Old Testament · Minor Prophets
Haggai
Written by Haggai. Written for People who had started rebuilding and then stopped.
Big picture in three sentences
Haggai speaks to returned exiles who are fixing their own houses while God's house sits unfinished.
He tells them to be strong and work, because God is with them.
The glory of the new house will be greater than the old one.
Haggai is only two chapters, aimed at a very practical building project.
Key verse · Haggai 2:4
“Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”
Stories families know from this book
- Consider your ways
- Work, for I am with you