Prophecy · 2 chapters
Haggai
God calls the community to reorder its priorities and rebuild. The promises address a particular restoration community, not a formula for personal wealth.
Historical & literary context
Haggai’s dated messages belong to 520 BC, when returned exiles were delaying reconstruction of the temple.
Introduction and study notes are commentary, not Scripture.
The shape of the book
- 1 · Consider your priorities and rebuild
- 2:1–9 · Courage and future glory
- 2:10–23 · Holiness, blessing, and hope
A passage to begin with
Haggai 1:4-8
4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?” 5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. 6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” 7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. 8Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
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What do your priorities reveal about what you actually honor?