I'm sure that has a silent mode. So that would be the ring which would be used to seal important documents. So God says over here, I will make you like my signet ring for I have chosen you. So it sounds as if God is speaking about the end times and in these end times, all the foreign powers are overthrown. God says, I will make you my signet ring. In other words, you will be the messiah. But it does not make any sense because Zerubbabel never did become the messiah. So what would be the actual meaning of this? So we see that over here when he says I will take you my servant Zerubbabel, son of Shia RTL and I will make you my signet ring. It's not talking about Zerubbabel himself but rather a descendant of Zerubbabel. It's the same kind of wording that is always used for David. It doesn't mean that David will one day come back alive and sit on the eternal throne but rather a descendant of David would be sitting on the throne. So in the same way over here, it's not talking about Zerubbabel himself sitting on the throne. It's not talking about Zerubbabel himself being made the signet ring but a descendant of Zerubbabel will sit on the throne and be the signet ring of the Lord. And how do we see this fulfilled in the New Testament? In Matthew chapter one verse 12 to 13 also in Luke chapter three verse 27 we see Zerubbabel being mentioned in the lineage of the Messiah. So you see whatever the Lord said was fulfilled. So just in the same way a descendant of David sat on the throne on the messianic throne in the same way even as a descendant of Zerubbabel who is in the same lineage this descendant sits on the throne. So why are these things being told to Zerubbabel and also similar things are told to Joshua in the book of Zerubbabel these two men who have taken up this leadership to finish the temple work God says these things to them because at this time they are in a lot of tension this opposition going on from the other nations and things are not going well for them God is trying to comfort them and assure them that it's a grand future awaiting for the nation. So they don't have to be distressed they don't have to be frightened by what is going on around them instead he's urging them that there is a good future ahead in fact God is looking right into eternity and saying these are all the things which I have in mind for you as a nation so do not be afraid be brave don't allow the work to be neglected any longer restart the work once again so that is the message that God is conveying just for us to gain a little more clarity regarding this this term that is used over here where God says I will make you like my signet ring for I have chosen you go back a little bit into the background Josiah as we know was a very godly ruler now Josiah's son Jehoiah Kim and his grandson Jehoiah Kim on the other hand continued to follow the heathen pagan race they did not love the Lord they did not follow the Lord and so God speaks out judgment against them through Jeremiah Jeremiah speaks words of judgment specifically against Jehoiah Kim and also against the grandson Jehoiah Kim and we find that in Jeremiah chapter 22 both the judgments both of these kings are mentioned and one thing that God said Jehoiah Kim can be seen in Jeremiah 22 24 so if someone could read out Jeremiah 22 verse 24 so the Lord says even if you Jehoiah are like a signet ring on my finger you know what rather than put up with you I would actually take off the ring and throw it away and God is saying I reject you and I reject your descendants to be in the lineage which will lead to the Messiah so in fact what God is saying is something very intense very very shocking the one who made a promise to David and said one of your descendants will always be on the throne now God is saying to one of the descendants even if you were the signet ring I would rather take you off and throw you away because I do not approve of you and I am speaking my judgment against you so that is the stand which God takes against the lineage of David because of Jehoiah Kim so I am not particularly sure which aspect of his life angered the Lord that much exactly what God says about Jehoiah Kim Jehoiah Kim's grandson is Zerubabel the man was not even born in Jerusalem he was born out in Babylon while the people were living in exile that is where he was born because that is what his name means Zerubabel it means born in Babylon so that man follows the ways of the Lord to such an extent now God reverses what he had said earlier and he says you know what I will make you my signet ring so something very catastrophic happens in between where a point is reached where God is so disgusted with the lineage of David and the way they are living that he says I would rather take this ring off and throw it away but then you see a descendant of Jehoiah Kim who honours God in such a manner that the Lord is pleased with him and he comes back to Jerusalem officially appointed as governor and brought back over here so that he can help in the construction work so we see the curse temporary curse you can say temporary judgment you can say which was passed against the lineage of David it is reverted because of Zerubabel and his lifestyle just to touch briefly upon the second temple once the construction work begins yeah again you know if you were to go back to Ezra because in all of these books are connected so if you were to go back to Ezra chapter 3 if we can have someone read out verses 10 to 13 because that's basically where you have the foundation of the temple being laid the temple has not been constructed the foundation is finished so Ezra 3 10 to 13 we have actually read these verses when we did Ezra as well the people who have seen the foundation being laid in spite of all the opposition in spite of all the hardship they are