Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Haggai,1,1,"Darius was a real person who actually existed","ACTUALLY,DARIUS,EXISTED,PERSON,REAL,WHO" Haggai,1,1,"Darius was the king at the time this message was given","DARIUS,GIVEN,KING,MESSAGE,TIME" Haggai,1,1,"God gave this message to Haggai so he could give it to Zerubbabel and Joshua","GAVE,GIVE,GOD,HAGGAI,HE,JOSHUA,MESSAGE,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,1,1,"God had a message for the governor of Judah and the high priest, and He gave it to them through His prophet Haggai","GAVE,GOD,GOVERNOR,HAGGAI,HE,HIGH,HIS,JUDAH,MESSAGE,PRIEST,PROPHET" Haggai,1,1,"Haggai was a prophet","HAGGAI,PROPHET" Haggai,1,1,"Joshua was the high priest","HIGH,JOSHUA,PRIEST" Haggai,1,1,"Joshua was the son of Josedech","JOSEDECH,JOSHUA,SON" Haggai,1,1,"The Bible is extremely specific about the exact day that this message was given to Haggai; it records it down to the very day","BIBLE,DAY,DOWN,EXACT,EXTREMELY,GIVEN,HAGGAI,MESSAGE,RECORDS,SPECIFIC" Haggai,1,1,"The word of the Lord came to Haggai in the reign of Darius; it came in the second year, the sixth month, and the first day of the month","DARIUS,DAY,FIRST,HAGGAI,LORD,MONTH,REIGN,SECOND,SIXTH,WORD,YEAR" Haggai,1,1,"Zerubbabel was the governor of Judah","GOVERNOR,JUDAH,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,1,1,"Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel","SHEALTIEL,SON,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,1,2,"God calls Himself the God of armies","ARMIES,CALLS,GOD,HIMSELF" Haggai,1,2,"The Jews had been returned to the land, but they had not rebuilt the temple","JEWS,LAND,NOT,REBUILT,RETURNED,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,2,"The Jews of that era did not have a desire to rebuild the temple; instead of earnestly seeking to rebuild it so they could resume the worship of the Lord, they put it off","DESIRE,EARNESTLY,ERA,INSTEAD,JEWS,LORD,NOT,OFF,PUT,REBUILD,SEEKING,TEMPLE,WORSHIP" Haggai,1,2,"The Jews of that era did not have a heart to worship the Lord, which can be seen from the fact that they had no desire to rebuild the temple","CAN,DESIRE,ERA,FACT,HEART,JEWS,LORD,NO,NOT,REBUILD,SEEN,TEMPLE,WHICH,WORSHIP" Haggai,1,2,"The reason God sent this message is because the Jews were claiming that it was not yet time to build the second temple","BECAUSE,BUILD,CLAIMING,GOD,JEWS,MESSAGE,NOT,REASON,SECOND,SENT,TEMPLE,TIME" Haggai,1,3,"God did not 'inspire' Haggai; instead God spoke directly through Him and told Him what to say","DIRECTLY,GOD,HAGGAI,HIM,INSTEAD,NOT,SAY,SPOKE,TOLD,WHAT" Haggai,1,3,"The Lord spoke through His prophets","HIS,LORD,PROPHETS,SPOKE" Haggai,1,3,"The Lord used His prophets to proclaim messages to the people","HIS,LORD,MESSAGES,PEOPLE,PROCLAIM,PROPHETS,USED" Haggai,1,3,"The message that Haggai proclaimed came from the Lord","HAGGAI,LORD,MESSAGE,PROCLAIMED" Haggai,1,3,"This message did not come from Haggai; it came from the Lord","COME,HAGGAI,LORD,MESSAGE,NOT" Haggai,1,4,"God was angry with the Jews because they had rebuilt their own homes, but they had not rebuilt the house of God","ANGRY,BECAUSE,GOD,HOMES,HOUSE,JEWS,NOT,OWN,REBUILT" Haggai,1,4,"It was wrong for them to rebuild their own homes while doing nothing to rebuild the temple of the Lord; they had put themselves first and God last","DOING,FIRST,GOD,HOMES,LAST,LORD,NOTHING,OWN,PUT,REBUILD,TEMPLE,WHILE,WRONG" Haggai,1,4,"The Jews allowed God's temple to lie in waste for years while they labored for themselves","ALLOWED,GOD,JEWS,LABORED,LIE,TEMPLE,WASTE,WHILE,YEARS" Haggai,1,4,"The Jews valued their own homes more than the house of God","GOD,HOMES,HOUSE,JEWS,OWN,VALUED" Haggai,1,5,"God once again calls Himself the God of armies","AGAIN,ARMIES,CALLS,GOD,HIMSELF,ONCE" Haggai,1,5,"God told the Jews to open their eyes and look around; if they did they would realize that God had cursed them for putting themselves first and Him last","CURSED,EYES,FIRST,GOD,HIM,IF,JEWS,LAST,LOOK,OPEN,PUTTING,REALIZE,TOLD" Haggai,1,6,"God afflicted the Jews mightily because they left His temple in ruins and did nothing to rebuild it so they could resume worshiping Him","AFFLICTED,BECAUSE,GOD,HIM,HIS,JEWS,LEFT,MIGHTILY,NOTHING,REBUILD,RUINS,TEMPLE,WORSHIPING" Haggai,1,6,"God can give us clothing or leave us cold","CAN,CLOTHING,COLD,GIVE,GOD,LEAVE" Haggai,1,6,"God can satisfy our hunger or leave us hungry","CAN,GOD,HUNGER,HUNGRY,LEAVE,OUR,SATISFY" Haggai,1,6,"God had cursed the Jews because they had built their own homes but refused to build His","BECAUSE,BUILD,BUILT,CURSED,GOD,HIS,HOMES,JEWS,OWN,REFUSED" Haggai,1,6,"God has the ability to give us a bountiful