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Answer
Ellen White emphasizes regarding Haggai's messages that the exhortation “Examine how you are doing” (Haggai 1:7) required a profound self‑examination and obedience to God’s commandments. The leaders and the people realized through this admonition that their temporal and spiritual well‑being were inseparably linked to the rebuilding of the temple and fidelity to God. Once they decided to follow Haggai’s counsel, the rebuke turned into an encouraging promise of God’s personal presence.
Obedience and Divine Encouragement
The message of counsel and rebuke given through Haggai was heeded by the leaders and the people of Israel. They sensed that God was serious with them. They did not dare to disregard the repeated instructions sent to them—that their prosperity, both temporal and spiritual, depended on faithful obedience to God’s commandments. Roused by the prophet’s warnings, Zerubbabel and Joshua obeyed “with the whole remnant of the people the voice of the Lord, their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai.”
Once Israel decided to obey, words of encouragement followed the rebuke. “Then Haggai spoke … to the people: I am with you, says the Lord. And the Lord stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel and Joshua and the whole remnant of the people; and they came and began work on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God.”
The earnest pleas and encouragements given through Haggai were emphasized and supplemented by Zechariah, whom God raised up to stand by him and urge Israel to carry out the command to arise and build.
- Rebuilding of the Temple Haggai
- Obedience and Blessing Israel
- Prophecies Haggai and Zechariah
Original Sources (English)
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