Beth

The Coming Glory of the Temple

2 ^(A)In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: ² “Speak now to ^(B)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^(C)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, ^3 (D)‘Who is left among you who saw this house ^(E)in its former glory? How do you see it now? ^(F)Is it not as nothing in your eyes? ⁴ Yet now ^(G)be strong, O ^(H)Zerubbabel, declares the Lord. ^(I)Be strong, O ^(J)Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ^(K)Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. ^(L)Work, for ^(M)I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, ^5 (N)according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. ^(O)My Spirit remains in your midst. ^(P)Fear not. ⁶ For thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(Q)Yet once more, in a little while, ^(R)I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. ⁷ And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and ^(S)I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. ^8 (T)The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. ^9 (U)The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And ^(V)in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”

³⁴ So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that ^(A)the Christ remains forever. How can you say that ^(B)the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” ³⁵ So Jesus said to them, ^(C)“The light is among you ^(D)for a little while longer. ^(E)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness ^(F)overtake you. ^(G)The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ^(H)sons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. ³⁷ Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, ^38 (I)so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

³⁹ Therefore they ^(K)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

⁴¹ Isaiah said these things because ^(N)he saw his glory and ^(O)spoke of him. ⁴² Nevertheless, ^(P)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(Q)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(R)confess it, so that they would not be ^(S)put out of the synagogue; ^43 (T)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, ^(U)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(V)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵ And ^(W)whoever ^(X)sees me sees him who sent me. ^46 (Y)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone ^(Z)hears my words and does not keep them, ^(AA)I do not judge him; for ^(AB)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ^48 (AC)The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ^(AD)the word that I have spoken will judge him ^(AE)on the last day. ⁴⁹ For ^(AF)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^(AG)who sent me has himself given me ^(AH)a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”