The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
Parallel translations
- WEB This phrase, “Yet once more”, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
- KJV And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
- NKJV Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
- NASB This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
- NLT This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.
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Quick answer
The phrase "yet once more" means the removal of all that can be shaken—created things—so that what cannot be shaken remains. God's final shaking will leave only his eternal kingdom standing.
Overview
The author interprets Haggai's "yet once more" as signaling the removal of everything transient and created, leaving only the permanent and unshakable. This points to the dissolution of the present order and the establishment of God's everlasting kingdom. Believers are thus directed away from passing things to the eternal realities secured in Christ that will endure forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- 1 Cor 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
- Rev 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- 2 Pet 3:10–11But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Ps 102:26–27They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Ezek 21:27A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
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