harvest or a meager one","ABILITY,BOUNTIFUL,GIVE,GOD,HARVEST,MEAGER,ONE" Haggai,1,6,"God has the ability to give us wealth, or to send disasters that eat up our earnings and leave us with nothing","ABILITY,DISASTERS,EAT,GIVE,GOD,LEAVE,NOTHING,OUR,SEND,UP,WEALTH" Haggai,1,6,"If God blesses us then we will be blessed; if He curses us then we will suffer","BLESSED,BLESSES,CURSES,GOD,HE,IF,SUFFER" Haggai,1,6,"Our prosperity is in the hands of God","GOD,HANDS,OUR,PROSPERITY" Haggai,1,6,"The Jews did not have enough to eat or drink","DRINK,EAT,JEWS,NOT" Haggai,1,6,"The Jews had sown much seed, but had harvested very little","HARVESTED,JEWS,LITTLE,MUCH,SEED,SOWN" Haggai,1,6,"The Jews were poor; they earned money but quickly lost it","EARNED,JEWS,LOST,MONEY,POOR,QUICKLY" Haggai,1,6,"The Jews were unable to stay warm","JEWS,STAY,UNABLE,WARM" Haggai,1,6,"There are times when God sends poverty and affliction as a curse upon people for their sin","AFFLICTION,CURSE,GOD,PEOPLE,POVERTY,SENDS,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,1,7,"God calls Himself the God of armies yet again","AGAIN,ARMIES,CALLS,GOD,HIMSELF" Haggai,1,7,"God once again commanded the Jews to consider their ways; the things they had been doing had only brought them poverty, but if they changed their ways then God would bless them","AGAIN,BLESS,BROUGHT,CHANGED,COMMANDED,CONSIDER,DOING,GOD,IF,JEWS,ONCE,ONLY,POVERTY,THINGS" Haggai,1,7,"The path to prosperity was obedience to God, not selfishness","GOD,NOT,OBEDIENCE,PATH,PROSPERITY" Haggai,1,8,"God commanded the Jews to build the second temple","BUILD,COMMANDED,GOD,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,8,"God commanded the Jews to obtain the lumber they needed to rebuild the temple from the mountain","COMMANDED,GOD,JEWS,MOUNTAIN,NEEDED,OBTAIN,REBUILD,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,8,"God said that if the Jews built the second temple then He would take pleasure in it","BUILT,GOD,HE,IF,JEWS,PLEASURE,SAID,SECOND,TAKE,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,8,"God said that the second temple would glorify Him","GLORIFY,GOD,HIM,SAID,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,8,"The second temple was made at least partly from wood","LEAST,MADE,PARTLY,SECOND,TEMPLE,WOOD" Haggai,1,9,"God is the one who gives us much, or who withholds it and gives us little","GIVES,GOD,LITTLE,MUCH,ONE,WHO,WITHHOLDS" Haggai,1,9,"God was not going to allow the Jews to prosper as long as His temple was in ruins","ALLOW,GOD,GOING,HIS,JEWS,LONG,NOT,PROSPER,RUINS,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,9,"If the Jews wanted to be blessed then they had to finish the second temple","BLESSED,FINISH,IF,JEWS,SECOND,TEMPLE,WANTED" Haggai,1,9,"Since the Jews had refused to build God's house, the Lord cursed them with poverty and hunger","BUILD,CURSED,GOD,HOUSE,HUNGER,JEWS,LORD,POVERTY,REFUSED,SINCE" Haggai,1,9,"The reason the Jews were poor and suffering was because they built their own houses but did not build the house of God","BECAUSE,BUILD,BUILT,GOD,HOUSE,HOUSES,JEWS,NOT,OWN,POOR,REASON,SUFFERING" Haggai,1,9,"The reason the Jews were poor wasn't because they hadn't worked hard enough; it was because they served themselves and refused to serve the Lord","BECAUSE,HARD,JEWS,LORD,POOR,REASON,REFUSED,SERVE,SERVED,WORKED" Haggai,1,10,"God has control over the harvests of a nation","CONTROL,GOD,HARVESTS,NATION" Haggai,1,10,"God has control over the weather","CONTROL,GOD,WEATHER" Haggai,1,10,"God has the ability to send abundant crops, or to send famine","ABILITY,ABUNDANT,CROPS,FAMINE,GOD,SEND" Haggai,1,10,"God has the ability to send rain, or to withhold it","ABILITY,GOD,RAIN,SEND,WITHHOLD" Haggai,1,10,"God holds nations accountable for their actions and punishes them for their sins","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SINS" Haggai,1,10,"God would not bless the Jews as long as they continued to put themselves first and Him last","BLESS,CONTINUED,FIRST,GOD,HIM,JEWS,LAST,LONG,NOT,PUT" Haggai,1,10,"If the Jews wanted to stop suffering, and stop being hungry, and stop being poor, then they had to rebuild the temple; otherwise their suffering would continue","BEING,CONTINUE,HUNGRY,IF,JEWS,POOR,REBUILD,STOP,SUFFERING,TEMPLE,WANTED" Haggai,1,10,"Since the Jews refused to finish building the second temple, God stopped the crops from growing","BUILDING,CROPS,FINISH,GOD,GROWING,JEWS,REFUSED,SECOND,SINCE,STOPPED,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,10,"Since the Jews refused to finish building the second temple, God stopped the rain from