What is the main message of Haggai?

Haggai encourages those who have just returned from exile to remain faithful, obedient, and hopeful for God’s promise of a new Jerusalem. Haggai encourages those who have just returned from exile to remain faithful, obedient, and hopeful for God’s promise of a new Jerusalem.

What does the book of Haggai teach us today?

In the book of Haggai, we see the people working to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem go from spirited, well resourced, and making progress, to despondent and defeated in a matter of weeks. In this book, we see discouragement happening in real time.

Who have seen this house in its former glory?

`Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,’ declares the LORD.

What does the name Haggai mean biblically?

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His name means “my holidays.” He was the first of three post-exile prophets from the Neo-Babylonian Exile of the House of Judah (with Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who lived about one hundred years later), who belonged to the period of Jewish history which began after the return from captivity in Babylon.

What was the problem in Haggai?

The Lord directly tied the poverty of the people of Haggai’s time and the sterility of the land to their failure to heed the commandment to rebuild the Lord’s house (see Haggai 1:9–11).

What did Haggai prophecy?

(late 6th century bce) of Haggai and Zechariah, prophets who announced that Yahweh would restore the kingdom and the messianic vision would come to pass. Prerequisite to that messianic age was the rebuilding of the Temple (which was viewed as heaven on earth).

How does the Book of Haggai point to Jesus?

The message of Haggai is 1) about our ongoing work of building up the Kingdom of God. To keep our priorities even when we get tired. And 2) just like the OT points to Jesus, we need to be a living example pointing others to the true and perfect temple, Jesus Christ (John 2:19-22).

What is the meaning of Haggai 2 6 9?

Haggai 2:6-9 The Desire of the Nations. The Hebrew prophet Haggai wrote about B.C. 520 during the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem (B.C. 520-516) after the Babylonian Exile. His goal was to encourage the builders by giving a word of hope. Haggai may be a contraction of Haggiah meaning “festival of Yahweh.”

What does the Book of Haggai say about the Second Coming?

Haggai makes an astonishing promise: “The glory of the latter house shall be greater than that of the former one” (v. 9). At the second coming of Christ the unfulfilled passages in Haggai will be accomplished and fully realized. Jesus Christ will be the desire of all the nations of the world.

Who was Haggai in the Old Testament?

Haggai may be a contraction of Haggiah meaning “festival of Yahweh.” He was evidently born in Babylon during the exile, or was an extremely old man who returned to Jerusalem as a member of the group of nearly 50,000 with Zerubbabel.

What is the ultimate fulfillment of the Book of Haggai?

The ultimate fulfillment of this passage will be at the Second Coming of Christ. Haggai continues in verses 21-22, “I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.