happy they are glad that God stood with them and at least now the foundation is ready and so they rejoice and they praise God but then you also have many of the older generations standing over there the priests and Levites and family heads who had seen Solomon's temple and they begin to weep when they look at the foundation because what they can see is something very small compared to the grand Solomon foundation which they had seen back then and so there is a lot of weeping going on there is a lot of rejoicing going on and it says the voice was so loud that people even far away could hear them ok so that is the background and so now you hear in Haggai chapter 2 you know you have Haggai speaking the Lord speaks to Haggai and you speak to Zerubabel son of Shealtiel and to Joshua and this is what God says to say to them in Haggai chapter 2 verse 3 one of you is left who saw this house in its former glory how does it look to you now does it not seem to you like nothing and then in verse 9 the Lord says the glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house and in this place I will grant peace the Lord says so the Lord understands what is going on in the minds of the people this 15 year delay the foundation was laid the people wept the people rejoiced 15 years have gone by now they are hesitating whether to restart the work or not restart the work and the Lord says you know those of you who have seen the earlier temple are thinking in your mind this is nothing compared to what we have seen this is nothing but God says the glory of this present house will be much greater than the one that you saw earlier and of course this is fulfilled and you have the messiah himself coming into this you know the second temple so Solomon's temple was never visited by the God of Gods and if someone had told Solomon something like that you would be like you know odd that never happened for Solomon's temple but this temple which people are dismissing as oh not good enough this will be the temple into which God will physically come and you know it says in and in this place I will grant peace so peace between God and humanity will be established here in this you know insignificant temple so those are the words of assurance that you know Haggai speaks to Zerababal and to Joshua even as they are making preparations to restart the work similar wordings are used even in Zechariah Zechariah chapter 4 verses 6 to 10 some very very popular verses are here in this particular passage so in Zechariah chapter 4 verse 6 the Lord says he speaks to Zerababal and he says not by might nor by power but by my spirit you know this is going to happen so do not underestimate what is being done the Lord says this is a work which I through my spirit will achieve so you will be able to complete this work and in verse 7 God assures Zerababal and he says you know why what are you mighty mountain before Zerababal you will become level ground then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of God blessed God blessed so here it's saying you know the capstone is the top most stone of the building right on top so you will be able to rebuild the temple and you are the one who will lay the capstone right on top you will be able to finish this work it will not happen by might nor by power but by my spirit you will be able to complete the work which has been given so it's a promise the Lord makes and in fact he says in verse 9 you know Zechariah 4 9 he says the hands of Zerababal have laid the foundation of this temple his hands will also complete it you know he will complete the temple also so it's not just the foundation work but the temple itself will be completed and then in verse 10 the Lord says who dares despise the day of small things so this may be a day of very small things very small beginnings but these small beginnings are going to culminate in the messiah himself coming unexpectedly into the temple and taking charge so you see there's something very grand and so some so for many of you here in this room you know you're sitting in a basement hall and these may be very very small beginnings for you whether you know it's ministry that you're developing whether it's just in your you know relationship with God that you are beginning to grow whether it's in your prayer life where you still have not even figured out how to pray these are all maybe very very small beginnings but not by might nor by power but by his spirit if you have made the decision according to Galatians 5 to walk in step with the spirit day by day if you have made that commitment then these small beginnings are going to culminate in something extremely big and grand so it says here who dares despise the day of small beginnings don't despise small beginnings don't look down on small beginnings because the small beginnings if they are soaked in the presence of the Holy Spirit those small beginnings are not going to stay small because the God who is soaking them with his presence is immensely big and so those small beginnings will grow on our side all we are expected to do is walk in step with him on a daily basis and we will see that happen so after Haggai and Zechariah speak these words of encouragement we see in Haggai chapter 1 verse 15 within 24 days of you know Haggai giving this message the reconstruction work begins so the people feel strengthened on the inside they feel encouraged that God is with them He is going to help them it gives them the courage to restart the work and they are able to finish the temple so we see that in the book of Haggai that within 24 days of Haggai delivering his message of correction the people restart the work and they completed finally in 515 some of the commentaries will say 516 so anyway 515 or 516 BC is when the temple gets done of course the walls of