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The people live in nice comfortable houses but the temple lies in ruins. Their lives are in order but their worship is neglected.

TEXT: HAGGAI | THE FESTAL ONE There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : In 586 BC, Nebudchadnezzar and Babylon had brought Judah…

Text : Haggai 1:1-15 Back Story In 586 BC, the Babylonian army destroyed the city of Jerusalem, along with the temple built by King Solomon. The surviving populace is exiled to Babylon. Fifty years later (537 BC) the Persians conquered the Babylonians and passed a decree allowing the Jews to return to…

Back in the land after 70 years of captivity. The land was in ruins. They found themselves so focused on the every-day things of their household, that they had not time, resources, or energy left for the LORD or the care of the temple. The Jews who returned from Babylon had been given to expect the very…

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are going to be looking at the book of Haggai together. Last week we looked at Nehemiah and how the walls of Jerusalem were built. Haggai takes place before Nehemiah, it is actually taking place during the book of Ezra. Now, if you’re asking yourself why we are…

Introduction: Stop… And Consider Your Ways… We live in an extremely busy and frankly a self-absorbed culture. Between work schedules, vacation schedules, travel and local sports, entertainment, recreation, smart phones, social media, and countless other activities - people spend very little time considering…

Introduction We will be in Haggai this morning. We finished 1 Peter last week, just a friendly reminder we record all those sermons, so if you desire you can go back and listen from the church’s website, fbcira.com. All the sermons I have preached are up unless we have technical difficulties. So Luke,…

If we allow things in our lives that put us in bondage and glorify not God. we are dishonoring God and the temple of God. the spirit of God will not dwell in a temple that is unholy or defiled 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be…

History leading up to Haggai Northern Kingdom of Israel falls to Assyria in 722 B.C. Assyria then marched on Judah and Jerusalem Old Testament tells of a miraculous defeat of the Assyrians by God Nebuchadnezzar later conquers Jerusalem in 580 B.C. The Persians defeat Babylon in 539 B.C. Many Jews were…

Haggai 1 1 In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 2 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘This people…

Title : Rebuilding Had a different message in mind last week, but after praying, felt led to let that sit and stew on a back burner for a while, let it marinate a while longer… and today we’re diving into the minor prophet, Haggai. Text : Haggai 1:1-11 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth…

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, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord . 13 Then Haggai, the messenger…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

The Background Foundation matters. Today we journey to a time when a call to action is being issued to the remnant. The Cyrus decree (539 B.C.) had been issued, the remnant about 50,000 Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple and the city according to Ezra and the work had started but stalled,…

Introduction When we were boys, we have sometimes gathered around our father’s fire in the winter time, and almost sat on it, yet we could not get warm. We rubbed our chilled fingers, but they still kept blue. At length our father wisely turned us out of doors and told us to work, and after some healthy…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech the high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel,…

Webster defines time this way: a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events ( priorities ) which succeed one another from past through present to future “I don’t have enough time” “I will get to it when I find time” “I wish I had more time” Quotes on time Time is free, but it’s priceless.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

God’s Confronts us, when He is not Pleased Situation: God’s people are not happy. Even as believers, we can sometimes feel like failures. We work harder, spend more time making money on self-interests, but we still never get caught up—we never have enought—their is always more month than check. We easily…

Misplaced Priorities “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord .” “These People” (verse 2) Not “my people” Devine rebuke. This is not going to be a good message. “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to…

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…