falling","BUILDING,FALLING,FINISH,GOD,JEWS,RAIN,REFUSED,SECOND,SINCE,STOPPED,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,10,"There are times when God punishes a nation by withholding crops and sending famine","CROPS,FAMINE,GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,SENDING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WITHHOLDING" Haggai,1,10,"There are times when God punishes a nation by withholding rain","GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,RAIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WITHHOLDING" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed every aspect of their lives because they did not rebuild the temple so they could start worshiping Him again","AGAIN,BECAUSE,CURSED,EVERY,GOD,HIM,LIVES,NOT,REBUILD,START,TEMPLE,WORSHIPING" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed everything that grew on the ground","CURSED,EVERYTHING,GOD,GREW,GROUND" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed everything that the people worked on","CURSED,EVERYTHING,GOD,PEOPLE,WORKED" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed the cattle","CATTLE,CURSED,GOD" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed the land and sent a drought","CURSED,DROUGHT,GOD,LAND,SENT" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed the mountains and sent a drought","CURSED,DROUGHT,GOD,MOUNTAINS,SENT" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed the people of the land","CURSED,GOD,LAND,PEOPLE" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed their corn harvest","CORN,CURSED,GOD,HARVEST" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed their oil harvest","CURSED,GOD,HARVEST,OIL" Haggai,1,11,"God cursed their wine harvest","CURSED,GOD,HARVEST,WINE" Haggai,1,11,"God is the one who either blesses our crops and cattle or curses them","BLESSES,CATTLE,CROPS,CURSES,GOD,ONE,OUR,WHO" Haggai,1,11,"God is the one who either blesses the work of our hands or curses it","BLESSES,CURSES,GOD,HANDS,ONE,OUR,WHO,WORK" Haggai,1,11,"Since the Jews built their own homes instead of building God's temple, the Lord cursed them","BUILDING,BUILT,CURSED,GOD,HOMES,INSTEAD,JEWS,LORD,OWN,SINCE,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,11,"There are times when God curses a nation for putting themselves first and Him last","CURSES,FIRST,GOD,HIM,LAST,NATION,PUTTING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,1,11,"There are times when God curses the food supply of a nation because of its sins","BECAUSE,CURSES,FOOD,GOD,NATION,SINS,SUPPLY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,1,11,"There are times when God curses the labor of people's hands because of their sin","BECAUSE,CURSES,GOD,HANDS,LABOR,PEOPLE,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,1,11,"There are times when God sends droughts upon a nation because of its sins","BECAUSE,DROUGHTS,GOD,NATION,SENDS,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,1,12,"God was the one who sent Haggai to speak to them; the prophet spoke with God's voice, because he spoke the words that God had given him to speak","BECAUSE,GIVEN,GOD,HAGGAI,HE,HIM,ONE,PROPHET,SENT,SPEAK,SPOKE,VOICE,WHO,WORDS" Haggai,1,12,"Joshua the high priest obeyed the Lord","HIGH,JOSHUA,LORD,OBEYED,PRIEST" Haggai,1,12,"The people feared the Lord","FEARED,LORD,PEOPLE" Haggai,1,12,"The remnant of the people who lived in Judah obeyed the Lord","JUDAH,LIVED,LORD,OBEYED,PEOPLE,REMNANT,WHO" Haggai,1,12,"When the people obeyed the words of Haggai they were actually obeying the Lord, because God was the one who was speaking through Haggai","ACTUALLY,BECAUSE,GOD,HAGGAI,LORD,OBEYED,OBEYING,ONE,PEOPLE,SPEAKING,WHEN,WHO,WORDS" Haggai,1,12,"Zerubbabel the governor of Judah obeyed the Lord","GOVERNOR,JUDAH,LORD,OBEYED,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,1,13,"Haggai delivered the Lord's message to the people","DELIVERED,HAGGAI,LORD,MESSAGE,PEOPLE" Haggai,1,13,"Haggai was the Lord's messenger, because he spoke the words that God gave him to speak","BECAUSE,GAVE,GOD,HAGGAI,HE,HIM,LORD,MESSENGER,SPEAK,SPOKE,WORDS" Haggai,1,13,"When the people obeyed the Lord and started work on the temple again, God said that He was with them","AGAIN,GOD,HE,LORD,OBEYED,PEOPLE,SAID,STARTED,TEMPLE,WHEN,WORK" Haggai,1,14,"At this time only a remnant of the Jews were in the land","JEWS,LAND,ONLY,REMNANT,TIME" Haggai,1,14,"God stirred up the spirit of Josedech, the high priest","GOD,HIGH,JOSEDECH,PRIEST,SPIRIT,STIRRED,UP" Haggai,1,14,"God stirred up the spirit of the people who lived in the land","GOD,LAND,LIVED,PEOPLE,SPIRIT,STIRRED,UP,WHO" Haggai,1,14,"God stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah","GOD,GOVERNOR,JUDAH,SPIRIT,STIRRED,UP,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,1,14,"God was the one who gave the Jews the desire to finish the second temple","DESIRE,FINISH,GAVE,GOD,JEWS,ONE,SECOND,TEMPLE,WHO" Haggai,1,14,"The governor, the high priest, and the people started work on building the second temple","BUILDING,GOVERNOR,HIGH,PEOPLE,PRIEST,SECOND,STARTED,TEMPLE,WORK" Haggai,1,14,"The reason the people obeyed the Lord and started building the second temple is because God stirred up their spirit","BECAUSE,BUILDING,GOD,LORD,OBEYED,PEOPLE,REASON,SECOND,SPIRIT,STARTED,STIRRED,TEMPLE,UP" Haggai,1,14,"The temple is called the house of the Lord of armies","ARMIES,CALLED,HOUSE,LORD,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,14,"The temple is called the house of their God","CALLED,GOD,HOUSE,TEMPLE" Haggai,1,15,"God spoke to Haggai on the first day of the month, and the people were stirred up on the twenty-fourth day of the month","DAY,FIRST,GOD,HAGGAI,MONTH,PEOPLE,SPOKE,STIRRED,UP" Haggai,1,15,"The Bible tells us the exact day that the heart of the people was stirred up to resume work building the temple","BIBLE,BUILDING,DAY,EXACT,HEART,PEOPLE,STIRRED,TELLS,TEMPLE,UP,WORK" Haggai,1,15,"The heart of the people was stirred up during the reign of Darius - in the second year, sixth month, and twenty-fourth day","DARIUS,DAY,DURING,HEART,MONTH,PEOPLE,REIGN,SECOND,SIXTH,STIRRED,UP,YEAR" Haggai,2,1,"God did not speak to the people directly; instead He spoke through His prophet","DIRECTLY,GOD,HE,HIS,INSTEAD,NOT,PEOPLE,PROPHET,SPEAK,SPOKE" Haggai,2,1,"God spoke to Haggai again in the seventh month and the twenty-first day","AGAIN,DAY,GOD,HAGGAI,MONTH,SEVENTH,SPOKE" Haggai,2,1,"The word of the Lord was given through Haggai the prophet","GIVEN,HAGGAI,LORD,PROPHET,WORD" Haggai,2,1,"This message was from the Lord; it was not the words of Haggai","HAGGAI,LORD,MESSAGE,NOT,WORDS" Haggai,2,1,"This message was given after the people were stirred up to build the second temple","AFTER,BUILD,GIVEN,MESSAGE,PEOPLE,SECOND,STIRRED,TEMPLE,UP" Haggai,2,2,"God told Haggai to give this message to Joshua that high priest","GIVE,GOD,HAGGAI,HIGH,JOSHUA,MESSAGE,PRIEST,TOLD" Haggai,2,2,"God told Haggai to give this message to the people who lived in the land","GIVE,GOD,HAGGAI,LAND,LIVED,MESSAGE,PEOPLE,TOLD,WHO" Haggai,2,2,"God told Haggai to give this message to Zerubbabel the governor of Judah","GIVE,GOD,GOVERNOR,HAGGAI,JUDAH,MESSAGE,TOLD,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,2,3,"For those who remembered the first temple, the second temple was far less glorious and was nothing special at all; to them the second temple represented an enormous loss","ALL,ENORMOUS,FAR,FIRST,GLORIOUS,LESS,LOSS,NOTHING,REMEMBERED,REPRESENTED,SECOND,SPECIAL,TEMPLE,WHO" Haggai,2,3,"The elderly people were comparing the second temple to the first temple, and they were greatly disappointed and disheartened","COMPARING,DISAPPOINTED,ELDERLY,FIRST,GREATLY,PEOPLE,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,3,"The second temple was not nearly as magnificent as the first temple","FIRST,MAGNIFICENT,NEARLY,NOT,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,3,"There were some people in the land who were so old that they had memories of the first temple","FIRST,LAND,OLD,PEOPLE,SOME,TEMPLE,THERE,WHO" Haggai,2,4,"God commanded Joshua the high priest to be strong","COMMANDED,GOD,HIGH,JOSHUA,PRIEST,STRONG" Haggai,2,4,"God commanded the people of the land to be strong","COMMANDED,GOD,LAND,PEOPLE,STRONG" Haggai,2,4,"God commanded the people to continue working on the second temple, and to not give up","COMMANDED,CONTINUE,GIVE,GOD,NOT,PEOPLE,SECOND,TEMPLE,UP,WORKING" Haggai,2,4,"God commanded Zerubbabel the governor of Judah to be strong","COMMANDED,GOD,GOVERNOR,JUDAH,STRONG,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,2,4,"God did not want the people to become disheartened and quit over the fact that what they were doing was not as good as what they had before","BECOME,BEFORE,DOING,FACT,GOD,GOOD,NOT,PEOPLE,QUIT,WANT,WHAT" Haggai,2,4,"God told the people that even though the second temple was much less glorious than the first temple, God was still with them in this effort and He wanted them to finish it","EFFORT,FINISH,FIRST,GLORIOUS,GOD,HE,LESS,MUCH,PEOPLE,SECOND,TEMPLE,TOLD,WANTED" Haggai,2,4,"God was not concerned that the second temple was much less glorious than the first temple","CONCERNED,FIRST,GLORIOUS,GOD,LESS,MUCH,NOT,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,5,"God had made a covenant with them when they were set free from Egypt","COVENANT,EGYPT,FREE,GOD,MADE,SET,WHEN" Haggai,2,5,"God