{"id":79048,"date":"2020-08-19T17:58:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=79048"},"modified":"2020-08-19T17:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T14:58:49","slug":"haggai-tells-it-like-it-is-with-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/haggai-tells-it-like-it-is-with-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Haggai Tells It Like It Is, With Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"79048","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":36303,"related_cahpter":"2024","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"And in so doing becomes a role model for preachers and leaders\u00a0\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve made it through the prophets to Haggai, you\u2019ve probably noted the unfortunate dynamic that existed and persisted throughout Israelite \/Judean history between the prophets and the people they hoped to touch \u2013 the leaders, both religious and royal \u2013 and the people. It seems almost a lost cause, with a systematic disregard of the prophecies and the inevitable bad ending. Then we reach Haggai, and \u2013 wham! What\u2019s going on? Don\u2019t they know they\u2019re supposed to ignore him? Ridicule him, perhaps? Instead, he inspires them, gives them hope and helps them recalculate their route and leads them to a blessed change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haggai\u2019s listeners have a broader perspective, as they \u2013 or more likely, their parents or even grandparents experienced the exile to Babylon after the destruction of the Temple that resulted from that unfortunate practice. In exile they had time to ponder the past and consider what their share in the catastrophe had been. Not adhering to God\u2019s commandments and the prophetic messages sent by God was a part of it all, and the returnees brought with them a greater willingness to listen. They are not the people who jeered at Ezekiel for being a cabaret show, those who accused Jeremiah of lying and treason, or those who forbade Amos to proclaim condemning messages in the capital city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, finally, we have pristine conditions for testing the ability of a prophet to affect his audience, of a Divine message to rally the people to better their lives and their relationship with God. Telling it like it is, not too aggressive, every-so-often throwing in a verse of hope and divine support \u2013 Haggai is a role model for prophets, and any would-be preacher or leader should read and reread him.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":79050,"id":79050,"title":"hag-end-clouds hope","filename":"hag-end-clouds-hope.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hag-end-clouds-hope.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/haggai-tells-it-like-it-is-with-hope\/hag-end-clouds-hope\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"hag-end-clouds-hope","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":79048,"date":"2020-08-19 14:58:08","modified":"2020-08-19 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