Misinterpretations of Haggai 2:7 often reduce 'the desire of all nations' to literal material riches or treasures plundered from shaken nations to adorn the temple materially, ignoring its messianic depth pointing to Christ as humanity's true longing; others confine it solely to Zerubbabel's historical temple without acknowledging the greater glory realized in Jesus' incarnation and the spiritual temple of believers, or misapply it exclusively to end-times cataclysm without the immediate context of hope for discouraged rebuilders.
Haggai 2:7
King James Version (1769)
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Haggai 2:7 prophesies God's sovereign intervention in shaking all nations, bringing the ultimate treasure and longing of humanity—the Messiah—into the world, which will fill the rebuilt temple with glory far exceeding its former splendor, offering encouragement to the post-exilic Jews that despite the temple's humble appearance, God's presence and redemptive plan would manifest triumphantly through Christ, whose coming fulfills this promise as the desire of all peoples.