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What you get in the Casual English Bible’s Haggai Atlas are
- 7 high definition maps in 3D style, for immediate download as PDFs.
Sample map in the Haggai Bible Atlas
WRITER
If Haggai didn’t write these 38 verses presented as two chapters, at least he spoke them. Scholars say his words were likely preserved soon after he spoke.
A low-profile prophet, Haggai shows up for only four months in his own book and twice outside his book: Ezra 5:1; 6:14. We know nothing about his age, where he came from, how long he had been in Jerusalem, or if he was old enough to remember Solomon’s Temple from 66 years earlier.
TIMELINE
Haggai preached four times between August and December in 520 BC:
- August 29
- September 21
- October 20
- December 18
Oddly, Haggai did what we wish all the Bible writers had done. He gave us timeline landmarks by identifying the year, month, and day in relation to when the current king took the throne, Persian ruler Darius the Great. Persian documents, such as the Cyrus Cylinder, along with timeline clues in other Bible prophecies help scholars, in a way, triangulate the location on the calendars.
LOCATION
LOCATIONJerusalem, or what’s left of it. Babylonian invaders tore down the walls, homes, and Temple 66 years earlier, and deported many of the surviving Jews. Persians freed Jews to go home in 539 BC, some 18 years before Haggai. They started rebuilding, but Persians made them stop after non-Jewish settlers in the area warned Persians about how rebellious the Jews have always been. A later king reversed the work stoppage order.
PURPOSE
Haggai says God wants the Jews of Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple: “Don’t be discouraged…. I am with you. So, get back to work” (Haggai 2:4).
Ezra and Nehemiah say the people were disappointed and afraid of rebuilding. That’s because non-Jews who moved into the Jewish homeland while the Jews were exiled to Iraq didn’t want them rebuilding their nation. And they talked a new Persian king into ordering Jews to stop rebuilding.
Haggai told them not to be afraid because God is with them—and he wants them to get back to work.
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