HAGGAI
Rebuild the Temple · Priorities · Presence
Expanded Museum Poster · Timeline Theme Table
1 · Core Story & Meaning
Haggai calls returned exiles to reorder priorities and rebuild the temple; as they obey, God promises His presence and future glory.
Core Sentence · Haggai in One Line
Rebuild the center—God’s presence—and the life of the people re-aligns.
Haggai
├─ consider your ways
├─ rebuild the temple
├─ God is with you
└─ future glory promised
Emotionally: conviction → obedience → encouragement → hope.
Four Major Movements
How the book actually flows:
1. WAKE-UP (1): consider your ways
2. OBEDIENCE (1): the people begin
3. ENCOURAGE (2): be strong; God is with you
4. FUTURE GLORY (2): hope beyond small beginnings
This is the “museum walk path” you can follow as a clean narrative rail.
2 · Key Scenes & Emotional Gestures
Four scenes that carry the book’s emotional and spiritual load-bearing moments.
Scene · Consider Your Ways (Hag 1)
Misplaced priorities diagnosed.
Paneled houses
└─ temple ruins
Conviction about drift.
Scene · The People Obey (Hag 1)
A rare and beautiful turn.
Hearts stirred
Work begins
Momentum through obedience.
Scene · Small Temple, Big Promise (Hag 2)
Do not despise the day.
“I am with you”
Future glory
Hope for the discouraged.
Scene · Shaking the Nations (Hag 2)
God’s future reordering.
Shaking
└─ kingdom hope
Long-range confidence.
3 · Timeline of Themes by Story Order
Rows follow story order (top = early, bottom = late). Columns track our six museum themes.
| Story Order |
Section Block |
Creation |
Fall |
Covenant |
Promise |
Faithfulness |
Exile |
| 1 · Hag 1:1–11 |
Priority Problem |
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apathy |
worship center neglected |
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| 2 · Hag 1:12–15 |
Obedience Begins |
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God with them |
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| 3 · Hag 2:1–9 |
Encouragement & Future Glory |
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greater glory |
presence |
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| 4 · Hag 2:10–19 |
Holiness & Blessing |
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purity matters |
blessing from this day |
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| 5 · Hag 2:20–23 |
Zerubbabel Signet |
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Davidic line preserved |
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| 6 · (Theme) |
Rebuild the Center |
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renewed worship |
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Haggai is the museum’s ‘priority reset’ tile: rebuild God’s center, and life re-aligns.