told the Jews that the covenant He had made with them at the time of the exodus from Egypt was still in effect","COVENANT,EFFECT,EGYPT,EXODUS,GOD,HE,JEWS,MADE,TIME,TOLD" Haggai,2,5,"God told the Jews to not be afraid, but to continue the work","AFRAID,CONTINUE,GOD,JEWS,NOT,TOLD,WORK" Haggai,2,5,"In spite of everything that had happened, God's Spirit still remained among the Jews","AMONG,EVERYTHING,GOD,HAPPENED,JEWS,REMAINED,SPIRIT,SPITE" Haggai,2,5,"In spite of everything that had happened, the covenant of the Mosaic Law was still in force and had not been changed","CHANGED,COVENANT,EVERYTHING,FORCE,HAPPENED,LAW,MOSAIC,NOT,SPITE" Haggai,2,5,"The Israelites had been delivered from Egypt in the past; that was a real thing that actually happened","ACTUALLY,DELIVERED,EGYPT,HAPPENED,ISRAELITES,PAST,REAL,THING" Haggai,2,5,"The Jews did not have to be afraid over the fact that the second temple was less glorious than the first temple","AFRAID,FACT,FIRST,GLORIOUS,JEWS,LESS,NOT,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,6,"God has the power to shake this world","GOD,POWER,SHAKE,WORLD" Haggai,2,6,"The day was coming when God would shake this world","COMING,DAY,GOD,SHAKE,WHEN,WORLD" Haggai,2,6,"The Lord said that in a little while He should shake the dry land","DRY,HE,LAND,LITTLE,LORD,SAID,SHAKE,SHOULD,WHILE" Haggai,2,6,"The Lord said that in a little while He would shake the earth","EARTH,HE,LITTLE,LORD,SAID,SHAKE,WHILE" Haggai,2,6,"The Lord said that in a little while He would shake the heavens","HE,HEAVENS,LITTLE,LORD,SAID,SHAKE,WHILE" Haggai,2,6,"The Lord said that in a little while He would shake the sea","HE,LITTLE,LORD,SAID,SEA,SHAKE,WHILE" Haggai,2,7,"Even though the second temple was not as physically magnificent as the first temple had been, God would fill the second temple with glory by sending the Messiah into it","FILL,FIRST,GLORY,GOD,MAGNIFICENT,MESSIAH,NOT,PHYSICALLY,SECOND,SENDING,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,7,"God said that He would fill the second temple with glory by sending the Messiah into it","FILL,GLORY,GOD,HE,MESSIAH,SAID,SECOND,SENDING,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,7,"The Lord said that in a little while He would shake all nations","ALL,HE,LITTLE,LORD,NATIONS,SAID,SHAKE,WHILE" Haggai,2,7,"The Lord said that in a little while the desire of all nations would come (which is probably a reference to the Messiah)","ALL,COME,DESIRE,LITTLE,LORD,MESSIAH,NATIONS,REFERENCE,SAID,WHICH,WHILE" Haggai,2,7,"The Messiah would come during the days of the second temple; He would appear before it was destroyed","APPEAR,BEFORE,COME,DAYS,DESTROYED,DURING,HE,MESSIAH,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,8,"God was not concerned about the second temple's lack of silver and gold","CONCERNED,GOD,GOLD,LACK,NOT,SECOND,SILVER,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,8,"The gold of this world belongs to the Lord","BELONGS,GOLD,LORD,WORLD" Haggai,2,8,"The silver and gold of this world already belongs to God; this is true even if the temple itself lacks silver or gold","BELONGS,GOD,GOLD,IF,LACKS,SILVER,TEMPLE,TRUE,WORLD" Haggai,2,8,"The silver of this world belongs to the Lord","BELONGS,LORD,SILVER,WORLD" Haggai,2,9,"Even though the second temple was not as large or ornate as the first temple, the second temple would be more glorious","FIRST,GLORIOUS,LARGE,NOT,ORNATE,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,9,"God said that He would give peace 'in this place' (which may be a reference to the Prince of Peace, who came and gave His life to save us; it may also be a reference to the peace that Jerusalem will experience during the millennium)","DURING,EXPERIENCE,GAVE,GIVE,GOD,HE,HIS,JERUSALEM,LIFE,MILLENNIUM,PEACE,PLACE,PRINCE,REFERENCE,SAID,SAVE,WHICH,WHO" Haggai,2,9,"God was encouraging the people to let them know that their work was not in vain, and should not be despised","DESPISED,ENCOURAGING,GOD,KNOW,LET,NOT,PEOPLE,SHOULD,VAIN,WORK" Haggai,2,9,"The second temple would be glorious, in spite of the way that things seemed","GLORIOUS,SECOND,SEEMED,SPITE,TEMPLE,THINGS" Haggai,2,10,"The Bible is very specific about the exact day that each of these messages were given to the prophet Haggai","BIBLE,DAY,EXACT,GIVEN,HAGGAI,MESSAGES,PROPHET,SPECIFIC,THESE" Haggai,2,10,"The word of the Lord came to Haggai yet again during the reign of Darius; it came in the second year, the ninth month, and the twenty-fourth day","AGAIN,DARIUS,DAY,DURING,HAGGAI,LORD,MONTH,NINTH,REIGN,SECOND,WORD,YEAR" Haggai,2,11,"God commanded the prophet Haggai to ask the priests a question about the Mosaic