WORK, FOR I AM WITH YOU

HAGGAI 2:1-9

Key Verse 4: “Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts.”

1. V1-2. When does the Word of the Lord come by Haggai in today’s passage?
   1. How much time has passed since the last time the word of the Lord came? (Haggai 1:1)
   2. Who is the word of the Lord addressed to?
2. V3. Why do you think the Lord asks Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the remnant of the people these three questions?
3. V4. How does the Lord encourage everyone?
   1. How do you think the people could ‘be strong’ in these circumstances?
   2. How can it be encouraging to be given work from God?
   3. What does it mean that the Lord is with them?
4. V5. What covenant is the Lord referring to? (See Ex. 19:5-6)
   1. What do you think it means that the ‘Lord’s Spirit remains in your midst’?
5. V6-8. Why will the Lord shake all nations?
   1. What belongs to the Lord?
   2. What might the silver and gold represent?
   3. What do you think the Lord is trying to teach the people by saying these things?
6. V9. What does the Lord say about his house?