Immerse Prophets Day 279 Year 2 Bible Reading

Season 2 Episode 279

Immerse Daily Bible Reading Day 279: The Prophetic Words of Haggai

In this episode of 'Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience', we explore the book of Haggai. The setting is around 520 BC when the Jewish exiles have returned to Judea and face obstacles rebuilding the temple. Despite a change in the Persian rulership, the people's focus shifted towards their own homes, neglecting the temple. God sends the prophet Haggai to deliver a series of messages urging them to prioritize the Lord's house. Through droughts and poor harvests, God tries to gain their attention. Haggai provides encouragement reminiscent of the words spoken to Joshua and speaks of a future where the temple's glory surpasses its past. The book concludes with a hope-filled vision of restoration and God's eternal covenant with David's lineage. Haggai's prophecies serve both the immediate need to rebuild the temple and a future promise of God's kingdom.

00:00 Introduction to Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience
00:08 Historical Context of Haggai's Time
00:48 God's Message Through Haggai
01:17 The Call to Rebuild the Temple
01:51 Future Promises and Encouragement
02:22 Reassurance of God's Covenant
03:11 Haggai's Prophecies and Their Impact
03:31 Direct Messages from the Lord
05:32 The People's Response and God's Assurance
08:10 Final Messages and Promises
11:18 Conclusion and Reflection

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Volume 4

Immerse: Prophets is the fourth of six volumes of the Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience program. Prophets presents the First Testament prophets in groupings that represent four historical periods, beginning with the prophets who spoke before the fall of Israel’s northern kingdom (Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah), then before the fall of the southern kingdom (Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk), around the time of Jerusalem’s destruction (Jeremiah, Obadiah, Ezekiel), and after the return from exile (Haggai, Zechariah, Joel, Malachi).

4 Questions to get your conversations started:
1. What stood out to you this week?
2. Was there anything confusing or troubling?
3. Did anything make you think differently about God?
4. How might this change the way we live?

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3 ways to get the most out of your experience

Use Immerse: Beginnings instead of your regular chapter and verse Bible. This special reader’s edition restores the Bible to its natural simplicity and beauty by removing chapter and verse numbers and other historical additions. Letters look like letters, songs look like songs, and the original literary structures are visible in each book.
Commit to making this a community experience. Immerse is designed for groups to encounter large portions of the Bible together
for 8 weeks–more like a book club, less like a Bible study. By meeting every week in small groups and discussing what you read in open,
honest conversations, you and your community can come together to be transformed through an authentic experience with the Scriptures.
Aim to understand the big story. Read through “The Stories and the Story” (p. 483) to see how the books of the Bible work together to tell God’s story of his creation’s restoration. As you read through Immerse: Beginnings, rather than ask, “How do I fit God into my busy life?” begin asking, “How can I join in God’s great plan by living out my part in his story?”

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Immerse Prophets Day 279 Year 2 Bible Reading