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In the opening verse of Haggai, we are introduced to the prophet as follows: “In the second year of Darius the King, in the sixth month on the first day of the month, the word came to Haggai the prophet…”\u00a0 For the first time, we are introduced to a prophet not based on the years of the king of Israel or a king of Judah. Instead it is the foreign king. This shift in the narrative is a jarring reminder of the time period in which the last three prophets lived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a second part of this opening line that is a little out of sorts- the fact that Haggai is referred to as “the prophet.”\u00a0 The reference to a prophet of God as a prophet was ubiquitous in the books of Samuel and Kings. Nathan, Gad, Ahiah, Yahu, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah (in the book of Kings), Isaiah and Jeremiah are all referred to as “[name] the prophet.”\u00a0 In the Twelve prophets, only Habakkuk is referred to as “the prophet”. Ezekiel is also not referred to as “the Prophet”. Perhaps this reference to Haggai as “the Prophet” is meant to counter the description of Haggai as having lived during the reign of a foreign king.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bereft of the Temple and with most of its people exiled from their homeland, the Jews at the start of the second Temple period had every reason to believe that God was no longer on speaking terms with his downtrodden people. By opening this last epoch of prophecy and the start of the Second Temple period with a reminder that God still speaks to the people, the prophet is both emphasizing his credentials, but also reassuring a worried nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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