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Christ Baptist Church
Spring 2015Chapter 4 & 5
Haggai Chapter 1
Ezra – Overview
Chapter 1
God stirs King Cyrus to act
Chapter 2
God stirs the Israelites to
return50,000 obeyed
Chapter 3
God is worshiped!
the Altar is built, foundation laid
Chapter 3
Old men remember the old temple and
weep …“Sound heard far
away.”
Chapter 4
Opposition begins
subversion, discouragement,
fear, bribery, frustration
24 ….the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a stand still until the
second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Chapter 4 -- Opposition to Building
PERSIAN KING DATES BIBLICAL CORRELATION TimeLine
CYRUS 539-530 Return of Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Ezra 1-3)Temple work begins
538536
CAMBYSES 530-522 Rebuilding at Jerusalem stopped (Ezra 4) 530
DARIUS I 522-486 Haggai and Zechariah prophesy Temple Completed (Ezra 5-6)
520516
XERXES 486-464 Story of Esther (Esther 1-9)ARTAXERXES I 464-423 Return of Ezra
(Ezra 7-10)Return of Nehemiah
(Nehemiah (1-2)Prophecy of Malachi
458
445
443
Chapter 4 Opposition Arises
In two phases
Vs 7-16Vs 17-23
Vs 1-6Vs 24
City / Walls
Temple
24 ….the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a stand still until the
second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra Chapter 5:1,2; Haggai Chapter 11. Who spoke to the Jews in Jerusalem and why? What
was the result?
Who was Haggai?• Little is known – Outside the book, he is mentioned twice by
Ezra• No record of him in captivity, nor is his age, • He had knowledge of Solomon’s Temple leading some scholars to think he was older
• Prophet of God• Ministry was short – 4 months to 1½ years, 4 messages.• Theme – Stir up the people to:
• Rebuild the temple• Reorder their spiritual priorities
Ezra Chapter 5 - Conviction Returns
Haggai Chapter 1 – Call to Build God’s House
Haggai Chapter 1:1-42. When did this occur? During whose reign? How many years had
passed since the work on the temple stopped?
3. What came through Haggai? To whom?
4. According to Haggai, why had the work on the temple stopped? What do you think the people had been doing instead?
5. What would your answer be if Haggai asked you that question in V4 today?
Haggai Chapter 1 – Call to Build God’s House
Haggai Chapter 1:5-11
6. What warning does the Lord give in v5 and again in v7? Why? What does it mean?
7. What was the result of the Jews unfaithfulness (v6,9)?
8. Give the reason for the punishment (v9).
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.Rom 1:25
Haggai Chapter 1 – Call to Build God’s House
Haggai Chapter 1:5-11
9. What resulted in the delaying the rebuilding of the temple (v10)?
10.What does the LORD tell the people to do (v7)? Who is then glorified?
11.Thought Question: What lessons should we learn from the people’s failure to work? How are people today similarly guilty?
Haggai Chapter 1 – Call to Build God’s House
Haggai Chapter 1:5-11
12.Who led the people to get back to work? Reread v1. Who specifically did Haggai speak to? What lessons should leaders in the church today learn?
13.What was the reaction of the people? How long did it take them to react? Hint compare v1 to v15.
14.What was the LORD’s second message through Haggai (v13)?
Reread Ezra 5:2
Weekly Challenges - Applying God’s Word
• What excuse are you using to keep from doing what God wants you to do? Are you more concerned about your own comfort than with the glory of God?
• “Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the LORD (1:8).
• What are your priorities, does God’s work come first?• Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this
house lies desolate? (1:4).
• Are you experiencing dissatisfaction in your life or do you know people who are?
• You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes (1:6).
CYRUS539-530
Ezra1-4:5,24
CAMBYSES
530-522ARTAXERXES
464-424
Ezra 4:7-23Ezra 7-10
DARIUS522-486
Ezra 5-6
XERXES486-464
Ezra 4:6False accusations files
530 520 510 500 490 480 470 460600 500
538Templeprojectbegun
536 Workon
Templestopped
605 NebuchadnezzarRansacksJeruselum
597 Nebuchad.attacks Jeruselum;
clears Temple,takes everything;1st Deportation
586 2ndDeportation,
Nebuchadnezzarrburns Temple
to ground
5823rd
Deportation516
TempleCompleted
458Returnof Ezra
433Prophecyof Malachi
445Return ofNehemiah
486-464Story ofEsther
520 Work on Temple resumed byZerubbabel & Joshua, encouraged by
Haggai & Zechariah; Haggai & ZechariahProphesy
539Return of
Zerubbabel& Jeshua
Chronology of the ProphetsTO ISRAEL TO JUDAH TO FOREIGN NATION
ASSYRIAN AGE Amos ca. 760Hosea ca. 760-730
Isaiah ca. 740-700Micah ca. 737-690
Jonah ca. 770
BABYLONIAN AGE Habakkuk ca. 630Zephaniah ca. 627
Jeremiah ca. 627-580Daniel ca. 605-530Ezekiel ca. 593-570
Nahum ca. 650
PERSIAN AGE Haggai ca. 520Zechariah ca. 520-
518Joel ca. 500
Malachi ca. 433
Obadiah ca. 500
Timeline
http://www.blueletterbible.org/images/rosepub/imageDisplay/#s=OT_timeline2_b