Haggai

Hebrew author

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Haggai was a Hebrew prophet who lived around 500 BCE. He is known for advocating the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile. The Book of Haggai, the 10th of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament, contains four prophecies delivered during a four-month period in the second year of King Darius I's reign. Haggai believed that the people's economic hardships were due to their delay in rebuilding the Temple. He encouraged the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, and the high priest Joshua to undertake the reconstruction, promising that God's spirit would be with them. Haggai also prophesied a glorious future for the messianic age.123

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Book of Zechariah
A contemporary of the prophet Haggai in the early years of the Persian period, Zechariah shared Haggai’s concern that the Temple of Jerusalem be rebuilt. Unlike Haggai, however, Zechariah thought that the rebuilding of the Temple was the necessary prelude to the eschatological age, the arrival of which was imminent.…
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A contemporary of the prophet Haggai in the early years of the Persian period, Zechariah shared Haggai’s concern that the Temple of Jerusalem be rebuilt. Unlike Haggai, however, Zechariah thought that the rebuilding of the Temple was the necessary prelude to the eschatological age, the arrival of which was imminent.…
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prophecy
Origins and development of Hebrew prophecy
…(late 6th century bce) of Haggai and Zechariah, prophets who announced that Yahweh would restore the kingdom and the messianic vision would come to pass. Prerequisite to that messianic age was the rebuilding of the Temple (which was viewed as heaven on earth). When, however, the Temple had been rebuilt…
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…(late 6th century bce) of Haggai and Zechariah, prophets who announced that Yahweh would restore the kingdom and the messianic vision would come to pass. Prerequisite to that messianic age was the rebuilding of the Temple (which was viewed as heaven on earth). When, however, the Temple had been rebuilt…
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