Speakers’ Corner
Named after Speakers’ Corner in London, this is where our Editors at different ages and stages of life encourage and spur on those of our shared inheritance. Join us here as we contemplate the Word at work in our daily lives.
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“Consider Your Ways”
With the study of Haggai, we are jumping forward in the timeline of the Bible now to after the captivity of Judah and the remnant has returned to Jerusalem. Haggai was a contemporary of Zechariah and Ezra. The remnant returned after the decree of Cyrus in 538 BC and although they initially had been zealous and eager to rebuild, soon they became discouraged and distracted by their day-to-day lives. 18 years have now passed, and Haggai begins to prophesy in 520 BC.