HAGGAIReconstruction of the Temple : HAGGAIReconstruction of the Temple Old Testament Prophets 2
Christian Life College
Terry R. Baughman, MAET
HaggaiReconstruction of the Temple : HaggaiReconstruction of the Temple Håg = Festival, Party!
Three Returns from Exile
Zerubbabel (the governor) and Jeshua (priest)
Almost 50,000 returned to rebuild Jerusalem
536 B.C. - The Work on the Temple began
Ezra
458 B.C. - 1,700 returned to Jerusalem
Nehemiah
444 B.C. - Rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem
HaggaiCompletion of the Temple : HaggaiCompletion of the Temple Haggai & Zechariah were called to encourage the people to rebuild the Temple.
After 14 years of neglect the work on the temple was resumed in 520 B.C. and completed in 516 B.C.
Ezra 6:15
Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
HaggaiCompletion of the Temple : HaggaiCompletion of the Temple Timeline
From the first exile (606) until the foundation of the temple (536).
From the destruction of the temple (586) to the completion of the second temple (516).
Why seventy years of exile? 606 597 586 536 516 B.C. First Exile to Foundation Destruction to Completion 70
HaggaiThe Glory of the Latter Temple : HaggaiThe Glory of the Latter Temple Jesus is the “Desire of All Nations” and the “Prince of Peace”
'and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts (2:7 NKJV).
The Glory of the Latter Temple : The Glory of the Latter Temple The elders remember the glory of Solomon’s Temple and weep.
The young rejoice to have a Temple.
“The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,” says the LORD of hosts. “And in this place I will give peace,” says the LORD of hosts”(2:9).
HaggaiConsider Your Ways : HaggaiConsider Your Ways 1:5
"Consider your ways!
1:7
"Consider your ways!
2:15
And now, carefully consider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of the LORD 2:18
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
HaggaiThe Present Blessing of Obedience : HaggaiThe Present Blessing of Obedience Obedience and holiness bring the blessing of God presently.
Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid -- consider it: 'Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.' ” (2:18-19 NKJV)
HaggaiThe Contamination of Sin : HaggaiThe Contamination of Sin The contamination of sin blocks the blessing of God
If one of you is carrying a holy sacrifice in his robes and happens to brush against some bread or stew, wine or oil, or any other kind of food, will it also become holy?” The priests replied, “No.”
(2:12 NLT)
HaggaiThe Contamination of Sin : HaggaiThe Contamination of Sin The Lesson: Holiness will not rub off on others, they must seek and find God for themselves
Others do not become holy by our touch. However, we become contaminated by contact with sin. Then Haggai asked, “But if someone becomes ceremonially unclean by touching a dead person and then brushes against any of the things mentioned, will it be defiled?” And the priests answered, “Yes.”(2:13 NLT)
HaggaiThe Future Blessing of Promise : HaggaiThe Future Blessing of Promise Zerubbabel foreshadowed the Messiah in the merging of the two branches of David; from the Solomonic lineage and from Nathan.
He was as a signet ring, completing the circle.