THE SIGNET RING
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month (7th day of Tabernacles), the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai...“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month (Hanukkah eve), in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai... “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?” “Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.” Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.
“‘Now give careful thought to this from this day on—consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple. When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’ declares the Lord. ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: Is the seed yet in the barn? yes, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not brought forth (Hebrew word is NASA, means to lift up, raise up, carry away, take away, the fruit has not been "taken away" in the Rapture on the 7th day of Tabernacles): from this day will I bless you.
The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
“‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
Numbers 9: But
some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day
because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a
dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day
and said to
Moses, “We have become
unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be
kept from presenting the Lord’s
offering with the other Israelites at the appointed
time?”
Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”
Then
the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the
Israelites: ‘When any
of you or your descendants are unclean because of a
dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to
celebrate the Lord’s Passover, but they are to do it on the
fourteenth day of the second month at twilight.
The Lord instituted
a second Passover for those who had touched a dead
body and were defiled. In Haggai 2, we can see the
Lord has also instituted a second Feast of Tabernacles
for those who are defiled. This second Passover begins
on the evening of the 24th day of the 9th month and is
called Hanukkah.
There is another Scripture that talks about the “signet ring”. In the story of Joseph, we see a slave in prison, a foreigner, who in one day went from being at the lowest possible place in the land of Egypt, to the ruler over everything:
Genesis 41: Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?” So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck. He had him ride in his second chariot; and they proclaimed before him, “Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Egypt. Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Though I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
Yet another beautiful picture of what will happen to the Christians who are Raptured! We are given the signet ring of our Father, clothed in fine linen garments and given a gold necklace, or a crown, to wear as a symbol of our authority. We will rule and reign with Christ on the earth for 1000 years.