Eighteen years after the return from captivity, the temple has not yet been restored, and Jews have shifted their energy and resources to rebuilding their own homes. Enter Haggai, compatriot of Ezra, who mobilised the Jewish community to shift their priorities to the rebuilding of the temple, in a series of 4 prophecies that ‘came by the hand of Haggai’.
We look at each of the 4 prophecies, and consider how they can be applied today.