Title: The Temple Must Be Rebuilt
Contents
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:The Minor Prophets
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1. Overview
1) Importance
The Book of Haggai is the shortest book in the Old Testament except for Obadiah.
Simple and straightforward. The content of this Bible is not very important to the study of the prophets.
It is composed of four messages by dogs, and Haggai's ministry period seems to be very short.
All.
Nevertheless, the importance of his message and role in encouraging "the rebuilding of the temple"
Don't underestimate it. It's true, deep spiritual truths like Haggai are so concise.
This is because there are not many prophets who have succeeded in witnessing.
What is noteworthy about Haggai's ministry is his awareness of the authority of his message.
In a short book in English, he affirmed the divine authority of his message more than 25 times.
When he begins his sermon, he begins with the words, “Thus says the
At the end, he also used the words “Thus saith the LORD of hosts.”
It is the fact that he was fully aware that he was the reaper of God.
2) Haggai
Haggai's life and ministry are relatively unknown.
He was the first prophet to speak to the Jewish community. He was to rebuild the temple.
He soon joined Zechariah, who encouraged the people (Zechariah 5:1-2, 6:14).
The original meaning of the word Haggai is “my festival”.
The heart rejoices and rejoices. The word that symbolizes this feast of joy is “Haggai”.
Name. There are several speculations as to why this person was named Haggai.
Some scholars say that it is because the prophet Haggai was born on a holiday. Or Haggai
Expectation that God will give great joy to the chaotic history of that time when he was born
There is also speculation that Haggai's parents named it that way.
Look at verse 2 and 3.
"He who is left among you, who has seen the former glory (the former glory of the temple),
Who are you and how do you see this now? It's not worth it in your eyes.
don't you?"
We know through this message that the prophet Haggai was the one who saw the old temple.
The book of Haggai was probably written when Israel returned home from captivity in Babylon.
The period of captivity is usually estimated at 70 years. Therefore, Haggai's age is 80
can be estimated as
3)Historical background
The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. was the national and religious
It meant the end of the times of the enemy's life. As the Babylonian captives, the Jews did not have a temple and
There were no sacrifices. They could pray toward Jerusalem, but Kore king of Persia.
Only under the lenient policy of King Shesh, 50,000 Jews under the leadership of Zerubbabel
I was able to return to Salem. Then the high priest Joshua and the prophets Haggai and Zechariah
We walked together. In Ezra 2:64 and below, these words are described in detail.
At this time, there were two men who took the lead in rebuilding the temple. A kind of politics
The man who served as the enemy leader was Zerubbabel. This Zerubbabel was governor. Perhaps Ba
It must have been the new governor of Jerusalem appointed by the four kings.
And it was Joshua who played the role of priest. Of course, Joshua at the time of the Exodus.
It is someone other than that. In this way, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, the rebuilding of the temple begins
It began around 536. However, the construction of the temple was stopped after one year.
The cause was interference from the rulers of the land of Samaria. So, from the king of Persia
Before Zerubbabel was appointed governor, there were already political leaders in the land of Samaria.
In other words, it was decided to rebuild the temple with the permission of the king of Persia, but the
Strong obstruction by the governor or other rulers who ruled over the land of Mary
began to receive (Ezra 4:3-4)
Fifteen years passed in this interruption. At first, they had a burning desire to build the temple.
When I returned to my hometown, I started building the temple, which I wanted to do first. But
Faced with this powerful hindrance, they become frustrated and gradually forget their dream of building a temple.
And they began to build God's temple while intoxicated with their daily lives.
I completely forgot my dream and aspiration for the axis. 15 years passed like that.
15 years have passed, and now the dream of God's work has come to the people of Israel.
This dream was given to the people of Israel at the very moment when it had become an old song.
To reawaken and nurture our concern for God, the Lord is on the horizon of history.
Haggai is the prophet who raised up anew.
The king of Persia had already died at that time, and King Darius appeared. 2nd year of King Darius, 250 B.C.
Around AD Haggai the prophet appeared.
2. Main contents
Haggai was the message that God had given to the Israelites in his heart.
The message is composed of four sermons. The focus of all these sermons is
“The temple must be rebuilt.”
First Sermon: Rebuild the Temple (1:2-11).
The four sermons that Haggai preached were continued with an interval of about two months.
Only the third and fourth sermons were given on the same day with a slight staggered time difference.
The first, second, and third sermons are sermons that are continuously preached with an interval of about two months.
The title of the first sermon is to restart the construction of the temple that has been stopped.
Second Sermon: Work Hard (2:1-9)
Two months after the first message was preached, this second sermon was delivered.
It was the Feast of Tabernacles at that time. This message was proclaimed on the occasion of the Feast of Tabernacles.
Around October 20, 520 B.C., the same year when the church was proclaimed, through the mouth of the prophet Haggai
The content of the proclaimed message was the gist of working hard.
Third Sermon: Wait for the Blessings After Giving Purely (2:10-19)
Also, about two months later, on December 24, 520 B.C. of the same year, this sermon was delivered.
The gist of this third sermon is to wait for blessings after giving purely. In this sermon
In the book, rebukes for not giving purely in the first place are recorded.
Rebuke and warning for what was not offered, their wrong attitude, or wrong offering, verse 10.
It is recorded below.
Fourth: I will use you (2:20-23).
This sermon was delivered on the same day as the third sermon, with a slight lag.
C. The point of this last sermon is that I will write you. The last of the third sermon is
It was meant to bless you, but the audience must have wondered what kind of blessing it would give you.
C. The blessing of the womb is that we are used by God.
Zerubbabel is the son of Shealtiel. However, Shealtiel's father is from the dynasty of Judah.
He was the son of Jehoiakim, who was the king at the time of destruction.
Then, when the kingdom was destroyed, God made this declaration to him.
“Now I will take the seal ring that was in the hand of King Jehoiakim.” He said before the Lord.
When God disobeyed and made the land a desolate land of idolatry
took the seal from him. But among his descendants, those who feared the Lord.
Zerubbabel, he had a big dream for God and put his heart into the work of serving God.
The Lord makes this declaration when he takes the lead in this ministry of leading His people.
"I will make you my seal."
So, we are the chapter in the history of rebuilding the kingdom that was destroyed in the grandfather's time.
You can watch it through Babel.