Law","ASK,COMMANDED,GOD,HAGGAI,LAW,MOSAIC,PRIESTS,PROPHET,QUESTION" Haggai,2,11,"God expected the priests to know the Law and be able to answer questions about it","ABLE,ANSWER,EXPECTED,GOD,KNOW,LAW,PRIESTS,QUESTIONS" Haggai,2,11,"God sometimes asks questions in order to teach people, or make a point about something","ASKS,GOD,MAKE,ORDER,PEOPLE,POINT,QUESTIONS,SOMETHING,SOMETIMES,TEACH" Haggai,2,12,"God told Haggai to ask the priests what happened if they took a holy thing and used it to touch something that was unholy; the holy thing did not make the unholy item holy","ASK,GOD,HAGGAI,HAPPENED,HOLY,IF,ITEM,MAKE,NOT,PRIESTS,SOMETHING,THING,TOLD,TOOK,TOUCH,UNHOLY,USED,WHAT" Haggai,2,12,"Holy things should be kept away from unholy things","AWAY,HOLY,KEPT,SHOULD,THINGS,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,12,"The priests were familiar with the Mosaic Law and knew the answer to this question about holiness","ANSWER,FAMILIAR,HOLINESS,KNEW,LAW,MOSAIC,PRIESTS,QUESTION" Haggai,2,12,"Unholy things defile whatever they touch","DEFILE,THINGS,TOUCH,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,12,"Unholy things do not become improved if they are touched by something holy; instead they defile the holy thing","BECOME,DEFILE,DO,HOLY,IF,INSTEAD,NOT,SOMETHING,THING,THINGS,TOUCHED,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,12,"Unholy things should be kept away from holy things","AWAY,HOLY,KEPT,SHOULD,THINGS,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,12,"When a holy item comes into contact with an unholy item, it does not spread its holiness to that which is unholy","COMES,CONTACT,HOLINESS,HOLY,ITEM,NOT,SPREAD,UNHOLY,WHEN,WHICH" Haggai,2,13,"Dead bodies were considered unclean","BODIES,CONSIDERED,DEAD,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,13,"God commanded Haggai to ask the priests another question: what if a person who was unclean due to contact with a dead body touched something?","ANOTHER,ASK,BODY,COMMANDED,CONTACT,DEAD,DUE,GOD,HAGGAI,IF,PERSON,PRIESTS,QUESTION,SOMETHING,TOUCHED,UNCLEAN,WHAT,WHO" Haggai,2,13,"It was important to avoid contact with the dead","AVOID,CONTACT,DEAD,IMPORTANT" Haggai,2,13,"The Mosaic Law said that if a person touched a dead body, they were unclean","BODY,DEAD,IF,LAW,MOSAIC,PERSON,SAID,TOUCHED,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,13,"The Mosaic Law said that if a person was unclean because he had come into contact with a dead body, anything that person touched also became unclean","ANYTHING,BECAME,BECAUSE,BODY,COME,CONTACT,DEAD,HE,IF,LAW,MOSAIC,PERSON,SAID,TOUCHED,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,13,"The priests knew what the Law said about uncleanness due to contact with the dead","CONTACT,DEAD,DUE,KNEW,LAW,PRIESTS,SAID,UNCLEANNESS,WHAT" Haggai,2,13,"Under the Mosaic Law, being unclean was contagious and spread by contact","BEING,CONTACT,LAW,MOSAIC,SPREAD,UNCLEAN,UNDER" Haggai,2,14,"God considered the Jews to be unclean in His sight","CONSIDERED,GOD,HIS,JEWS,SIGHT,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"God rejects offerings made by unholy people","GOD,MADE,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,REJECTS,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,14,"God rejects the deeds done by unholy people, for they are unclean in His sight","DEEDS,DONE,GOD,HIS,PEOPLE,REJECTS,SIGHT,UNCLEAN,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,14,"God rejects unholy offerings","GOD,OFFERINGS,REJECTS,UNHOLY" Haggai,2,14,"If a person is unclean in the sight of God, everything that he touches and everything that he does is also polluted and unclean","EVERYTHING,GOD,HE,IF,PERSON,POLLUTED,SIGHT,TOUCHES,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"It is impossible for someone who is unclean in the sight of God to do something holy, or to give a holy gift, because that person's unclean nature infects whatever they touch","BECAUSE,DO,GIFT,GIVE,GOD,HOLY,IMPOSSIBLE,NATURE,PERSON,SIGHT,SOMEONE,SOMETHING,TOUCH,UNCLEAN,WHO" Haggai,2,14,"It is possible for a person to be unclean","PERSON,POSSIBLE,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"It is possible for an entire nation to be unclean","ENTIRE,NATION,POSSIBLE,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"It is possible for an offering to be unclean","OFFERING,POSSIBLE,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"Since the Jews were unclean, all of their sacrifices were unclean as well","ALL,JEWS,SACRIFICES,SINCE,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"Since the Jews were unclean, everything they touched was unclean as