From This Day On I Will Bless You

HAGGAI 2:10-19

Key Verse 19: “Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.”

1. V10. At what time does the word of the Lord come by Haggai in today’s passage?
   1. What has been happening since the last time the word of the Lord came? What have the people been doing? (2:1-9)
2. V11-14. What does the law teach regarding holy things? (V12)
   1. What does the law teach regarding unclean people and unclean things?
      (V13, Numbers 19:11, 22)
   2. What does God say about the people, the nation, their works, and what they offer?
   3. What point do you think God is making to the people in these verses?
3. V15-17. Why do you think the Lord reminds the people of how they fared up until this time?
   1. What did the Lord do to the people according to verse 17? How were the people supposed to respond?
4. V18-19. Why do you think the book of Haggai always makes note of the day and month that the word of the Lord comes?
   1. Why do you think God is asking the people to consider from this day (the 24th day of the 9th month) onward?
   2. What does God promise to the people?
   3. What has changed or what is different now when compared to chapter 1 (The 1st day of the 6th month)?