Jerusalem take much more time we read about that in the book of Nehemiah will not get back into that coming to the book of Zechariah so we see that the first 8 chapters of Zechariah were written before the temple work was completed so in the first 8 chapters Zechariah talks about how they should remember the laws of the Lord the things which they have neglected so far he speaks to the priests he tells them you need to be serious about your priestly duties and he also gives many visions which he has all of those things are in the first 8 chapters and then the temple construction work restarts the work is finished after the temple work is completed then the remaining chapters chapters 9 to 14 are written down and in these chapters chapters 9 to 14 Zechariah uses a lot of apocalyptic imagery he talks about things which are difficult to understand and he is mainly talking about the judgments which will come the end times and what God will do so those are all the things which are mentioned and it is over here that we find all these spectacular prophecies about the Messiah so Zechariah is quite an important book in the sense it talks about the Messiah provides many details which were not known earlier so you have some interesting details mentioned maybe we can take some time looking at those so if someone could read out for us Zechariah chapter 9 verse 9 so it talks about how he is coming in a lowly manner in a humble manner he is not coming on a horse to make war against the people and to destroy them because of their sinfulness rather he is coming in humility to give them another chance to redeem them restore them forgive their sins so that they can have a new life so he could have chosen to come on a horse because the horse represents war it represents judgment but instead of coming on a horse the Messiah chooses to come on a donkey because the donkey represents peace it's an animal of peace it's not an animal of war and so the king when he comes the messianic king he chooses to come on a donkey rather than on a horse he does not come to bring judgment and destruction but rather he comes to bring restoration and hope and salvation coming to another prophecy that we see Zechariah chapter 14 if we could read out verses 3 and 4 here in this prophecy it's talking about something which has not yet happened it's talking about the second coming of the Lord and it says that when he comes his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which is to the east of Jerusalem ok so and when he comes and stands on that mountain that mountain literally be split into two is what it says now if we were to think about Acts chapter 1 and we see the people standing over there and watching Jesus Christ being taken away even as he is ascending into heaven what is the wording which those angels say if we were to go to Acts chapter 1 and if someone could read out for us what the angels are saying Acts 1 11 to 12 12 so it's the same location the same location Mount of Olives where Jesus was taken up in that very same place he's going to come down again and in fact that's exactly what the angels they say in the same way that he has gone up you know you will see him coming back in the same way and Zechariah explains what would happen when he comes back to the Mount of Olives ok so very accurate very precise prophecies with lot of detail are mentioned in our book of Zechariah another thing that we could look at is chapter 12 verse 10 if you could read out a lot of wording used over here we see it you know repeated in other passages it says over here they will look on me the one they have pierced and if you were to look at John chapter 19 verses 36 to 37 that's basically where you have the soldier piercing Jesus in the side ok so while he was hanging on the cross they wanted to make sure that he has indeed died and so they pierced with a sword and the water comes out so it's talking about that they will look on me the one they have pierced it says over here in this prophecy and then it says they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and that actually is covered in Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 if someone could read out Revelation 1 verse 7 yes so here it says everyone will see him when he comes even the people who pierced him you know will see him so here obviously it's not talking about just that one soldier who was doing his job when he pierced it's talking about all of you know the people who because of our sinfulness we have led to the crucifixion of Christ because of our sinfulness he had to be crucified and he had to be pierced so all the people will look upon him and they will mourn and they will say oh what a great mistake we have done you know so we should not have done that so just as it says in the prophecy in Zechariah that the one whom they have pierced when they look upon him they will mourn that is you know that we see that fulfilled in Revelation that prophecy will be fulfilled on that day when the second coming happens and how will they mourn it says as for an only child and that's the wording which we see in John 3 16 where it talks about Jesus as the one and only son okay so again the same similar wording as the prophecy is given and another phrase which we find in the prophecy of 1210 is the term for him as one grieves for a first born son so again that term first born is applied to Jesus in the New Testament that would be in Colossians chapter 1 verse 15 where you have the Greek word prototokos that would be the word which is used and that same word is used in Zechariah's prophecy obviously Zechariah's prophecy was written in the Hebrew language but when they did the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek you know the Septuagint if you look at that same verse in the Septuagint that same