{"id":2512,"date":"2024-01-13T16:24:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:11:19","slug":"introduction-haggai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lionofjudah.info\/?p=2512","title":{"rendered":"Introduction Haggai"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns2512_036cb5-2e{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:center;align-items:center;}.kt-btns2512_036cb5-2e .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns2512_036cb5-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2512_036cb5-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2512_036cb5-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2512_036cb5-2e .kt-btn-wrap-0 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.kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2512_612b60-d7\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2512_8ac163-f2\">Introduction to the prophet Haggai<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The 37th book of the Bible, consisting of only 2 chapters<br>God\u2019s first prophet after the Babylonian exile<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_9ca05f-1d .kt-block-spacer{height:50px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_9ca05f-1d .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2512_9ca05f-1d\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Haggai means \u201cman of the feast\u201d or \u201cthe festive one.\u201d He is the first of the prophets to appear in Jerusalem after the return of the first Israelites from the Babylonian exile.<br>He wrote the tenth book in the \u201cBook of the Twelve Prophets\u201d among the \u201cMinor Prophets,\u201d and he is also mentioned in the Book of Ezra; otherwise, we know little else about him personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haggai began his prophetic ministry when the rebuilding of the Temple had stalled, and it lasted only a little over four months in 520 B.C.<br>At this time, the prophet Zechariah also appeared at his side, whose ministry spanned a longer period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, the Persian King Cyrus had issued an edict in 538 BC allowing the Jews to return to their homeland in Israel.<br>Consequently, 42,360 people, including Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and Nehemiah, had returned to Israel from the Babylonian Empire and had erected an altar on the Temple Mount just one year later.<br>The following year, 536 B.C., the cornerstone was laid, and the people began building a new temple for their God in Jerusalem\u2014we read about this in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building of this temple for the God of Israel, the God of the Jews, was boycotted by their pagan neighbors using every conceivable means\u2014including political ones.<br>Work on it came to a complete standstill by 522 B.C. at the latest. This had caused frustration and a certain spiritual \u201clukewarmness\u201d among the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His message is above all an encouragement to Israel; Haggai appeals to the people\u2019s conscience and calls them to love and devotion to the LORD\u2014which is also reflected in their work for \u201cGod\u2019s cause.\u201d<br>Drought and hardship prevailed in the land\u2014and Haggai admonishes the people that God desires to bless them if they place Him above their own concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, this prophet\u2014as one of the few\u2014witnesses a turning back, a turning toward God among the entire people in response to his message, and as early as 515 BC, the Second Temple is dedicated in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this temple was nowhere near as magnificent as its predecessor, King Solomon\u2019s Temple, it was expanded and rebuilt many times over under King Herod the \u201cGreat,\u201d 500 years later.<br>The \u201cWailing Wall\u201d in Jerusalem, a holy site for devout Jews, consists of the remains of the western wall of the Temple Mount from the time of Jesus and the Gospels\u2014before the Romans destroyed this temple as well in 70 AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prophet Haggai prophesies the future destruction of the pagan empires.<br>He envisions and describes how the pagan nations will bring their riches to the temple in the Messianic Kingdom, whose glory will far surpass that of Solomon\u2019s temple and all its predecessors.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_3eb8af-d2 .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_3eb8af-d2 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2512_3eb8af-d2\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Outline of the Book of Haggai:<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_30c820-bf .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_30c820-bf .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2512_30c820-bf\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p><strong>Haggai Chapter 1<\/strong><br>God\u2019s exhortation to rebuild His temple<br>The people heed God\u2019s call<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Haggai Chapter 2<\/strong><br>Prophecy regarding the glory of the coming temple<br>Purity and impurity in service and sacrifice to God<br>Encouragement to work for God\u2019s kingdom\u2014He will bless!<br>Prophecy regarding the destruction of the pagan world empires to Zerubbabel\u2014one of the ancestors of Jesus Christ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_fef7a9-d2 .kt-block-spacer{height:50px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2512_fef7a9-d2 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2512_fef7a9-d2\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr 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