Watch our overview video on the book of haggai, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. It was written to people, like us, who would have told you that god must be first. Haggai is prophecy, but it is not written in the typical poetic form. Gray spent his life searching for the one trait all successful people share. Haggai and zechariah spoke to the israelites after their return from captivity. After 15 years of delays, people turned their intense hopes away from the work for god, and settled into lethargy, complaining, apathy and for some discouragement. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in jesus christ. Haggai was a prophet who, along with zechariah, encouraged the returned exiles to rebuild the temple see ezr. A chapter by chapter and verse by verse study of haggai taught by pastor paul leboutillier of calvary chapel ontario, oregon. Most of these books are collections of discourses and visions, but haggai mixes short messages from god with the way people respond to them.
When the people give priority to god and his house, they are blessed rather than cursed cf. Haggai was the first of the three postexilic prophets. Haggai and zechariah were both cheerleaders stimulating the people to finish building their temple. From 19771992 he was the pastor of lake gregory community church in crestline, california.
Placing god as the top priority produces blessings. Haggai blends history and prophecy like no other minor prophet. He came after the exile, so his job was to encourage. Book of haggai overview insight for living ministries.
The prophet haggai recorded his four messages to the jewish people of jerusalem in 520 bc, eighteen years after their return from exile in babylon 538 bc. The book of haggai, second shortest in the old testament, has a potent message. It is a short book, consisting of only two chapters. Haggai is the second shortest book in the old testament obadiah is shorter, and is quoted by the new testament once compare heb. The prophet, haggai, wrote an old testament book that bears his name and consists of four sermons in two chapters. They returned to rebuild the temple, but they became discouraged and gave up the project. Haggai is mentioned as one of two prophetic voices who call the people back to gods work, after the army had gone to sleep ezra 5. The lord accused israel of denying the temples priority hag. As we can now see, the book of haggai is the story of a turning point in the spiritual life of gods people.
Sermon series haggai the shaking of the nations haggai 2. Haggai the command to rebuild the temple and its future. Haggais second sermon was given to encourage the people. Haggai is the 2nd shortest book in the ot, after obadiah last sunday. The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Satan is always doing his utmost to stay the work of god. Haggais message to rebuild the temple was passionate, simple, and straightforward haggai 1. Rather, haggai is framed by narrative prose with haggais hortatory messages claiming the bulk of the book. In this book, haggai challenges israel after the exile to remain faithful. We are down to the last 3 books of the minor prophets and also the last 3 chronologically haggai, zechariah, and malachi. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. In a series of sermons he calls upon the people to build the temple. The jews of haggais day could not see it all, and what they could see seemed so paltry.
Apart from obadiah, haggai is the shortest book in the ot, but its teachings are none the less significant. An easyenglish translation and commentary 1200 word vocabulary on the book of haggai. Sermons on haggai chat with us, powered by livechat. On september 5, 1886, charles spurgeon began his sermon on our text with these incisive words. Steve served as the pastor of flagstaff christian fellowship from may, 1992 through his retirement in december, 2018. Rather, haggai is framed by narrative prose with haggai s hortatory messages claiming the bulk of the book. This audio sermon and transcript is entitled build gods house, and is from the ministry of david legge, a christian preacher and bible teacher from belfast, northern ireland. Haggai is very literal, directly addressing the economic decline and the tangible solution building the temple. Now the acts of david the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of samuel the seer, and in the book of nathan the prophet, and in the book of gad the seer, haggai 1. Some of the jews who were involved in rebuilding the temple had seen the glory of solomons temple before it was destroyed. We love creating practical, discipleship resources to help you know and love god more.
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. Translators could also find the translated bible text useful, as the writer translated from the hebrew text. If youve benefited from our resources, would you consider giving back to help us continue helping men, women and children as they find their place in gods story. He was the first prophet after the death of jeremiah and ezekiel. Haggai, the writer of this short book, is mentioned in ezra 5. All of us need some special encouragement from time to time. This sermon looks at the neglect of gods house while the people lived in luxury and applies it to today haggai part 1 haggai 1. Haggai is a prophet that aims to prepare hearts for reconstruction of the temple in an attempt to regain zeal in the land. It tells us to put first things first in our lives. The heavens and the earth and sea and land and all treasures are mine. Our sermon ideas for haggai will help you prepare a message on gods faithful promise of a hopeful future despite present hardships. I like to tell people that haggai is right after zephaniah and just before zechariah but that usually doesnt help much. Excerpts from each sermon to give you a sense of how pastor cole preaches the text in hopes that you will be stimulated to read each of these four messages to supplement your personal study of the practical little book of haggai. Because of the comparison some of them were discouraged.
It was written to people like us, who would say that god must be first. Thought provoking prewritten sermon outlines from the book of haggai to inspire your next church service. First, haggai confronted excuses for the temple lying in ruins. Haggai clearly shows the consequences of disobedience 1. Unlocking the old testament part 56 haggai youtube. David pawson teaching trust 2019 while some prophets had a lifetime of prophesying, david pawson says that haggai spoke for only 3 months. After thousands of years, the book of haggai remains largely unique among the books of old testament prophets for one key reason. The book of haggai is composed of messages the prophet haggai preached to a remnant of the jews who returned to jerusalem after the exile to babylon.
Book of haggai, rebuilding the temple sermon by johnny a. It is a postexilic book, meaning it was written after post the captivity exile in babylon. Maybe youre facing the surgeons knife and you fear what the future may hold. It may be that you need encouragement to stay in school, or to stay on the job, or just to get out of bed in the morning.
Haggai is among the most carefully and precisely dated books in the entire bible. This is part 1 of a bible study series through the book of haggai. Verse 6 is the only verse in the book of haggai quoted in the new testament. The book of haggai, the second shortest in the old testament, communicates this same message. Key personalities are haggai, zerubbabel, and joshua. Because his name means festal one, it is suggested that haggai was born on a feast day. The book of haggai, also known as the book of aggeus, is a book of the hebrew bible or tanakh, and has its place as the thirdtolast of the minor prophets. The book of haggai is narrative history and prophetic oracle. Today we begin a new sermon series on a forgotten book of the bible. The historical setting dates around 520 bce before the temple has been rebuilt.