Haggai (Nasb)

Rebuke for negligence; Haggai was trying to encourage them to complete the rebuilding of the Temple and to overcome the outward harassment and conflict against them. This is why they had not been prospering. It brought a quick response from the people. (c/o Marilyn Hickey Ministries)

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CHAPTER 1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

2 “This is what the LORD of armies [a]says: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt.”’”

3 Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 “Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house remains desolate?” NICE HOME, BAD LOOKING CHURCH

5 Now then, the LORD of armies says this: “[b]Consider your ways! WE NEED TO DO THIS.

6 You have sown much, only to [c]harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for [d]anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.” WE ARE NEVER HAPPY, “THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.”

7 The LORD of armies says this: “[e]Consider your ways! 2ND TIME HE SAID IT.

8 Go up to the [f]mountains, bring wood, and rebuild the [g]temple, that I may be pleased with it and be honored,” says the LORD. JESUS IS HERE, WE NEED TO RESPECT / HONOR HIM.

9 “You [h]start an ambitious project, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the LORD of armies. “It is because of My house which remains desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. NOT JUST THE CHURCH, BUT THE PEOPLE INSIDE IT, TOO.

10 Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld [i]its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. THERE WAS PUNISHMENT FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF THE CHURCH.

11 And I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on mankind, on cattle, and on all the products of the labor of [j]your hands.” THIS IS A REASON BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO US.

12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, just as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people [k]showed reverence for the LORD. WE NEED TO LISTEN, OBEY AND HAVE REVERENCE.

13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke [l]by the commission of the LORD to the people, saying, “‘I am with you,’ declares the LORD.” “WHERE 2 OR 3 HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER IN MY NAME I AM THERE IN THEIR MIDST.” MATTHEW 18:20 “thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.” PSALM 22: 31 COME, HOLY SPIRIT!

4 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of armies, their God, WHAT STIRS OUR SPIRIT? FOR WHOM DO WE HAVE COMPASSION?

15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

Footnotes

a. Haggai 1:2 Lit says, saying

b. Haggai 1:5 Lit Set your heart on

c. Haggai 1:6 Lit bring in

d. Haggai 1:6 Lit him

e. Haggai 1:7 Lit Set your heart on

f. Haggai 1:8 Lit mountain

g. Haggai 1:8 Lit house

h. Haggai 1:9 Lit turn to much

i. Haggai 1:10 Lit from dew

j. Haggai 1:11 Lit palms

k. Haggai 1:12 Lit feared before

l. Haggai 1:13 Or with the commissioned message

The Builders Encouraged / Call to courage / Political and spiritual leaders / Address to priests / Separation / Word for Zerubbabel / Symbol of Jesus Christ

Zerubbabel was the political leader and Joshua was the spiritual leader of Jerusalem. Haggai called upon them to be strong because of God’s covenant and God’s presence among them. (Our) temple won’t be as beautiful as Solomon’s but its glory will be greater because of the presence of the Son of God and His earthly ministry. Separate yourselves unto the Lord. (c/o Marilyn Hickey Ministries)