From this day on I will bless you

Haggai 2:10-23
9/24, second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai.
Consecrated: to make or declare sacred; set apart ordedicate to the service of a deity- God
Defiled: to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint;debase.
Now give careful thought to this from this day on.
Work on the Tempe has been resumed, but this in itself will not make the workmen 'holy' (dedicated to God and fit for his service). It is rottenness, not soundness that is contagious. Their previous neglect of God brought all kinds of unpleasant consequences.
Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. "From this day on I will bless you."
The Lord Almighty said, 'I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chose you.
Why?
From the day they begin to put first things first, God will bless every aspect of life.
A word for Zerubbabel. It is to Zerubbabel the heir to David;s throne, rather than to Zerubbabel the individual, that these messianic promises are made. He stands in the line from David to Christ.
v 23: Zerubbabel is not given the title 'king', but it seems as if the curse on King Jehoiachin recorded in Jeremiah.
Now give careful thought to this from this day on. Be consecrated, don't be defiled then the blessing will come to us.
How?
Give careful thought to this from this day on. What I have been defiled? But now when I begin to put first things first, put God's word first, Go will bless every aspect of life.