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The previous chapter ended with the Judeans ready to begin work on the Temple on the 24<\/span>th<\/span> of the 6<\/span>th<\/span> month (Elul). Chapter 2 begins on the 21<\/span>st<\/span> of the 7<\/span>th<\/span> month (Tishri), the 7<\/span>th<\/span> day of Sukkot, less than a month later, with Haggai\u2019s prophetic message of consolation:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho is there \u2026 among you who saw this house in its former splendor? How does it look \u2026 now? It must seem like nothing to you. But \u2026 be strong, Oh Zerubbabel \u2026 the high priest Joshua all you people \u2026 \u00a0 \u2026 says the Lord \u2013 and act! For I am with you!\u00a0 \u2026 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the former one, said the Lord \u2026 and in this place I will grant prosperity \u2026 (vss. 3-9)<\/span><\/p>\n

The consolation is offered for the crowd\u2019s inevitable comparison between the splendor of the destroyed \u2013 yet still remembered\u2013 Temple, and the simple beginnings of the early Second Temple which we discover has been built in less than a month! God is satisfied, despite the discrepancy, and wants the people to be happy, too. Time will come for greatness, later on; they have done a tremendous job considering the short time it took, especially if they might not have worked full time through the New Year, Yom Kippur and all of Sukkot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Work goes on and the Temple is officially founded two months later, on the 24<\/span>th<\/span> of the 9<\/span>th<\/span> month (Kislev), the date being mentioned three times in the second half of our chapter. The harsh situation described in chapter 1 is recalled also in our chapter:\u00a0 \u201cAs long as no stone had been laid on another in the House of the Lord\u2026 I struck at you- all the works of your hands \u2026 \u201c (vss. 15-17).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All that will now change:\u00a0 \u201cTake note, from this day forward, from the 24<\/span>th<\/span> of the 9<\/span>th<\/span> month, from the day the foundation was laid for the Lord\u2019s Temple – \u2026. From this day on I will send blessings \u2026\u201d. (18-19)<\/span><\/p>\n

The 24<\/span>th<\/span> of the 9<\/span>th<\/span> (Kislev) is familiar to us: Even if <\/span>they<\/span><\/em> could not know that the 25<\/span>th<\/span> of Kislev is the date that Hellenists would desecrate the Temple, and of course, much more famous as the date the Maccabees will choose for the purification of the Temple (according to the 1<\/span>st<\/span> book of Maccabees), we do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So did the Maccabees.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have previously seen Haggai creating a paradigm for the character of the month of Elul in the early second Temple days; now we see him creating the paradigm for the dedication of the Temple on the 24<\/span>th<\/span> of Kislev, a.k.a. the Eve of Channukah.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":79028,"id":79028,"title":"hag2-chanukah","filename":"hag2-chanukah.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hag2-chanukah.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/from-haggai-to-the-maccabees\/hag2-chanukah\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"hag2-chanukah","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":79027,"date":"2020-08-19 13:05:13","modified":"2020-08-19 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