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`The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,` says Yahweh of Hosts; `and in this place will I give peace,` says Yahweh of Hosts."
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The Glory Was a Person
Commentators are unanimous: the 'greater glory' of the second temple was not its architecture or wealth, which was inferior to Solomon's. The glory was the personal presence of Jesus Christ. God Himself, in human flesh, walked and taught in this temple, a more direct and glorious revelation than the veiled Shekinah cloud that filled the first temple.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former – or, perhaps, more probably, “the later glory of this house shall be gre…
19th Century
Anglican
The glory ...—Better, The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former. The new sanctuary is regarded as i…
Baptist
And I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall c…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet expresses more clearly, and confirms more fully, what I have said—that God would in time bring help to the miserable Jews, because…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, says the Lord of hosts
The "former"…
Those who are wholehearted in the Lord's service will receive encouragement to proceed. But they could not build such a temple then, as Solomon bui…
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