Prayer 101 - Part 67: Christ In Haggai

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In 508 BC - it was 16 years before this date that the Persian emperor Cyrus issued a decree permitting the return of nearly 50,000 Jewish exiles in Babylon to return to Jerusalem for the purpose of rebuilding their temple. The newly appointed governor of Judah was Zerubbabel and the high priest was Joshua.

Daily sacrifices began once the temple court was cleared of rubble and the altar of burnt offerings was replaced on its base. Yet the enemies of the Jews resisted and hindered the rebuild, and the work ceased.

Haggai challenged the people to rebuild - to realign their priorities. To live for God and not themselves

Haggai 1:1-7 CONSIDER YOUR WAYS

Matt 6:33

Check up from the neck up? as proposed by Zig Ziglar a famous motivational speaker

RATHER - Check up from the heart up!

Haggai 1:8-11 GO DO

Haggai 1:12-15 OBEDIENCE TO GOD - 1 Samuel 15:22

FEAR OF GOD - Prov 9:10

What is the fear of the Lord?

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. Prov 8:13 Froward? - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

Haggai 2:1-5 BE STRONG

Haggai 2:6-9

This speaks of the future. The not too distant overthrow of the Persian empire by the Greeks - Alexander the Great - yet is distinctly Messianic as found in Zech 9:9-10; Is 61:1-3; Dan 9:24-27

THE SHAKING - Heb 12:26,27

Joel 3:9-16

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former… - Matt 12:6

…and this place will I give peace - Rom 5:1

Haggai 2:10-19 There were repercussions to disobedience and rewards for repentance

CONSIDER FROM THIS DAY v15

CONSIDER NOW v18

Haggai 2:20-23

v22 And I will overthrow the THRONE of kingdoms

THRONE? one supreme rule over the earth(the Antichrist) permitted by God, but he will be replaced by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Rev 11:15