word they will grieve for him in the way they would for a prototokos and that's exactly the word that is used even for Jesus in Colossians 115 where he is called the first born of all creation so Colossians 118 and not 15 is it okay I'd better make that correction wrong information okay good so yeah this is one of those prophecies with many many details and each one of those details is actually picked up in other passages showing how completely that prophecy was fulfilled and then moving on to another prophecy that we can look at Zechariah chapter 11 this is something that is generally not touched upon but it's quite an interesting prophecy so I thought maybe we could look at it while we are covering this topic so Zechariah chapter 11 talks about a story that's filled with sheep and shepherds okay and it's kind of giving you a grand overview of all the things which will happen and when you actually just read the Zechariah 11 sounds rather confusing you don't quite catch the story line kind of reminds you of song of Solomon in a way there is no chronological order you have things happening first you have things happening second but actually there is a story line there is something you know there is a clear story line in place Zechariah 11 is something like that it kind of begins in a slightly roundabout way with flashbacks and what not but there is a very clear story line involved so if you see Zechariah 11 begins with some negative wording if you see verse 3 if someone could read out Zechariah 11 3 okay if you were to look at Zechariah chapters 9, 10 things are very positive okay very good things are told and now suddenly after saying all those good things here Zechariah talks about shepherds wailing and weeping and talks about lions roaring and it's all suddenly very negative imagery after having talked about very very nice things so why is there weeping and wailing going on over here the explanation for that is given in the rest of the chapter so it actually begins with the last portion of the story the last portion of the story is where the shepherds they weep and they wail and the sound of young lions can be heard that actually is your conclusion and then the story actually begins so you get to know why these shepherds are weeping why they are crying just to get into a little bit of detail about the weeping of the shepherds and the roar of the lions I found this article online which I really liked it's called the tale of the four shepherds and so in that article the man who was writing he says if you combine these three images you talk about sheep out in the open and you talk about lions roaring and you talk about shepherds wailing you combine these three images what do you think has happened to the sheep not very good things right you have the shepherds wailing and you have the lions roaring which means something very very bad has happened to the sheep so this is not a positive image which is being conveyed over here and then we get to know what are the details of this story the story begins in verses four onwards maybe we can just look at Zekaraya 11 verse 5 if someone could read out 11 5 their own shepherds do not spare them the shepherds who were supposed to be watching over the flock and caring for the flock those shepherds are selling off the flock to the slaughterer and they are making money and they are saying oh I am so glad I am getting rich so the shepherds who have been appointed to look after the sheep instead of looking after the sheep they are in fact selling them off and making gain from them and if you look at the book of if you remember Ezekiel talks about the same thing it talks about how the leaders of Israel instead of looking after the sheep instead of being responsible for them they are taking advantage of them oppressing them getting rich by exploiting them so that is the imagery used over here the shepherds who have been appointed by God to look after the sheep are not taking care of them rather they are killing them and using the proceeds to make themselves rich so that is the imagery with which the story starts off and then what happens just like in the book of Ezekiel you know in the book of Ezekiel the Lord says because the shepherds are so evil I myself will go out and look for the sheep and I will not take care of them so that same imagery is used over here so in Zechariah chapter 11 verses 7 to 14 it talks about what the good shepherd will do maybe we can just look at 11 verse 7 yeah so here we see that the good shepherd he steps in the evil shepherds are not doing what they are meant to do they are treating the flock and they are making money from them so the good shepherd steps in and he says I will take care of this flock because the evil shepherds are not doing it I will look after them and he you know he has these two staffs these two rods one of them is called favor and the other is called union the good shepherd says I will place my favor upon the sheep I will unite them I will take care of them so he is a good shepherd who wants to do good things for the sheep and then we see something very very sad that would be in verses 8 all the way up to 14 maybe we can just look at verses 8 and 9 if someone could read out yeah 8 and 9 alright so here the good shepherd has now taken over and he says I will look after this sheep but it's a twist in the story what happens the flock don't like him rather than being grateful to him that he has come to look after them that he has come to rescue them rather it says the flock detested me and I grew weary of them so then he says I will not be your shepherd because it's pointless the sheep don't even want him they're not even you know appreciating what is being done for them and so in verse 10 it says I took my staff called favor and I broke it and I know