The Minor Prophets - Haggai

The Minor Prophets - Haggai"Consider This..."

The name means Festival or Festive and everything that we know about Haggai is found in his book and references in Ezra. With Zechariah he encouraged the Jews in rebuilding the temple. The book is usually dated around 520 B.C. (the second year of King Darius – Hag 1:1) Throughout the book there is encouragement to complete the task – and a call to the people of God to THINK – one of the motifs repeated in the book is a call to ‘consider.’ Haggai’s message is delivered over a period of four months, and consists of 4 exhortations – CONSIDER YOUR WAYSCONSIDER GOD'S PURPOSESCONSIDER YOUR PURITYCONSIDER GOD'S POWER Haggai’s message to us is ‘let’s get this done!’ Let’s get motivated and do the Lord’s work, and play our part as he builds his kingdom!

Read the NOTES HERE.