well","EVERYTHING,JEWS,SINCE,TOUCHED,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"The Jews had been sacrificing to the Lord, but since they were unclean God rejected their offerings","GOD,JEWS,LORD,OFFERINGS,REJECTED,SACRIFICING,SINCE,UNCLEAN" Haggai,2,14,"You must be made clean before you can give God a holy gift or offering","BEFORE,CAN,CLEAN,GIFT,GIVE,GOD,HOLY,MADE,MUST,OFFERING,YOU" Haggai,2,15,"God connected the prosperity and blessings of the Jews to the existence of the second temple; He would not bless them unless they started work on it again","AGAIN,BLESS,BLESSINGS,CONNECTED,EXISTENCE,GOD,HE,JEWS,NOT,PROSPERITY,SECOND,STARTED,TEMPLE,UNLESS,WORK" Haggai,2,15,"God referred to the temple as His temple","GOD,HIS,REFERRED,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,15,"God told the Jews to think about the poverty that they experienced before they started building the second temple","BEFORE,BUILDING,EXPERIENCED,GOD,JEWS,POVERTY,SECOND,STARTED,TEMPLE,THINK,TOLD" Haggai,2,15,"God wanted the Jews to remember the problems they experienced in the past so that they could contrast it with the blessings that they would experience in the future","BLESSINGS,EXPERIENCE,EXPERIENCED,FUTURE,GOD,JEWS,PAST,PROBLEMS,REMEMBER,WANTED" Haggai,2,15,"The day that construction resumed on the second temple would be a turning point","CONSTRUCTION,DAY,POINT,SECOND,TEMPLE,TURNING" Haggai,2,15,"The second temple was constructed at least partly from stones","LEAST,PARTLY,SECOND,STONES,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,16,"Because of the curse of God, the vat only yielded 20 vessels instead of 50","BECAUSE,CURSE,GOD,INSTEAD,ONLY,VESSELS,YIELDED" Haggai,2,16,"Because of the curse of God, there were only 10 measures when the people expected 20","BECAUSE,CURSE,EXPECTED,GOD,MEASURES,ONLY,PEOPLE,THERE,WHEN" Haggai,2,16,"Because the Jews had not build the second temple, God cursed the yields of their harvest","BECAUSE,BUILD,CURSED,GOD,HARVEST,JEWS,NOT,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,16,"God controls the yields of harvests","CONTROLS,GOD,HARVESTS" Haggai,2,16,"God has the power to send abundance, and to withhold it; He can multiply the harvest or diminish it","ABUNDANCE,CAN,DIMINISH,GOD,HARVEST,HE,MULTIPLY,POWER,SEND,WITHHOLD" Haggai,2,16,"There are times when God diminishes harvests in order to punish a nation for its sins","GOD,HARVESTS,NATION,ORDER,PUNISH,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,2,17,"Because the Jews had not built the second temple, God cursed the works of their hands","BECAUSE,BUILT,CURSED,GOD,HANDS,JEWS,NOT,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORKS" Haggai,2,17,"Because the Jews had not built the second temple, God cursed their crops by sending hail","BECAUSE,BUILT,CROPS,CURSED,GOD,HAIL,JEWS,NOT,SECOND,SENDING,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,17,"Because the Jews had not built the second temple, God cursed their crops with 'blasting' (meaning their crops were scorched by a hot wind)","BECAUSE,BLASTING,BUILT,CROPS,CURSED,GOD,HOT,JEWS,MEANING,NOT,SCORCHED,SECOND,TEMPLE,WIND" Haggai,2,17,"Because the Jews had not built the second temple, God cursed their crops with mildew","BECAUSE,BUILT,CROPS,CURSED,GOD,JEWS,MILDEW,NOT,SECOND,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,17,"God has the power to poison and damage crops","CROPS,DAMAGE,GOD,POISON,POWER" Haggai,2,17,"God has the power to send hail upon a nation","GOD,HAIL,NATION,POWER,SEND" Haggai,2,17,"In spite of all the punishments that God sent upon the Jews, they did not return to Him and they did not resume work on the second temple","ALL,GOD,HIM,JEWS,NOT,PUNISHMENTS,RETURN,SECOND,SENT,SPITE,TEMPLE,WORK" Haggai,2,17,"The fact that the Jews did not rebuild the temple was a sin, and God punished them for it","FACT,GOD,JEWS,NOT,PUNISHED,REBUILD,SIN,TEMPLE" Haggai,2,17,"There are times when God sends hail upon a nation to punish it for its sins","GOD,HAIL,NATION,PUNISH,SENDS,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Haggai,2,17,"There are times when God uses the weather to punish nations","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISH,THERE,TIMES,USES,WEATHER,WHEN" Haggai,2,17,"When the Jews refused to rebuild the temple, God considered it to be a rejection of Him","CONSIDERED,GOD,HIM,JEWS,REBUILD,REFUSED,REJECTION,TEMPLE,WHEN" Haggai,2,18,"God said that this specific day (the 24th day of the 9th month of the 2nd year of Darius) would be a turning point for the Jews","DARIUS,DAY,GOD,JEWS,MONTH,POINT,SAID,SPECIFIC,TURNING,YEAR" Haggai,2,18,"God wanted the Jews to contrast the poverty they had experienced with the blessings that