April Rose T. EdemMa. Nerra Lynette O. Prado

B a c k g r o u n d

Hebrew : Hággáy Septuagint : Haggaiospronounced as “cawg-gah-ee”Haggai means “festival”, “festive”, “feast”Assumed born in Chaldea during the Babylonian Captivity 

L i f e Haggai was a young man when he returned to Jerusalem with the first group of 50,000 persons in 536 BC  He was the first prophet in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity He prophesied at the same time as Zechariah, while Malachi prophesied later.

T e m p l eA holy place that housed the two tablets of the Ten Commandments the Holy Temple was destroyed in 586 BC the Second Temple was completed in 516 BC ant it lasted for five centuries

The Book of Haggai

second shortest book in the Old Testament with 2 chapters and 38 versesapproximately written 520 BCHaggai sought to challenge the people of God concerning their priorities. He called them to reverence and glorify God by building the temple in spite of LOCAL and OFFICIAL OPPOSITION.

Messages of Haggai

Haggai 1:4, "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?"

CHAPTER 1-encourage 

the Babylonian exiles to rebuild the Temple

Messages of Haggai

Haggai 1:5-6, "Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.'"

Messages of HaggaiCHAPTER 2

-Messianic promises to remind the people that the temple was more than just a building but would one day be filled in the Lord’s glory

Haggai 2:9, "'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."

I n s i g h t s / R e f l e c t i o n s

to examine our priorities to see if we are more interested in our own pleasures than doing the work of Godto reject a defeatist attitude when we run into opposition or discouraging circumstancesto confess our failures and seek to live pure lives before God

I n s i g h t s / R e f l e c t i o n s

to act courageously for God because we have the assurance that He is with us always and is in full control of our circumstances; andto rest secure in God's hands knowing that He will abundantly bless us as we faithfully serve Him