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"Consider now from this day forward"

Text: Haggai 2:18

THE PROMISE OF BLESSING

The Lord was more than willing to bless His people. But they must seek Him humbly.

“‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,
from the day that the foundation of the LORD’S temple was laid—consider it:
Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate,
and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.'”
Haggai 2:18-19

1. “Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month”

a) This was part of the word that God gave to Haggai (Haggai 2:10).

b) The day was noted: “the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month”.

2. “From the day that the foundation of the LORD’S temple was laid—consider it”

a) The foundation had been laid for the temple.

b) This was on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month (Haggai 1:15).

3. “Is the seed still in the barn?”

a) The seed had not yet been planted.

b) Would the farmers dare to plant for fear that there could be any crop failure?

4. “As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit”

a) Some had ventured.

b) They had planted traditional crops:

i) The vine

ii) The fig trees

iii) The pomegranate trees

iv) The olive trees

c) But they had not yielded fruit.

5. “But from this day I will bless you”

a) The Lord held out a promise of blessing.

b) The remnant would have to decide if they would believe the Lord.

c) They would have to exercise faith.

d) They would have to choose if they would forsake their ways and obey the Lord.