would come","BLESSINGS,COME,EXPERIENCED,GOD,JEWS,POVERTY,WANTED" Haggai,2,18,"God wanted the Jews to understand that He had cursed them because of their sin, and He would bless them when they were obedient","BECAUSE,BLESS,CURSED,GOD,HE,JEWS,OBEDIENT,SIN,UNDERSTAND,WANTED,WHEN" Haggai,2,18,"The blessings that God sent upon the Jews depended on their faithfulness to the Law","BLESSINGS,DEPENDED,FAITHFULNESS,GOD,JEWS,LAW,SENT" Haggai,2,18,"The reason this specific day was a turning point for them is because that is the day the foundation of the temple was laid","BECAUSE,DAY,FOUNDATION,LAID,POINT,REASON,SPECIFIC,TEMPLE,TURNING" Haggai,2,19,"From this day forward God would bless them, because they had resumed work on the second temple","BECAUSE,BLESS,DAY,FORWARD,GOD,SECOND,TEMPLE,WORK" Haggai,2,19,"In the 24th day of the 9th month, the crops had not yet yielded their harvest","CROPS,DAY,HARVEST,MONTH,NOT,YIELDED" Haggai,2,19,"The Jews had fig trees","FIG,JEWS,TREES" Haggai,2,19,"The Jews had olive trees","JEWS,OLIVE,TREES" Haggai,2,19,"The Jews had pomegranates","JEWS,POMEGRANATES" Haggai,2,19,"The Jews had vines","JEWS,VINES" Haggai,2,19,"The yield of their vines and fig trees and pomegranates and olive trees depended on their faithfulness to God","DEPENDED,FAITHFULNESS,FIG,GOD,OLIVE,POMEGRANATES,TREES,VINES,YIELD" Haggai,2,20,"Sometimes God gave His prophets multiple different messages on the same day","DAY,DIFFERENT,GAVE,GOD,HIS,MESSAGES,PROPHETS,SAME,SOMETIMES" Haggai,2,20,"The Lord spoke to Haggai again; this message also came to him on the 24th day of the month","AGAIN,DAY,HAGGAI,HIM,LORD,MESSAGE,MONTH,SPOKE" Haggai,2,20,"This was a separate message from the previous one which had been given that day, which concerned the future prosperity of the Jews","CONCERNED,DAY,FUTURE,GIVEN,JEWS,MESSAGE,ONE,PREVIOUS,PROSPERITY,SEPARATE,WHICH" Haggai,2,21,"God said that He was going to shake the heavens and the earth","EARTH,GOD,GOING,HE,HEAVENS,SAID,SHAKE" Haggai,2,21,"Sometimes God gave his prophets a message that was aimed at one specific person","GAVE,GOD,HIS,MESSAGE,ONE,PERSON,PROPHETS,SOMETIMES,SPECIFIC" Haggai,2,21,"This message from God was given to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah","GIVEN,GOD,GOVERNOR,JUDAH,MESSAGE,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,2,22,"God actively intervenes in history and determines the fate of nations","ACTIVELY,DETERMINES,FATE,GOD,HISTORY,NATIONS" Haggai,2,22,"God has the power to destroy armies","ARMIES,DESTROY,GOD,POWER" Haggai,2,22,"God has the power to destroy nations","DESTROY,GOD,NATIONS,POWER" Haggai,2,22,"God has the power to turn nations against one another","AGAINST,ANOTHER,GOD,NATIONS,ONE,POWER,TURN" Haggai,2,22,"God is going to destroy the chariots of the nations","CHARIOTS,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,NATIONS" Haggai,2,22,"God is going to kill the horses in the Gentile armies and those who ride on them","ARMIES,GENTILE,GOD,GOING,HORSES,KILL,RIDE,WHO" Haggai,2,22,"The day is coming when God will destroy the armies of the Gentiles","ARMIES,COMING,DAY,DESTROY,GENTILES,GOD,WHEN" Haggai,2,22,"The day is coming when God will destroy the kingdoms of the Gentiles","COMING,DAY,DESTROY,GENTILES,GOD,KINGDOMS,WHEN" Haggai,2,22,"The day is coming when God will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; this appears to be a reference to the tribulation and the Millennium that will follow","APPEARS,COMING,DAY,FOLLOW,GOD,KINGDOMS,MILLENNIUM,OVERTHROW,REFERENCE,THRONE,TRIBULATION,WHEN" Haggai,2,22,"The day is coming when God will turn the weapons of the Gentiles against them, and they will kill one another","AGAINST,ANOTHER,COMING,DAY,GENTILES,GOD,KILL,ONE,TURN,WEAPONS,WHEN" Haggai,2,23,"God called Himself the God of armies","ARMIES,CALLED,GOD,HIMSELF" Haggai,2,23,"God gave Zerubbabel a great promise after he obeyed the Lord and restarted the construction of the second temple; the promise was given after his obedience","AFTER,CONSTRUCTION,GAVE,GIVEN,GOD,GREAT,HE,HIS,LORD,OBEDIENCE,OBEYED,PROMISE,SECOND,TEMPLE,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,2,23,"God had chosen Zerubbabel and promised to bless him in the day that God overthrew the kingdoms of this world","BLESS,CHOSEN,DAY,GOD,HIM,KINGDOMS,OVERTHREW,PROMISED,WORLD,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,2,23,"God said that Zerubbabel was His servant","GOD,HIS,SAID,SERVANT,ZERUBBABEL" Haggai,2,23,"In the day that God destroys the kingdoms of this world and wipes out their armies, He will bless Zerubbabel and raise him up","ARMIES,BLESS,DAY,DESTROYS,GOD,HE,HIM,KINGDOMS,RAISE,UP,WORLD,ZERUBBABEL"