Bible study on the book of haggai

Haggai 1 a call to build the house of the lord 1 in the second year of king darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the lord came through the prophet haggai to zerubbabel son of shealtiel, governor of judah, and to joshua son of jozadak. The book of haggai consists of four precisely dated messages from the lord. This summary of the book of haggai provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of haggai. Hystaspes the darius mentioned here began to reign in 521 b. Haggai begins his book by saying, in the second year of darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month.

Today we study the prophet haggai and discover yhwhs passion about his house. Haggai was a prophet who, along with zechariah, encouraged the returned exiles to rebuild the temple see ezr 5. The phrase is found 285 times in the bible, 91 of those times it is to be found in the books of haggai, zechariah and malachi, the postexile prophets. The take courage bible study invites you to take hope in gods word from the book of haggai. In the book of haggai, the prophet scolded israel for pushing god out of their lives. Book of haggai the old testamentbook of haggai reminds gods people that he is their first priority in life. The nwt study bible is complete with cross references, maps, and an accurate bible dictionary. A study of the book of haggai lifeway struggling to find hope in gods promises. When the babylonians conquered jerusalem in 586 bc, they destroyed the magnificent temple built by king solomonand carried the jews into exile in babylon.

Over the years i have been asked if i had any other books of the bible that are explained like the one for the book of revelation which took a. Each sermon is given to the exact day and makes you wonder if haggai kept a journal with him to record his acts. The date of this book is, i believe, the most precisely dated book in the whole of the bible. Learn how neglecting to put god first is a bigger danger today. In order to have a picture of the conditions of that period, see the first chapters of thebook of ezra. Haggai is the second shortest book in the old testament obadiah is shorter, and is quoted by the new testament once compare heb. God raises haggai and zacharias to encourage thepeopleto rebuild their house. The author of the prophecy is identified simply as haggai the prophet or the prophet haggai 1. The meaning and etymology of the name are somewhat uncertain, as some render it festival or festive or festal one, and have inferred that the prophet was born on a feast day. Discover the 66 books of the bible discover books of the. The prophet, haggai, wrote an old testament book that bears his name and consists of four sermons in two chapters. This shows god as a warrior, a king and a judge, and the emphasis of these prophets was to show god was in control of the situation and give hope for the future of israel. God gives his followers wisdom and energy to do the work he assigns them. The book of haggai contains four prophecies, all related to the rebuilding of the temple underzerubbabel.