how was the glory of the Temple greater than the glory of Solomon’s Temple?
Jesus came to this temple. Some are more concerned with “glorious” material things such as gold, while God seems more concerned with people than material things. Q: In Hag 2:6-7, when were the earth and heaven shaken? A: When Christ died on the cross, the sun was darkened (Matthew 27:45-46; Mark 15:33; Luke 23:45), and there was an earthquake (Matthew 27:51-52). The non-Christian Palestinian historian Thales (52 A.D.), also recorded that darkness accompanied Jesus’ crucifixion. In addition to a physical earthquake, Jesus’ death, visit to those dead, and resurrection certainly shook everything up in spiritual realms. Q: In Hag 2:7, who is the desired of all the nations? A: First some Hebrew grammar, and then two views. The Hebrew noun “desire” is in singular feminine form. Walt Kaiser in Hard Sayings of the Bible p.341-342 points this out, but adds that a similar construction refers to Saul as the desire of Israel in 1 Samuel 9:20, the male idol Tammuz as “one desired by women” in Danie
