Pulelulu Tisema 27, 2023
God's Signet Ring
Ko e Mama Sila ‘a e ‘Otua
HAGGAI 2:23
"ON THAT DAY, DECLARES THE LORD OF HOSTS. I WILL TAKE YOU, O ZERUBBABEL MY SERVANT, THE SON OF SHEALTIEL, DECLARES THE LORD. AND MAKE YOU LIKE A SIGNET RING. FOR I HAVE CHOSEN YOU, DECLARES THE LORD OF HOSTS."
HAKEAI 2:23
‘I he ‘aho ko ia–ko Sihova Sāpaoti eni mei he Ta‘ehāmai–te u to‘o koe, si‘eku tamaio‘eiki, ko Seluipepeli foha ‘o Saletili–ko Sihova ia mei he Ta‘ehāmai–pea te u ‘ai koe hangē ko e mama sila: he kuo u fili koe–ko Sihova Sāpaoti ia mei he Ta‘ehāmai.
A chotam is a seal that, when impressed on clay or wax, served as an authentication, authorization, or claim of property. A chotam could be a cylinder seal worn like a necklace or a signet ring on the finger. Jacob had a chotam that he unwittingly gave to sneaky Tamar (Gen. 38:18). Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab's name and authenticated them with his seal (1 Kings 21:8). Two generations before Zerubbabel, God had told his grandfather, King Jehoiachin, that though he were a chotam on God's right hand, he'd rip him off and hand him to the Babylonians (Jer. 22:24-25). Haggai now reverses that prophecy of doom into hope, for through Zerubbabel, the Lord will renew the line of King David. God will make him "like a chotam."
Signet-ring-Zerubbabel, one of many descendants of David, served as an archetype of the coming messianic Son of David. "On [Jesus] God the Father has set his seal" (John 6:27). Because of that seal, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to him (Matt. 28:18) as the King of the world. The manger cradles the sealed Son of God.
Lord Jesus, "set me as a seal upon your heart"; claim me as your own (Song 8:6).
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