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When God enters into covenant with Israel on Mount Sinai, he gives them the Torah, the Law of Moses, which Israel, as the people of God, promises to follow. If Israel kept the Law, God would bless them and give them the Promised Land, but if they did not keep the Law, they would be cursed and cast out of …
Hag 2:7 God shaking the heavens and the earth is a recurring description of the “day of the Lord”, which means that when the time comes, God will deal with the unrighteous, judge them and restore those who have faithfully followed God. When Jesus returns to earth, it says, “29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be …
Hag 2:2 On October 17, 520 B.C., a month after the temple construction had begun, Haggai receives another message. Hag 2:4 It was 70 years between the destruction of the first temple and the dedication of the second temple, so there were still some elders left who had seen the beautiful and stately Temple of Solomon. Of these, Ezra 3:12 …
Hag 1:12 “Quarrel” is an expression often applied to the righteous of the people of Israel who survived God’s judgment. The Kvarlevan were not bad people, they had left the comfort of Babylon to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. Many other Jews had stayed in Babylon because they were better off there. Noah and his family were the …
Hag 1:1 King Darius was the Persian king who ruled over large parts of the Middle East, including Judah and Jerusalem. To be precise, the date is August 29 in 520 BC. The background to Haggai’s prophecies can be found 66 years earlier. The Jewish people, after a devastating defeat in war with the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, have been carried …
Luke 2:41 Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, north of Jerusalem, so why does it say that they went “up” to Jerusalem? Well, because Jerusalem is on a hill. According to Exodus 34:22-23, all the men of Israel were to celebrate three feasts each year; Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. As described in the Book of Genesis, Joseph …
Mark 13:1 The first temple was built by King Solomon and was grand and magnificent (1 Kings 7-8) but was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC (2 Kings 25:8-9). The second temple was built by Zerubbabel in 516 BC, but it was nowhere near the temple of Solomon (Hag 2:3). In 19 BC, Herod the Great began to renovate …
Mark 11:15 The temple area was divided into different sections: The outer court where everyone could stay, including gentiles, non-Israelites. The court of the women was for all Israelites. The men’s courtyard was for men only. Gentiles and women were not allowed to stay there. The priests’ courtyard was for priests only. Malachi prophesies that the Lord will come to …