Fairy Tale Spotlight: Haggai [Book Review]

"Haggai" is the thirty-seventh book of the "Holy Bible," and it was written by Haggai himself. You know, sometimes I feel like the Bible was edited like a Quentin Tarantino film. Everything is so completely out of order. I keep coming across prophets from before and after the Babylonian invasion. In the case of "Haggai," it happens after, during the time of Daniel and the reign of King Darius.

More importantly, this seems to be happing during the same time as the book "Ezra" and "Nehemiah," but please don't quote me on that. I actually don't know for sure. "Ezra" seemed to be referring to King Cyrus' reign, but "Haggai" clearly says King Darius was ruling. I'm not perfect. I can get confused.

The point is that God is allowing his priests to return to His temple, which honestly was during the reign of Cyrus. This may be a precursor to that happening. Either way, the point of the book is abundantly clear. God was done beating the crap out of His people, and now it was time for mercy. It was time for the priests to resume their roles.

God wasn't going to just let them waltz back into His house though. Humorously, He quizzes them a couple times in this book to see how they will answer, and they answer correctly. I got a chuckle from that part.

That's really the gist of it. It was about a 9-minute read. I recommend "Haggai" as a good example of God's mercy. If people seek Him, He will not abandon them. And do forgive me for some of my historical confusions. I do my very best, but it can be a troublesome thing for an armature like myself.

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