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second sermons?
6. Study the other outlines shown on the
chart.
7. In what parts of the book of Haggai do
Messianic prophecies appear?
8. Note the list of key words and phrases.
III. APPLICATIONS
1. Do you learn any practical lessons
about procrastination in chapter 1? What are
your thoughts about “time” as the word is
used in 1:2 and 1:4?
2. Why is a local church building, when
truly devoted as the Lord’s house, an
i m p o r t a n t ingredient
of
Christianity?
Compare this with the Temple of Old
Testament times.
3. When God sends or permits nancial
setback to a believer, what may be His
purposes?
4. Why is obedience to God the key to
being in-His will?
5. What does Haggai 1 teach about how a
believer’s works are related to his heart?
6. Is unholiness communicable (2:13-14)?
How can a Christian guard himself from the
de lement of worldly things? Is holiness
communicable (2:12)? In what sense can a
Christian’s good witness influence others?
7. Why was the Temple such an important
object in the life of Israel? Relate 1 Peter 2:5
to this, as involving Christians.
8. Apply the following teachings of
Haggai about work to the un nished task of
the Church:8
a) The Lord’s work takes priority over every
other obligation of service.
b) Those who obey God and do His work,
trusting in His abiding presence and
power, are kept from discouragement.
c) The Lord’s work demands clean
instruments, separated from sin.
d) The Lord’s work, believingly carried on, is
linked to His sovereign plan for men and
nations.
IV. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Ellison, H. L. The Old Testament Prophets, pp.
117-22.
Freeman, Hobart E. An Introduction to the Old
Testament Prophets, pp. 326-32.
Gaebelein, Frank E. Four Minor Prophets, pp.
199-242.
McCurdy, James Frederick. “Haggai.” In
Lange’s Commentary on the Holy
Scriptures, pp. 3-6.
COMMENTARIES
Baldwin, Joyce G. Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi.
Earle, Ralph. Meet the Minor Prophets.
Jennings, A. C. “Haggai.” In Commentary on
the Whole Bible.
ZECHARIAH: KING OVER ALL THE EARTH
Zechariah, the longest book of the minor
prophets, was often quoted by the New
Testament writers. This is because so many
of its prophecies point forward to Christ the
Messiah. One Bible scholar has called
Zechariah “the most Messianic, the most
truly apocalyptic and eschatological, of all
the writings of the Old Testament.”9
Visions, symbols, and prophecies of the
end times (eschatology) abound in
Zechariah. These are the main ingredients of
apocalyptic literature (Greek apokalupsis,
