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Nancy: Welcome to immerse: the
daily bible reading experience.

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day 200 and79

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immersed in Haggai.

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The year was five 20 bc.

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The exiles had returned to Judea nearly
20 years earlier and had enthusiastically

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begun the work of rebuilding the temple.

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However, they had been forced to
stop construction after the Temple

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Foundation was completed because
their opponents complained to

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the ruler of the Persian Empire.

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But now there was a new ruler
Rais, and his policies allowed

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the rebuilding to continue.

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Still, the people claimed the time has not
yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.

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They had become so involved in building
their own luxurious homes that they

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were neglecting the Lord's house.

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So God sent the prophet Haggai to deliver
a series of messages to the exiles.

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Haggai explained to the people that
since they were so interested in

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material things, God had been trying
to get their attention through

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drought, blight, mildew, and hail.

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You hoped for rich harvests,
but they were poor.

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Why?

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Because my house lies and ruins
says the Lord Challenged and

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inspired by haggai's words.

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Rebel, the governor and je the high
priest, led the people to resume

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reconstruction of the temple in words
that echo God's encouragement to Joshua

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when ancient Israel was about to enter the
promised land, rebel and Joshua are told

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to be strong and to complete the task.

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Israel is being renewed and
God's spirit is with them.

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Just like when the Lord brought
the people out of Egypt.

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Over the next few months, God
gave Haggai three more messages

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to encourage them in this project.

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Even though the rebuilt temple would
be very modest compared to the one

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Solomon had commissioned, God promises
that the future glory of this temple

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will be greater than its past glory for
Israel, the temple was the focal point

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of God's special presence among them.

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They knew that ultimately
blessings and peace could only

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come to them when he lived.

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Among them.

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In Israel's story, monarchy and
temple always belonged together.

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So God also sent one more reassuring
message through Hagi keeping his promise

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of a lasting dynasty through King David.

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This assurance seemed to be in jeopardy
when Jeremiah at the height of the

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people's resistance to his warnings.

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Said that King Jokin would never
return from exile and that none

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of his children will succeed him.

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On the throne of David.

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God even told Jokin, even if
you were the signet ring on my

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right hand, I would pull you off.

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But now God tells us a rub.

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Jo's grandson, I will make
you like a signet ring on my

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finger for I have chosen you.

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God has not forgotten his covenant.

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The promised restoration of a
Davidic king will surely come.

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Haggai is a prophet for both
the present and the future.

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The people must rebuild God's house
now, but the book ends with a vision

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of a time when God will shake the
heavens and the earth and overthrow

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all those who oppose his rule.

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The prophet Hagi.

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On August 29th of the second year of
King Arias rain, the Lord gave a message

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through the prophet Haggai to Za Rubal,
son of Shal, governor of Judah, and to

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Jesu son of Jeh deck, the high priest.

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This is what the Lord
of Heaven's armies says.

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The people are saying, the time has not
yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.

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Then the Lord sent this message
through the Prophet Haggai.

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Why are you living in luxurious
houses while my house lies and ruins?

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This is what the Lord
of heaven's armies says.

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Look at what's happening to you.

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You have planted much but harvest.

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Little.

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You eat but are not satisfied.

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You drink but are still thirsty.

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You put on clothes but cannot keep warm.

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Your wages disappear as though you were
putting them in pockets filled with holes.

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This is what the Lord
of Heaven's armies says.

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Look at what's happening to you now.

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Go up into the hills, bring down
timber, and rebuild my house.

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Then I will take pleasure in it
and be honored, says the Lord.

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You hoped for rich harvests,
but they were poor.

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And when you brought your
harvest home, I blew it away.

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Why?

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Because my house lies in ruins,
says the Lord of heaven's armies.

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While all of you are busy building
your own fine houses, it's because

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of you that the heavens withhold the
dew and the earth produces no crops.

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I have called for a drought
on your fields and hills.

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A drought to wither the grain and grapes
and olive trees and all your other

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crops, a drought to starve you and
your livestock and to ruin everything

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you have worked so hard to get.

