Mixed Priorities Haggai 1 1 15 MINOR prophet

Mixed Priorities Haggai 1: 1 -15

“ MINOR prophet but MAJOR message ”

How’d we get here? Deuteronomy to Haggai

i. stirred Spirits are ____ ii. begins The work _______ iii. stops The work ______ Introduction

Haggai’s Audience A very different kind of Israel than in previous prophets i. People Right ____ ii. Place Right _______ iii. Priorities Wrong _____

Structure of Haggai A. Pair of oracles on the same date (1: 1 -11) B. “I am with you”- The Lord’s Presence in the Present (1: 12 -15) B. “I am with You” –The Lord’s Presence in the Future (2: 1 -9) A. Pair of oracles on the same date (2: 10 -23) The Minor Prophets-Mc. Comiskey

Section A: a) Oracle to Zerubbabel and Joshua: The Lord’s House is Not Being Built(1: 1 -2) i. Persian king in power (v. 1) A ____ ii. The Lord exposes the people’s disobedience (v. 2) _______ iii. The Lord’s House represents the dwelling of the Lord with His people _____

b) Oracle to the People: WRONG Priorities (1: 3 -11) i. houses A wrong priority: Their own ____ (vv. 3 -4) ii. 1 st Consider Your Ways: Descriptive – ______ at your situation (vv. 5 -6)

“ There became a truce between conscious and covetousness ” The Minor Prophets-Mc. Comiskey

b) Oracle to the People: Inverted Priorities (1: 3 -11) i. houses A wrong priority: Their own ____ (vv. 3 -4) ii. 1 st Consider Your Ways: Descriptive – Look at your situation (vv. 5 -6) ______

“ They had the GOODS but the GOOD LIFE evaded them. ” The Minor Prophets-Mc. Comiskey

b) Oracle to the People: Inverted Priorities (1: 3 -11) continued iii. 2 nd Consider Your Ways: Prescriptive – fix your situation (vv. 7 -8) How to ___ iv. consequences A wrong priority: The _______ (v. 9) disobedience The Lord’s response to _______ (vv. 10 -11)

Section B: Oracle to the Leaders and the Remnant: Correct Priorities (1: 12 -15) i. ii. Leaders and the Remnant Respond (v. 12) a. obedience with ______ b. fear and _____ Re-established _____ of the Lord “I am with you” (v. 13)

“ I am with you, declares the Lord Haggai 1: 13 ”

Section B: Oracle to the Leaders and the Remnant: Correct Priorities (1: 12 -15) i. ii. Leaders and the Remnant Respond (v. 12) a. obedience with ______ b. fear and _____ Re-established presence _____ of the Lord “I am with you” (v. 13)

Oracle to the Leaders and the Remnant: Correct Priorities (1: 12 -15) continued iii. The Lord Responds to obedience (v. 14) a. stirred Spirits are _______ b. begins The work _______