Introducing The Minor prophets – Bible Study Guidebook: Haggai
The Prophet Haggai is the tenth book in the Bible study series ‘Spotlight On The Minor Prophets’.
There are times in life when we all need motivation to carry on; when things seem too hard or the barriers seem too high. These are the times when the right people can encourage and coerce us to just ‘get on with it’, to ‘get the job done’ no matter what comes against us.
Such a man was Haggai, sent to the people of Israel just when they were at their lowest ebb and ready to throw in the towel. You could say that single handedly (or perhaps with the help of his contemporary Zechariah), Haggai managed to save Israel from complete destruction as a nation, inasmuch as without his message of encouragement from the Lord, the Temple may never have been completed – and so national cohesion lost forever. An interesting thought..
These study guides are not intended to be in-depth bible studies as such; but instead an introduction or summary of the Prophets, their times and influences both then and today. These short bible studies of the Old Testament Prophets are intended for individual or group use, and I have found them useful for encouraging debate and conversation, on all the topics that affected the peoples at that time; and now affect ourselves in today’s world.
Job states that “As sure as sparks fly upwards, Man is born to trouble”. The social and economic troubles that the ancients faced are the same ones as we face now. It has been said that “if we do not learn from our mistakes, then we are doomed to repeat them”. Perhaps it’s time to listen to their problems and see what The Lord had to say through his spokesmen – whom we know as the ‘Minor Prophets’.
Other Bible Study Books in the series: Spotlight On The Minor Prophets
6 Book Bundle: Jonah – Micah
6 Book Bundle Nahum - Malachi
12 Book Complete Study Course
Individual Guidebooks:
•Book 1 – Jonah
•Book 2 – Obadiah
•Book 3 – Joel
•Book 4 – Hosea
•Book 5 – Amos
•Book 6 – Micah
•Book 7 – Nahum
•Book 8 – Zephaniah
•Book 9 – Habakkuk
•Book 10 – Haggai
•Book 11 – Zechariah
•Book 12 - Malachi
