Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yes, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not brought forth… 1. Concerning the great Promiser, the following considerations are interesting. (1) He is Jehovah. (2) The Promiser is the God of the people to whom the promises are made. (3) The Promiser is strong and faithful round about. (4) The Promiser is Lord of elements and seasons. 2. Concerning the good things which the Lord our God promises. Comprehended in the term, "bless." Includes — (1) The removal of material evils. (2) Means of fertility and plenty. (3) A blessing with the means. (4) A blessing upon the possession and use of those good things which the Lord produces by the means. 3. The people whom the Lord promiseth to bless. (1) They were His own people. (2) A people for whom the Promiser had lately done great things. (3) A people who had been negligent and slothful in the work which the authority of the Promiser required, and gratitude to their Redeemer bound them to perform. (4) A people whose negligence had been chastised. (5) A people who were now learning to do well. 4.The day on which the Lord promiseth to bless His people. (1) A specified day. (2) The day on which they turned to the Lord, and began to build. (3) The day on which the promise began to be performed.Learn — 1. For the good things of this life the people of God have His covenant and promises. 2. Operations of material power are operations of God. 3. The zeal of the Lord of hosts hath done ,great things for the house of His name. 4. Building the house of the Lord is connected with blessing. (A. Shanks.) Parallel Verses KJV: Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. |
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