Putting God First & Keeping God First
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First Baptist Lenoir City · John Hunn
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Show Notes
I. Introduction: The Book of Haggai matters because the Temple matters.
The Temple matters because worship matters. Worship matters because God
is a holy God and commands those who worship Him to be holy as well. The
Temple is primarily about God’s presence, but is also about God’s place.
Don’t make the place more important than the presence. The pride of the
Temple was a problem in Solomon’s day and in Jesus' day.
II. Read Haggai 1 & 2 (Matthew 6:33-34)
III. The History of True Worship -
• False worship -
• Vain worship -
• True worship -
1. The altars in Genesis:
a. Genesis 8:20-22, Noah at Mount Ararat
b. Genesis 12:5-7, Abram at Shechem
c. Genesis 12:8-9, Abram at Bethel
d. Genesis 13:14-18, Abram at Hebron
e. Genesis 22:9-14, Abraham at Mount Moriah (a father offered a son)
f. Isaac would build altars to worship the LORD
g. Jacob would build altars to worship the LORD
2. The altars in Exodus:
a. Exodus 3:1-6, Moses was in the presence of God
b. Exodus 12 - The doorposts were the “altars”
c. Exodus 17:8-16, Israel defeats Amalek then Moses builds an altar
(Jehovah-Nissi)
3. The Tabernacle in Exodus - 24:15-18
a. Exodus 25-40 (incredible detail of the mobile sanctuary)
b. Joshua 22:19-29 (The eastern tribes' altar of witness)
4. The Temple with David & Solomon -
a. I Chronicles 15:1; 16:1; 17:1-15, 16-27; 22:1-19; 28:1-21; 29:1-22
5. The Temples in the Old & New Testaments:
a. Solomon’s Temple -
b. Zerubabbel’s Temple (Haggai) -
c. Herod’s Temple (46 years) - John
d. Tribulation Temple rebuilt - Ezekiel 40-48; (Abomination of Desolation) -