Haggai

Portrait of Haggai

In the period after the Babylonian exile, the prophet known as Haggai called the returned remnant to rebuild the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem rather than attending first to their own comforts. His words exposed the misplaced priorities that had led to drought and hardship, reminding the people that true blessing flows from seeking the kingdom of God above all else. By spurring the leaders to resume construction, Haggai advanced God's redemptive purposes, restoring the temple as the center of Israel's worship and covenant hope.

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Books written: Haggai

Read Through Haggai's Writings

2 chapters total

Haggai

1 A Call to Rebuild the Temple 2 The Glory of the New Temple

Key Passages

Consider Your Ways

Haggai 1:5-7

N5ow therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

The Glory of the Latter House

Haggai 2:6-9

F6or thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.