Malcolm Cox

Chapter 2:1-9 1. The Call to Reflect – Haggai 2:2  – ‘remnant’ – the temple remnants are the setting for the address to the national remnant. Third mention of remnant, 1:12, 14. – We notice all parts of the community are addressed.  – Haggai 2:3  – Three questions, all driving at the heart of their discouragement. – ‘Who of you’; ‘How does it’; ‘Does it not’? – Former glory; now; nothing? – What was it like; what is it like; what is its future? – What does it’s current state mean? – Not all were old enough to remember, but some were, and may have been the most influential. If, when comparing the old temple with the smaller new one they were dejected, it is understandable. – Perhaps he was one of those who was old enough to remember. It would lend weight to his question. Jewish tradition makes him old (1 Rabbi Eli Cashdan, The Twelve Prophets (Soncino Press, 1948), p. 254.). – Now 520, destruction 586 – 66 years previously – Had the work begun to lose momentum?  – How optimistic (faithful) are you about the