Survey of the book of Haggai

Welcome to the Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.

This is a ministry of striving for eternity. The book of Haggai.

Not much is known about the prophet Haggai, but what we do know is that he was the first of the prophets who would prophesy after the exile.

So, in other words, there was 70 years of captivity where Israel was taken into Babylon and then they returned.

So much of this is about the return afterwards. So there's four messages that we end up seeing in Haggai.

The first is a judgment call to rebuild the temple. After that, we see the second message is the promise of a future glory of the temple.

The third message that we end up seeing is a priestly decision to illustrate the present blessings of obedience.

And then it leads to a fourth message, which is a masonic prophecy concerning Zerubbabel.

And what you end up seeing throughout this book is that this is a book that is giving hope to Israel, a nation that is returning to the promised land after 70 years of captivity.

They are obviously concerned about where they're going to have as a nation, and Cyrus the

Persian king had prophesied that, as prophesied in the Old Testament, would give them back their land.

And this is the fulfillment of that promise. This podcast is part of the Striving for Eternity ministry.