Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
And I will shake
all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this
house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver [is] mine, and the gold
[is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be
greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I
give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. Haggai Chapter 2 verse 7 to 9.
The Bible says that the glory of the latter house
shall be greater than the former. This statement became necessary because the
elders of Israel who saw the first Temple that was destroyed were not very
happy with the new one. The first temple
was splendid, beautiful, and expensive, a masterpiece and fortunately the
people worshipped God, praised Him from the depths of their hearts and His
glory filled the temple. It was therefore a beautiful masterpiece crowned with
the presence of God. Please see 2nd Chronicles Chapter 5 verses 12
to 14, 7 verses 1 to 14, Zechariah Chapter 8 verses 20 to 23, 14 verse 14. Overtime,
the people of Israel sinned and turned away from following God to following
idols. God punished them and they were overrun by Babylon, the temple was
destroyed and they were taken away from their land into captivity in Babylon.
