Beyond Today Bible Commentary: Haggai

The Samaritan resistance to the Jews of Judea had taken its toll. The Jews quit the rebuilding of the temple and went about their own affairs. This resulted in a period of national punishment, as the prophet Haggai explains. Yet rather than seeing events in this way, the people looked on their "misfortunes" as simply more reasons to not resume the construction. As time went on, the orientation of the people changed until the rebuilding of the temple perhaps seemed like something that would never happen.

Table of Contents

1 minute
Resumption of temple reconstruction in response to Haggai and Zechariah's preaching
9 minutes
The glory of the latter temple to be greater than the former
13 minutes
The uncleanness of the people, punishment on disobedience but now God will send blessing, nations to be shaken, Zerubbabel to be chosen as a signet