November 09/10; 2014 (Week 9) The Return to Jerusalem Study Haggai 2: “God's Encouragement” ======================== DIVISIONS AND PRINCIPLES ======================== ======================== First Division: God encourages the Remnant to work on the temple by promising to be with them. Haggai 2:1-5; 1 Chronicles 28:20; Genesis 26:3 & 24; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 31:3; Joshua 1:5 & 9; Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:13; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Ezekiel 36:27; Matthew 10:32; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; Luke 15:10 Principle #1: When God says He will work with His people; He means He will work with us but not instead of us. ======================== Second Division: God encourages the Remnant to work on the temple by promising “that a whole lot of shaking will be going on”. Haggai 2:6-9; Haggai 2:20-23; Hebrews 12:26; Matthew 28:18; 2 Samuel 7:13; Deuteronomy 28-30; Luke 10:13; Ezekiel 33:8; John 1:14; Luke 2:46; Luke 21:37; Isaiah 53:5 Principle #2: Having a God given job that effects lives for eternity gives us an eternal purpose. ======================== Third Division: God encourages the Remnant’s work by revealing that their offerings were defiled, but promises future blessings. Haggai 2:10-19 Principle #3: We can please God and be blessed by God, if we repent of the sin of reversed priorities. ========================