I cancelled the covenant which has been made with them and then he says he also takes the other staff which is called union and he says he will break the bond between Judah and Israel so when the flock when the sheep refuse to respond to the good shepherd who is actually trying to show them love and kindness the shepherd says alright if you do not want to be led by me then I will turn you over to other shepherds because you do not seem to be interested in being rescued and then we see chapter 11 verses 15 to 16 where the people are turned over to the foolish shepherds so if we could maybe just read out verses 15 and 16 okay so so the story starts off with shepherds who are evil who don't care God steps in and says I will take care of you I will be a good shepherd but the flock instead of appreciating him they turn against him they refuse to listen to him then God says alright because you are not interested I will turn you over to evil shepherds we can see this happening in the history of Israel where God reached out to the people the people did not want him then he said okay fine you want evil kings fine you go and suffer under the evil kings because I can be a good king to you but you are rejecting me you do not want me and so he turns them over to the foolish shepherds and then when the foolish shepherds come what happens the lions come and they begin to roar and they begin to destroy and that is basically why the good shepherd is weeping and he says oh what have you brought upon yourselves you know God wanted something good for his flock but the sheep turned out to be evil so we can use this particular chapter and understand it in this way on the other hand we can take it also as a chapter which talks about the entire timeline of history where they are not just talking about what happened in the Old Testament times but we also are looking at how God is now in the current times after he has come as the good shepherd and you know he sacrificed himself on the cross for mankind. Mankind is still today rejecting him and they are saying no no no we do not want this good shepherd so we can take this parable in the context of just the Old Testament or we can even apply it to what we are facing today in our current society where the good shepherd has come he has done his good deed but the flock are saying they don't want him and they are saying no we want other shepherds and so if you are looking at the timeline of entire history then what does it mean when God says okay fine I'll turn you over to the other shepherds because you don't seem to want me I will turn you over to other shepherds it could be talking about the Antichrist because the people don't want this leader they want another leader so they will be given the Antichrist and he will seem very very nice to them you know he will seem very very appropriate to them and to their tastes but in the end what does he do he only brings more havoc and more destruction so we could take this as a prophecy talking just about the Old Testament or it maybe is a prophecy which actually is talking about the entire timeline right up to the end times so we don't really know in what way it should be interpreted maybe it can in fact be interpreted in both ways but this is one portion of Zechariah that is generally ignored by people but it is something that we would need to know as students of the Old Testament so these are just some of the things that we could cover in the book of Zechariah so we have already covered Malachi yesterday so Malachi is done and finished so those of you who are still working on your assessments online please finish it off by 25th because that would be the last day so even those who are in the E-platform you would need to finish all of the assessments by 25th so that's all about it we'll just close with the word of prayer Lord we just thank you so much for all the truths that we could gather from your word from the Old Testament thank you a lot that we see that you always keep your word whatever you have spoken in the Old Testament it was fulfilled in the New Testament and whatever has not yet been fulfilled in the end times we will see all of it being accomplished all of it being completed because Lord your word when it goes out it will only come back to you after it has accomplished the purpose for which it was sent out so we thank you Lord that we can always stand on your word and be fully confident that what you have promised will take place so Lord help us to be people who will not despise the day of small things when we look at the circumstances in our lives and we see only a small thing over there we Lord should not question you and doubt your word because your word says that what has begun small it will be fulfilled not by might nor by power but by your spirit and Lord you will bring into fulfillment all that you have promised both for your kingdom for the church and for each of us individual believers so help us a lot to hold on to your word and know that in your timing everything that is meant to be accomplished will be brought to completion and it will be done in a grand way because you are a big almighty God thank you Lord that you have reminded us of these truths help us a lot to hold on to them and I pray Lord for all the students even as they are finishing off all of their assignments all of their assessments I pray Lord that you would be there with the wisdom they need and I pray that you would help us to complete this course in a way which honors you Lord thank you Lord in Jesus name amen amen so thank you so much for sitting patiently for months even as we went through OT and those of you who are online thank you for all of your participation even though it is so limited and you can't really interact but thank you for thank you I'm not able to stop