The Minor Prophets: Haggai Recovering What Was Lost

Lesson 10 15 April 2012

Introduction to Haggai
Haggais name means: My Festival The Governor: Zerubbabel (Descended of Babylon) The High Priest: Joshua (God is my Salvation) Time period of service: 520 BC (Cf. Ezra 5) Key Event: Rebuilding the Temple Theme: Honoring God in the Restoration

722 BC 586 BC

537 BC

536 BC

520 BC

ca. 510 BC

400 BC

Fall of Samaria

Fall of Jerusalem

Cyrus Decree

Remnant Returns

Begin Rebuilding the Temple

Nehemiah Rebuilds the wall

The End of the Old Testament

Haggai 1:1- 15
Haggais 1st Prophesy 30 Aug 520 BC
Rebuilding the Temple
536 BC: approximately 50,000 return to Jerusalem Rebuilding halted by an appeal of the Samaritans Appealed to Darius the Great, ordered the Temple rebuilt

The Issue
Discouragement and Loss of vision (vs 2-4) The blessing withheld by God in order to motivate the people to obey Him (vs. 5-11) The leadership obeys and believes the promise (vs. 12-14) On 22 September 520 BC the work begins

Haggai 2:1 - 9
Haggais 2nd Prophesy 19 October 520 BC
The Discouragement of Comparison (2: 1-3)
The older people remember the glory of Solomons Temple The new temple is not large, which reflects on the peoples understanding of how far they fell

The 3-fold Call for Strength (2: 4-6)

The political leadership is called to BE STRONG The religious leadership is called to BE STRONG The people are called to BE STRONG God reminds them of His past acts

The Promise of Future Glory (2: 6-9)

Gods glory will again fill the Temple The future will be greater than the past and all nations will be blessed The peace of the Lord will be attained there

Haggai 2:10 - 23
Haggais 3rd Prophesy 23 December 520 BC
The Blessing of a Defiled People
A question of the Law Is holiness transferable?
Holiness is not contagious Sin is contagious

A Call to Remember
They were to remember the lack of blessing The were to remember the promise of blessing

A Word to the Political Leadership

The future holds cataclysmic activities
The wars between the Greeks and Persians

Zerubbabel: Gods promise that from his line will the very image of God be presented (the chosen line renewed)

References
The TANAKH. The Book of Haggai pp. 10791081 The NIV. The Book of Haggai The Narrated Bible in Chronological Order. The Prophecies of Haggai pp. 1247 - 1250 Bill T. and Beyer, Brian E. Encountering the Old Testament pp. 463 - 465 Boice, James Montgomery. The Minor Prophets vol. 2 pp. 463 - 481 Unger, Merrill F. Ungers Commentary on the Old Testament pp. 1943 - 1956