Malcolm Cox

You've found an upload from the Thames Valley churches of Christ. If you'd like to know more go to www.thamesvalley.church where you'll find news, information, resources and much more. Who is Haggai? * “His name is one of several in the Old Testament derived from ḥāg, ‘festival’: Haggi (Gen. 46:16; Num. 26:15), Haggith (2 Sam. 3:4), Haggiah (1 Chr. 6:30). He was probably born on a feast day and therefore named ‘my feast’. It is even possible that Haggai was a nickname.” Tyndale * Zechariah was his successor.  Setting of Haggai     * 538 - Cyrus defeats Babylon and decrees captives can return home     * The Persians had a new policy of returning deported peoples to their homeland and restoring the worship of their native gods.  This is not just in the Bible.  It is confirmed by the Cyrus cylinder in the British Museum.      * 536 - First Israelites return to Jerusalem (Ezra 1-6). Nothing done. 50,000 returned under Zerubbabel (aka Sheshbazzar) and Joshua the High Priest (Ezra 1 and 2) to found the remnant an