Haggai 2:6,7 – For thus says the LORD of hosts: Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts.
This is one of my favorite Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming of Christ. The original language in Hebrew literally says that the people of the earth will come to the “desire” of all nations when the Lord shakes the earth. Apparently this passage describes the nations of the earth coming to the Lord, their true desire, and bringing their earthly treasures with them in the last days. We are living in that season now. In Africa, South America, and Asia multitudes are turning their hearts to the One their soul longs for. The treasures of this life can never satisfy our hungry hearts, when we meet Him we bring our treasures with us. We have found the true treasure in our precious Lord. Here is how Matthew Henry describes this.
“He will come as the desire of all nations: he will be desirable to all nations, for in him shall all the families of the earth be blessed with the best of blessings; he will be long expected and desired by the good people of all nations who had any information about him from the Old Testament prophecies. Balaam in the land of Moab had spoken about a star that would rise up out of Jacob, and Job in the land of Uz had spoken about his living Redeemer; the gathering of God-fearing Jews from throughout the world at Jerusalem reported in Ac 2:5 was in expectation of the establishment of the Messiah’s kingdom at about that time. All the nations that are brought to Christ and discipled in his name have called him, and will call him, all their salvation and all their desire. This glorious title of Christ seems to refer to Jacob’s prophecy that to him shall the gathering of the people be.”
Those of us who know Him know that He is the One our hearts desire. We long for others to know Him for themselves and our response is to bring our treasures into God’s house and to join our resources with others of like and precious faith to touch our world. These are the days Haggai spoke of, God is shaking the earth and calling out to all that long after Him. We have found Him and long for our country to be filled with a desire for the One our soul loves.