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1. God is sovereign.
The sovereignty of God means that we, His creation, need to submit to the will of the creator.
The sovereignty of God gives us, His creation, comfort.
(1) A. God is sovereign over nature.
(2) B. Circumstances outside of our own choices do not impact God’s redemption.
Zerubbabel didn’t have a good name.
This did not come from his decisions but his grandfather’s decisions.
(2) B. Circumstances outside of our own choices do not impact God’s redemption.
Coniah or Jeconiah - carried into Babylonian captivity along with his family never to reign again.
God calls him the signet ring that He tore off and threw to the ground.
“I will hurl you and your mother who bore you into another country where you were not born, and there you shall die.”
This is not a small curse to be overlooked.
The wording is not small to be overlooked.
God inspired authors to write the way they wrote for a reason.
The Davidic line was established.
Jesus would come to earth through David’s royal blood!
Yet in Jeremiah God ends it.
(2) B. Circumstances outside of our own choices do not impact God’s redemption.
He calls Jeconiah a childless man.
He already had children so this is a symbolic name.
A terrible thing for a king.
The continuation of his dynasty lies on a king’s offspring.
God says: because of your sin, your reign is over.
“None of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne.”
What now?
This is not just Jeconiah’s problem.
Our sin impacts those around us.
Our sin can impact those that come after us.
Jeconiah’s sin impacted Zerubbabel.
BUT… It had further impact than that.
You should be asking… Where does this put you and I?
Let’s stop for a minute and soak this in.
Imagine reading the Bible for the first time and you start in Genesis.
You are beginning to see the need for a redeemer.
You are starting to understand your sin and what it has done to your relationship with God.
You have learned that your need for a redeemer will be met in the promised Messiah!
You have learned that Israel wanted to be like other nations and wanted a King.
Though is wasn’t what we would say was His perfect plan He granted them their desire and gave them a king.
Then you learn that through David’s royal heritage, God promised to give us the King of Kings.
You’ve made it all the way to Jeremiah.
You know God has promised a Messiah.
God has promised a temple far greater than Solomon’s
Now this… so you keep reading.
You find that Israel is taken into captivity.
What happens to you and I?
Where is this redeemer going to come from?
The Davidic line has ended.
Then you get to Haggai...
You should be feeling a little hopeless.
Then you read this little verse.
God honors the obedience of Zerubbabel and restores the Davidic line.
But here is what I want you to see.
I want to give you a perspective that will change everything for you.
We read a story of redemption for Zerubbabel.
It is!
This is incredible grace that God has given this man and his family.
BUT… what if it was never about what we thought it was about?
What if the book of Haggai wasn’t really about the obedience of the Jews in rebuilding the temple?
What if the rebuilding of the temple was not the main point?
What if this is simply a tool to give Zerubbabel the opportunity to respond correctly?
The call to rebuild the temple was a call to something greater!
Cliff said last week I should have started Haggai here!
Think about this… when God calls us to something...
We don’t see the end.
It might be a call to something far greater than what we can see in front of us!
A Sunday School class.
An Awana small group.
A person that God puts in your life.
What if the story of Zerubbabel’s redemption was never about Zerubbabel?
What if not only the rebuilding of the temple, but also Zerubbabel’s redemption was not the main point of Haggai.
What if the story of Zerubbabel’s redemption was never about Zerubbabel?
What if Jesus is the main point?
What if all of this was simply to put in order God’s plan for the redemption of the world.
The temple pointed to a greater glory.
Zerubbabel pointed to a greater King!
The story is not about us!
The Bible is not about us.
It was an autobiography written for us.
It reveals to us who God is.
Thus we are compelled to change because of our shortcomings.
Our lives are not about us.
We are characters in a script already written by God to bring glory to Himself.
You and I would call this a story of redemption for Zerubbabel… and it was.
But it wasn’t about him.
Zerubbabel enjoyed redemption so that God could accomplish His plan.
God was working a plan that was laid out before the foundation of the world.
Zerubbabel was simply the benefactor.
What if the story of Zerubbabel’s redemption was never about Zerubbabel?
What if your redemption was simple to bring the gospel to someone else?
We usually talk about our salvation in terms of our own story.
It was God’s story.
What if you are simply the benefactor of God’s plan.
There is a person God has for you to lead to Christ.
Maybe you are frustrated.
You don’t really know what God is calling you to do.
You don’t understand why things are happening in your life.
Why your life and your story is unfolding the way it is.
Because it isn’t your life and your story.
God is writing HIS story!
Trust Him.
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