The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9
The moral progress of the world. "Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land," etc. Humanity is undoubtedly progressing in certain directions—in secular information, in scientific discoveries, in useful and ornamental arts, in the extension of commerce, in the principles of legislation. But whether it is progressing in moral excellence is undoubtedly questionable, and yet there is no real progress... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9
The prophet's Messianic prophecy. In studying the Old Testament, it is deeply interesting to trace therein the gradual development of the Messianic hope. Three distinct stages are observable. 1 . From the promise made at the Fall ( Genesis 3:15 ) until the death of Moses. The indefinite promise respecting "the Seed of the woman" was made more definite in the promise to Abraham ( Genesis 12:3 ), and was revealed still more explicitly in "the Prophet" who was declared by Moses as at... read more