Answer: Darius
Haggai 1:1 says, "In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying..."
Darius was the king who put Daniel in the lions' den.
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Answer: Darius the First
Darius the First was also known as Darius the Great, and his name means something like "holding the good". He, along with Cyrus of Persia, succeeded in taking over the ancient city of Babylon. Darius was also responsible for creating a uniform monetary system and for establishing Aramaic as the official language of the region.
(Aramaic was the dialect that Jesus' earthly parents would have spoken.)
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Answer: Consider your ways.
"Don't lie" is a modern translation of the commandment "Do not bear false witness", which can be found in Exodus and Deuteronomy. "For God so loved the world..." is the beginning of the verse John 3:16, found in the New Testament of the Bible. "Remember the Alamo" was not in the Bible at all.
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Answer: they had faced opposition from their enemies
Their enemies were almost relentless in their efforts to discourage God's chosen people from rebuilding the temple. (The books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Zechariah make reference to the difficulties faced by the Jewish people during this period of time as well.) Even though these books take place at different times of the re-occupation, a common theme of them all is the open and blatant opposition to the Jewish people's work of rebuilding the holy temple. It is possible that their enemies may have sensed that if God's people were to rebuild their most important physical link to God, their willpower and strength would return, making them more formidable and harder to control.
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Answer: No matter what the people have, they want more.
Haggai 1:6 says, "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes."
This continues to be a problem for people today. The more people have, the more they want to have.
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Answer: to urge the Jews to rebuild the temple of worship
Encouraging the rebuilding of the temple was probably the single most important task facing Haggai and his fellow Jews at that time. It was not the first time, nor would it be the last that discouragement had to be overcome by the Jewish peoples.
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Answer: drought
Haggai 1:11 says, "And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands."
Droughts were very common in the Bible when God was trying to tell the people something, or more so when he wanted them to do something and they were not being obedient.
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Answer: Around 520 B.C.
Darius the First, also called Darius the Great, was the king of Persia from 521-486 B.C. and the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah both took place during that time.
Haggai was a contemporary of Daniel, Zechariah, Nehemiah, Zerubbabel and Jeremiah, who were also coming home from exile in Babylon (Assyria). Each of them had prophecies and work to do during the years of the returning Jews.
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Answer: Shealtiel
Haggai 1:14 says, "And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua ..., and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God."
The name Shealtiel is Hebrew and means "I asked for this child".
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Answer: this is a comparison of Solomon's temple to a future temple built by God
In verse 3, God reminded Haggai of the former glory of His holy temple and asked "... is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?" (King James Version)
Later, in verse 9 we see, "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts."
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Answer: Josedech
Haggai 2:2 tells us, "Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying..."
Josedech means "Yahweh acts in righteousness."
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Answer: All nations
"And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts."
This is reminiscent of the kings of the nations that surrounded Israel during the time of Solomon. They brought all manner of gold, silver, brass, spices, and great wealth to contribute to the building of the temple of God. From all indications, the text says this will yet again occur at some time in the future, because Haggai's prophecy occurs after the time of Solomon's temple.
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Answer: heavens, earth, sea, dry land
Haggai 2:6 says, "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land."
In this verse God is saying he will destroy all the wickedness in the world.
In the Message version of the Bible this verse and verse seven is written as
"This is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies said: 'Before you know it, I will shake up sky and earth, ocean and fields. And I'll shake down all the godless nations. They'll bring bushels of wealth and I will fill this Temple with splendor.' God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so."
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Answer: God told Haggai to tell the people to consider their ways
Beginning in verse 3 we see that, "Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house to lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways."
Verse 7 mirrors verse 5, almost verbatim - "Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways."
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Answer: silver and gold
Haggai 2:8 "The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts."
As stated earlier, the people have always wanted more. Here the Lord is basically telling them: nothing you have belongs to you, and what you have is mine.
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Answer: God
In the ninth verse, it is noted that the glory of the temple yet-to-come will surpass that of Solomon's temple.
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Answer: Zerubbabel
Haggai 2:21 reads, "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth."
Zerubbabel means "descendant of Babel". According to the Holman Bible Dictionary, it is not known what became of Zerubbabel after the events of this book.
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Answer: Zerubbabel
Christians believe that this was a Messianic prophecy, because Zerubbabel became the center of what they believe to be the Messianic line of Jesus -- uniting the families of both Mary, Jesus' mother, and Joseph, His earthly father. Both of these trace their lineage back to King David. In this view, Zerubbabel is like a signet ring, sealing both of these two branches together.
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Answer: hosts
Haggai 2:23 says, "In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts."
I hope you enjoyed my quiz. The next one will be on the book of Zechariah.
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