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FORECAST OF THE MORE GLORIOUS TEMOPLE YET TO BE
After returning from the Captivity for the for the Jews in the restoration of their nation was the rebuilding of the Temple in their homeland.
Haggai, Malachi, Zechariah
The period after the return from Captivity these Prophets belonged. This period was about the books of Esther, Nehemiah and Ezra. The building the Temple Haggai and Zechariah aided in. 520-516 B.C. Nearly 100 years later in rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem Malachi is thought to have bee associated with Nehemiah.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE PERIOD
536 B.C 50,000 Jews, under Zerubbabel, returned to Jerusalem
536 B.C 7th month, they build the Altar, and offer sacrifice
535 B.C 2nd month, work on Temple begins, and is stopped
520 B.C. 6th month, (September), 1st day, Haggai's call to build.
6th month, 24th day, Building Begins
7th month (Octorber), 21st day Haggai's 2nd Appeal
8th month (November) Zechariah's Opening Address
9th month (December), 24th day, Haggai's 3rd and 4th
11th mont (February) , 24tj day Zechariah's visions
518 B.C 9th mont (December) 4th day Zechariah's Visions.
516 B.C 12th month (March) 3rd day, the Temple is completed
515 B.C 1st month (April) 14th-21st days, Joyful Passover
457 B.C Exra comes to Jerusalem and makes certain reforms
444 B.C Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall, Period of Malachi
HAGGAI AND HIS BOOK
Haggai book is composed of four brief discourses and may of been an old man who had seen the first Temple Haggai 2:3
THE SITUATION
In 606-586 BC The people had been carried away to Babylon after Judah had been conquered, Jerusalem burned, and the Temple demolished.
II Kings 24 and 25 By the edict of king Cyrus, after 70 years of captivity about 50.000 Jews had returned to their own land.
536 B.C. and had began to rebuild the Temple.
Their enemy neighbors caused them to stop the work on the foundation and didn't resume until 15 years later.
A new king Darius had ascended the Persian throne and under the direct preaching of Haggain and Zechariah the work was resumed. God speaking through Haggai informed the people that the reason for their poor crops was that Temple was not completed. Haggai's message had immediate effect, Withing 24 hours after Haggai gave them the message work was under way within 24 hours. The Temple was completed four years later.
520-516 B.C. About 70 years later the Wall of Jerusalem was built by Nehemiah.

PROPHETS	PROPHESIED TO OR ABOUT	KINGS WHO RULED DURING PROPHET'S TIME	APPROX DATES (B.C.)
Haggai	Returned Remnant of Judah	Governor Zerubbabel	After Southern Kingdom of Judah Captivity (520)

KING JAMES BIBLE

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,

2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.

3Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

6Ye 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.

7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought ithome, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, 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 did fear before the LORD.

13Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

14And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

15In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

KING JAMES 1611

1 In the second yeere of Darius the king, in the sixt moneth, in the first day of the moneth came the worde of the Lord by Haggai the Prophet vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, gouernour of Iudah, and to Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, saying;

2Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying; This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lords house should be built.

3Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying;

4Is it time for you, O yee, to dwell in your sieled houses, and this house lie waste?

5Nowe therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes; Consider your wayes.

6Yee haue sowen much and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: yee drinke, but yee are not filled with drinke: yee cloth you, but there is none warme: and hee that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

7 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Consider your wayes.

8Goe vp to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.

9Ye looked for much, and loe it came to litle: and when yee brought it home, I did blow vpon it: Why, saith the Lord of hostes? because of mine house that is waste, and yee runne euery man vnto his owne house.

10Therefore the heauen ouer you is stayed from dew, and the earth is staied from her fruite.

11And I called for a drought vpon the land and vpon the mountaines, and vpon the corne, and vpon the new wine, and vpon the oyle, and vpon that which the ground bringeth forth, & vpon men, and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.

12 Then Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, with all the remnant of the people obeyed the voyce of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the Prophet (as the Lord their God had sent him) and the people did feare before the Lord.

13Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying; I am with you, saith the Lord.

14And the Lord stirred vp the spirit of Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel gouernour of Iudah, and the spirit of Iosuah the sonne of Iosedech the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came and did worke in the house of the Lord of hostes their God:

15In the foure and twentieth day of the sixt moneth, in the second yeere of Darius the King.

