Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
The spiritual law that was being violated was the 1st commandment which says “You shall have no other gods before me”. In other words, they were putting their temporal interests first and God’s interests last and therefore, with this inverted approach, the laws of nature will be disrupted, thereby producing heat and the resulting drought.
The people back then heeded the words of Haggai the prophet, they reversed their inversion of priority and began to build the house of God, thus putting God first, and no sooner had they done this, a stark reversal of fortune ensued. Now, we must observe, and carefully consider the problem and the way the solution was mitigated. A severe drought is ravaging the land, with famine and high inflation at their doorstep. And Haggai is saying to them that the way to resolve the issue, is to build the house of God.
The proposed remedy is very strange indeed and no doubt, science in our day would make a mockery of the solution stipulated. While it is true that burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming, proposed mitigations such as the transition to electric vehicles and the banning of gas stoves, will only go so far.
Haggai 1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord. 13 Then spoke Haggai the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
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