Haggai 2:9
“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.”
King James Version
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The glory of the latter house greater than the former — Christ entering the second temple, whose stones were poorer than Solomon's.
Fulfillment References
Luke 2:22-38 Luke 19:45-48 John 2:13-22 John 2:19-21 Malachi 3:1
Archaeological & Historical Evidence
Herod's Temple (the expanded Second Temple) was considered by the Romans to be one of the wonders of the world. Jesus visited and taught there.
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishHaggai encourages the returned exiles — the Second Temple's glory still debated as greater than Solomon's.
CatholicGreater glory was the Messiah himself who entered and taught in the Second Temple.
ProtestantThe second temple's glory surpassed the first because Jesus the Glory of God walked in it.
DispensationalA future Millennial temple will exceed both previous temples.
AcademicHaggai's encouraging oracle for the discouraged post-exilic community.
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