Haggai the prophet biography of abraham lincoln

Overview

Title and Author: The book of Haggai is named after its author, the prophet Haggai.

Haggai rose up as a prophetic voice to call the people back to the work they had been given to do.

In this volume, Robert Foster focuses on the distinct theological message of each book.

The man calling for the national day of prayer was the president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

He was born 15 years after Abraham Lincoln was President and died two years after Neal Armstrong walked on the moon.

God received the first born lamb and counted it as the whole of Israel.

The name “Haggai” means “festive” or “my feast,” which may reflect the joyous message of restoration and hope that he brought to the people of Israel. Haggai is one of the twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament, and his book is the second shortest in the Hebrew Bible, consisting of only two chapters.

Historical Context: Haggai prophesied during the post-exilic period, around 520 BC, after the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon.

This was during the reign of King Darius I of Persia. The Jews had returned to Jerusalem under the decree of Cyrus the Great, but the reconstruction of the temple had stalled due to opposition and apathy. Haggai’s ministry