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# 📖 Haggai
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Haggai records God’s message to the returned exiles who had neglected rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. Through Haggai, God confronts the people’s misplaced priorities and spiritual complacency. He calls them to put God’s house first and promises renewed blessing when they obey. The book emphasizes that faithfulness in God’s work leads to spiritual and material renewal.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Literature
- Post-Exilic Prophecy
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Haggai
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- 520 BC (during the reign of Darius I of Persia)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
>Haggai 1:8 (NET)
“‘Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• Right priorities
• Obedience and blessing
• God’s presence
• Spiritual renewal
• Faithful leadership
• Encouragement
• God’s glory
• Stewardship
• Covenant faithfulness
• Hope for the future
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–15 — Call to Rebuild the Temple
- Rebuke for neglect
- Call to action
- 2:1–9 — Encouragement and Future Glory
- God’s presence
- Greater glory promised
- 2:10–19 — Blessing through Obedience
- Holiness and purity
- Promise of prosperity
- 2:20–23 — Promise to Zerubbabel
- Messianic hope
- God’s chosen servant
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Haggai 01]]
- [[Haggai 02]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. Pieter A. Verhoef, The Books of Haggai and Malachi (NICOT)
2. David W. Baker, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
3. Joyce G. Baldwin, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Haggai is the second shortest book in the Old Testament.
2. His ministry lasted only about four months.
3. The book contains precise dates for each prophecy.
4. Haggai worked alongside Zechariah.
5. Zerubbabel was governor of Judah.
6. Joshua the high priest is prominently featured.
7. The temple had been neglected for about 16 years.
8. Haggai links obedience with prosperity.
9. The book helped restart temple construction.
10. Haggai emphasizes God’s presence over prosperity.
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