Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The glory of this latter house . . . greater than of the former--namely, through the presence of Messiah, in (whose) face is given the light of the knowledge of the glory of God (2 Corinthians 4:6; compare Hebrews 1:2), and who said of Himself, "in this place is one greater than the temple" (Matthew 12:6), and who "sat daily teaching in it" (Matthew 26:55). Though Zerubbabel's temple was taken down to the foundations when Herod rebuilt the temple, the latter was considered, in a religious point of view, as not a third temple, but virtually the second temple.
in this place . . . peace--namely, at Jerusalem, the metropolis of the kingdom of God, whose seat was the temple: where Messiah "made peace through the blood of His cross" (Colossians 1:20). Thus the "glory" consists in this "peace." This peace begins by the removal of the difficulty in the way of the just God accepting the guilty (Psalms 85:8, Psalms 85:10; Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 53:5; Zechariah 6:13; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19); then it creates peace in the sinner's own heart (Isaiah 57:19; Acts 10:36; Romans 5:1; Romans 14:17; Ephesians 2:13-17; Philippians 4:7); then peace in the whole earth (Micah 5:5; Luke 2:14). First peace between God and man, then between man and God, then between man and man (Isaiah 2:4; Hosea 2:18; Zechariah 9:10). As "Shiloh" (Genesis 49:10) means peace, this verse confirms the view that Haggai 2:7, "the desire of all nations," refers to Shiloh or Messiah, foretold in Genesis 49:10.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ezra 3:12
Isaiah 60:7
Jeremiah 3:16
Ezekiel 11:18
Haggai 2:1
Haggai 2:3
Haggai 2:6
Haggai 2:7
Haggai 2:8
Matthew 23:39
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