1. Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time to be born,     And a time to die; A time to plant,     And a time to pluck what is planted; 3 A time to kill,     And a time to heal; A time to break down,     And a time to build up;

2. Haggai 1:1-15 A Time To Rebuild – The Temple
Time For Us To Build/Rebuild Our Lives
= The Right Time

3. Context Pre Exile Exile Post-Exile ISRAEL Israel 722BC Assyria612
The Temple
Israel 722BC Assyria612
HAGGAI
HAGGAI
Judah  BC
EXILE
Babylon
Persia …. Greece …. Rome …
YEAR BC
2Ch Ch Ch
Ezra picks up after 2Ch36:22
1:2-4 3:8,10
1:5,6 4:1
2:64 4:7ff
3:2,4 4:23,24

4. HAGGAI 1:1,2 2ND year Darius 6th month 1st day = August 30 520BC
‘…this people says the time has not come…
that the Lord’s house should be built’

5. Overview Haggai – Four ‘word of the Lord’s’
1st word 1:1-15 2nd yr Darius 6th mo 1st day
2nd “ ” 2:1-9 “ ” 7th mo 21st day
3rd “ ”2:10-19 “ ” 9th mo 24th day
4th “ ”2:20-23 “ ” 9th mo 24th day

6. Haggai 1 When You Miss The Right Time i.e. The Time To Build…
You lose track of time and procrastinate 1,2
Your priorities get mixed up 3,4
You should consider your ways 5-11
You should start to obey as soon as you hear 12-15

7. Lessons And Applications
If things do not prosper…consider divine chastening may be happening.
Obedience to the Word is the pathway to blessing.
You should expect opposition when you do the Lord’s work.
You need to establish priorities for your life.

8. Lessons And Applications
5. Are you saying: ‘it is not time’? Consider your ways. 6. We need to take care of the church building. 7. What about a Jewish temple today?