Compare Verses to Verses

I == 1st Chr 3:17 , 19 ; 6:15 ; Ezra 3:2 ; 4:24 ; 5:1-2 ; Zech 1:1 ; Matt 1:12 ; Luke 3:27

III == Ezra 5:1

IV == 2nd Sam 7:2 ; Ps 132:3

V == Lam 3:40 ; Hag 1:7

VI == Deut 28:38 ; Hos 4:10 ; Mic 6:14-15 ; Hag 2:16 Zech 8:10

IX == Hag 2:16-17

X == Lev 26:19 ; Deut 28:23 ; 1st Kings 8:35

XI == 1st Kings 17:1 ; 2nd Kings 8:1 ; Hag 2:17

XII == Ezra 5:2

XIII == Matt 28:20 ; Rom 8:31

XIV == 2nd Chr 36:22 ; Ezra 1:1 ; 5:2 , 8 ; Hag 2:21

THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE

1 On the first day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak:

2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people says: "Not now has the time come to rebuild the house of the LORD."

3 (Then this word of the LORD came through Haggai, the prophet:)

4 Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

5 Now thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways!

6 You have sown much, but have brought in little; you have eaten, but have not been satisfied; You have drunk, but have not been exhilarated; have clothed yourselves, but not been warmed; And he who earned wages earned them for a bag with holes in it.

7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways!

8 Go up into the hill country; bring timber, and build the house That I may take pleasure in it and receive my glory, says the LORD.

9 You expected much, but it came to little; and what you brought home, I blew away. For what cause? says the LORD of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while each of you hurries to his own house.

10 Therefore the heavens withheld from you their dew, and the earth her crops.

11 And I called for a drought upon the land and upon the mountains; Upon the grain, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon all that the ground brings forth; Upon men and upon beasts, and upon all that is produced by hand.

12 Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice of the LORD, their God, and to the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD, their God, had sent him, and the people feared because of the LORD.

13 And the LORD'S messenger, Haggai, proclaimed to the people as the message of the LORD: I am with you, says the LORD.

14 Then the LORD stirred up the spirit of the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they came and set to work on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. In the second year of King Darius

COMMENTARIE

v 1. Haggai, meaning festive, was the first prophet to prophecy after the captivity and two months ahead of Zechariah, Ezra 5:1,2; Zech. 1:1. He affirmed the authority of the Lord 25 times in two chapters. The times of the Gentiles has begun, so dating can be accurate according to Gentile records. He starts writing Aug. 27, 520 BC, and it is likely he is old and may have seen the temple destroyed, 586 BC, before his exile. He first addresses Zerubbabel, the governor, and Joshua, son of the high priest.

v 2. This rebukes that people are unconcerned about rebuilding the temple.

v 3-6. The well to do had luxurious paneling in their houses. Only the foundation of the temple had been laid before Samaritan and Persian pressure halted construction. Apathy set in and 16 more years elapsed until the Lord sent Haggai to encourage.

v 7,8. Money had been spent for lumber to build the temple, Ezra 3:7, so after building stopped, some must have used the lumber for their own houses. They are challenged to do what will glorify the Lord.

v 9-11. Harvests were low and the Lord caused that received to have little value. God explained it was because they let His house lie ruined while they built their own. Therefore He had sent drouth hindering crops, livestock and food provisions.

v 12. The leaders and people responded in obedience and new fear of the Lord.

v 13. The Lord encouraged the people that He would be with them.

v 14,15. The Lord moved these people to leave Babylon 18 years before. Since the original plea of Haggai, they have had to gather material and harvest grapes, figs and pomegranates. Now, 23 days later, on Sept. 21, 520 BC they are stirred up by the Lord and again begin to work on the temple. Verses 12-15 are a reminder of how CES started working alone in MBC “dungeon” till others joined to build a new chapel.

Date of key events related to the temple, Haggai and Zechariah:

August 29, 520 BC Haggai’s first sermon, Hag. 1:1-11; Ezra 5:1

September 21, 520 Temple building resumed, Hag. 1:12-15; Ezra 5:2

October 17, 520 Haggai’s second sermon, Hag. 2:1-9

Oct. -Nov. 520 Zechariah’s ministry begun, Zech. 1:1-6

December 18, 520 Haggai’s third and fourth sermons, Hag. 2:10-23

February 15, 519 Zechariah’s eight visions, Zech. 1:7-6:8

December 7, 518 Delegation from Bethel, Zech. 7

March 12, 515 Temple dedicated, Ezra 6:15-18