Minor Prophets, Part 3: Persian Period and Restoration
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Lesson OneObadiah17 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Obadiah
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In | A Symbol for Obadiah
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In | Betraying Family, Part 2
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In | "Because of Violence Against Your Brother Jacob"
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In | No Kindness for a Brother, Part 2
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In | Workbook: A Shift in Inheritance, Part 1
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In | Workbook: A Shift in Inheritance, Part 2
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In | Divine Reluctance
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In | Workbook: The Prophets Against Edom, Part 1
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In | Workbook: The Prophets Against Edom, Part 2
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Behind | The Mountains of Esau
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Behind | iMap: Obadiah's Geography
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In Front | Workbook: Group Tensions and Family Inheritance
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In Front | Advancement and Discontent
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In Front | Workboook: Advancement and Discontent
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoHaggai17 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Haggai
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In | A Symbol for Haggai
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In | Reckoning with the Reality of the Rebuilt Temple
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In | The Earth Withholding Its Produce, Part 2
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In | Reading the Prophets to Empathize with God
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In | Workbook: Standing in the Gap
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In | The Two Posts of the Restoration Period
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In | A Rebuilding Reversal, Part 2
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Behind | The Timeline
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Behind | Persian Kings and the Bible
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Behind | Signet Rings in the Ancient World
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In Front | Old and New Covenant(s)
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In Front | Doomed to Fail
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In Front | Workbook: Doomed to Fail
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeZechariah20 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Zechariah
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In | A Symbol for Zechariah
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In | Workbook: Fuel for the Light of the Lampstands
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In | Fuel for the Light of the Lampstands
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In | Eight Night Visions
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In | Glory Within, Part 2
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In | Zion and Messianic Anticipation
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In | A Disconcerting Part of the Prediction
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In | The Testimony of His People, Part 2
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In | The Whole Bible in a Triangle
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Behind | Two Maps for Zechariah
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Behind | The Movements of Zechariah 1-8
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Behind | The Movements of Zechariah 9-14
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Behind | Looking Forward to the Day of Judgment
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In Front | Workbook: Zechariah 12:10
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In Front | Prediction and Fulfillment
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In Front | This Age and the Age to Come
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In Front | Workbook: Light in the Darkness
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourMalachi18 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Malachi
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In | A Symbol for Malachi
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In | Cursed with a Curse, Part 2
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In | Six Disputes in Malachi
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In | Workbook: Disputed Sayings in Malachi, Part 1
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In | Priestly Purge, Part 2
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Behind | Malachi in the Timeline
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Behind | Josephus and Malachi
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In Front | Breaking Faith
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In Front | Keeping Faith at a Time of Overstimulation
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In Front | Discretion and Deception
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In Front | Whose Side Are You On?
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In Front | Religious Activity and Faithfulness
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In Front | Redemptive History
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveOT Wrap-Up (Psalm 119)15 Activities|5 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Psalm 119
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In | Journey Prep: What Is the Bible?
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In | The Idea of Sacred Literature Emerges from the Text
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In | Workbook: The Idea of Sacred Literature Emerges from the Text
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In | Workbook: The Authority of the Torah in the Writings and Prophets
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In | Which Is Not in the Hebrew Bible? Part 2
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Behind | Textual History of the Old Testament, Part 1
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Behind | Josephus’ 22 Books
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In Front | Text Criticism: Dr. Emanuel Tov
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In Front | Workbook: Do We Need the New Testament?
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In Front | The Bible Jesus Read, Part 1
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In Front | The Bible Jesus Read, Part 3
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In Front | Workbook: Old Testament Reflections
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
Participants 7
In | The Earth Withholding Its Produce, Part 2
“You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.”
Haggai 1:9-11 ESV
The “earth withheld its produce” and there was “a drought on the land and the hills” because the people weren’t rebuilding God’s house. God is telling the people, in effect, “You’re trying to get my crops without having my presence. The crops are for your feasts at my Temple, and without the Temple, I’m not going to give them to you.”
They have it backwards. They’ve been using the absence of plentiful resources as an excuse for not starting construction. Haggai is telling them they lack resources precisely because they haven’t started construction—in faith. Until the people rediscover God at the center of their community, and their priorities, they’ll never have enough.