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Then rebel son of Xia and Jesu, son
of Jeh, the high priest and the whole

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remnant of God's people began to obey
the message from the Lord their God.

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When they heard the words of the
prophet Haggai, whom the Lord their God

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had sent, the people feared the Lord.

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Then Haggai the Lord's Messenger,
gave the people this message from the

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Lord, I am with you, says the Lord.

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The Lord sparked the enthusiasm of
Rebel Son of Shol, governor of Judah,

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and the enthusiasm of Jesu, son of Jeh,
the high priest, and the enthusiasm

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of the whole remnant of God's people.

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They began to work on the house
of their God, the Lord of Heaven's

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armies on September 21st of the
second year of King Dora's reign.

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Then on October 17th of that same year,
the Lord sent another message through

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the prophet Haggai, say this to rebel son
of Shia, governor of Judah, and to Jesu,

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son of Jeh, the high priest, and to the
remnant of God's people there in the land.

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Does anyone remember this house?

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This temple in its former splendor?

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How in comparison does it look to you now?

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It must seem like nothing at all, but
now the Lord says, be strong, zup.

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Be strong.

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Jesu, son of Jehoiada, the high priest.

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Be strong.

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All you people still left in
the land and now get to work.

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For I am with you, says the
Lord of heaven's, armies.

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My spirit remains among you.

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Just as I promised when
you came out of Egypt.

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So do not be afraid for.

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This is what the Lord
of Heaven's armies says.

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In just a little while, I will
again shake the heavens and the

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earth, the oceans, and the dry land.

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I will shake all the nations and
the treasures of all the nations

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will be brought to this temple.

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I will fill this place with glory
says the Lord of heaven's armies.

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The silver is mine and the gold is mine.

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Says the Lord of Heaven's armies.

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The future glory of this temple
will be greater than its past.

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Glory says the Lord of heaven's armies,
and in this place I will bring peace.

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I the Lord of heaven's armies have spoken

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on December 18th of the second
year of King Doras Rain.

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The Lord sent this message
to the prophet Haggai.

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This is what the Lord
of heaven's armies says.

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Ask the priests this
question about the law.

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If one of you is carrying some meat from
a holy sacrifice in his robes and his

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robe happens to brush against some bread
or stew wine, or olive oil, or any other

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kind of food, will it also become holy?

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The priests replied, no.

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Then Haggai asked if someone becomes
ceremonially unclean by touching a

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dead person and then touches any of
these foods, will the food be defiled?

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And the priests answered, yes.

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Then Haggai responded.

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That is how it is with this people
and this nation says the Lord.

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Everything they do and everything
they offer is defiled by their sin.

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Look at what was happening to
you before you began to lay the

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foundation of the Lord's temple.

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When you hoped for 20 bushel
crop, you harvested only 10.

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When you expected to draw 50 gallons
from the wine press, you found only 20.

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I sent blight and mildew and
hail to destroy everything

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you worked so hard to produce.

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Even so you refused to
return to me, says the Lord.

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Think about this 18th day of
December, the day when the foundation

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of the Lord's temple was laid.

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Think carefully.

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I am giving you a promise now while
the seed is still in the barn.

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You have not yet harvested
your grain and your grapevines.

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Fig trees, pomegranates and olive trees
have not yet produced their crops, but

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from this day onward, I will bless you

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on that same day.

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December 18th, the Lord sent
this second message to Haggai.

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Tell Zabel the governor of
Judah, that I am about to shake

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the heavens and the earth.

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I will overthrow royal thrones and
destroy the power of foreign kingdoms.

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I will overturn their chariots and riders.

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The horses will fall and their
riders will kill each other.

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But when this happens, says
the Lord of heaven's armies.

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I will honor you.

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Rebel son of Shia, my servant.

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I will make you like a signet
ring on my finger, says the Lord.

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For I have chosen you.

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I the Lord of heaven's armies have spoken.

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This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.