Week 22 - Rebuild the Temple

Some have suggested that Haggai had personally seen the temple of Solomon before its destruction by the Babylonians in 587 B.C, Haggai 2:3. Now some sixty-seven years later in 520 B.C. Haggai exhorts his people to service on rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. We know little about Haggai. He is mentioned only in three places: Ezra 5:1-2; 6:14-16 and in the book that bears his name. Of his home and background, we know nothing. We do know he was part of the remnant that returned to Babylon with Zerubbabel. His name means “festive” or “festival.” Some believe he was born during one of the Jewish feast days.