INTRODUCTION. Haggai 1:1 ‘In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of YHWH by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, The date was 520 BC.... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S GRIEVANCE WITH HIS PEOPLE (HAGGAI 1:2). In a series of consecutive prophecies YHWH's grievance with His people is established, and the call comes to build the Temple. For YHWH knows that until the Temple is built they will not feel themselves to be one people, and the exiles far from home wi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LEADERS AND PEOPLE MAKE THEIR RESPONSE (HAGGAI 1:12). The result of Haggai's persistence was that the leaders and people responded to his urgings, and to the word of YHWH, and began again on the work of building the Temple. Note again the great emphasis on the use of YHWH's name. It appears thr... [ Continue Reading ]