Hello John and Doves,
The three books Zechariah, Malachi, and Haggai
were written after the Babylonian captivity (70 Years of
Captivity) when the Jewish people returned to
Judah. All three were written at about the same
time, and all have prophetic information about End
Times.
These are the last three books written by the
prophets, recording the words of the Lord, that are in
the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh. All books compliment each
other and need be read together to give a fuller and
more complete understanding of these prophecies.
The prophet Haggai is "the messenger of Lord"
Haggai 1:13. It is believed that Haggai also wrote
the book of Malachi because in Hebrew Malachi means 'My
Messenger". Haggai was a prophet during the
Persian King Darius' reign; he wrote the book of Haggi
in late summer of 520 BCE.
In the book of Haggai, four times the Lord refers
to the time period of the 'twenty-fourth day of the
ninth month'.
In
the article "Hanukkah: The Festival of
Lights, Warnings, & Blessings, the author
writes: So what about Kislev 24, the first
night of Hanukkah? It seems to have a
three-fold meaning. First, in the time of
Haggai and Zechariah, it was the day marked for
the promise that the redemption would ultimately
come about, not by power, nor by might, but by
the Spirit of Yehovah - and "in its time."
Second, subsequently through history, this day
seems to be one upon which key events take
place...And finally, it might well turn out that
on some Kislev 24 in the future, the day will
serve as a "countdown marker" for the soon
unfolding of the mysterious 1260 days, 1290
days, 1335 days, 490 days and 2300
evening/mornings (1150 days) of Daniel's
visions, which are intrinsically connected to
the other prophetic books of Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi, Jeremiah, Revelation." (see article
link below)
The
author goes on and writes about the
twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in relation
to the Maccabbes/their freeing the Temple from
King Antiochus and to British forces liberating
Jerusalem from the Turkish/Muslim rule.
Haggai
gives a warning to the Jewish people and to the
people of all the world to "give careful thought
to your ways." You have fallen
short. Haggai 1:4-7: "Know
therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts,
"Consider your ways!" You have sown much,
and harvested little. You eat, but you
never have enough; you drink, but you never have
your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no
one is warm. And he who earns wages does
so to put them into a bag with holes. Thus
says the Lord of hosts, "Think carefully about
your ways!"
Because
the Jewish people and the people of all the
world have not repented and returned to the
Lord, the Lord gave yet another warning to
Haggai. Haggai 2:20: "For the second
time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the
month, the word of the Lord came to Haggai...."I
am about to shake the heavens and the
earth: I will overturn royal thrones and
destroy the power of the kingdoms of the
nations. I will overturn chariots and
their riders; horses and their riders will fall,
each by the sword of his brother."
Years ago I came across a book by Grant
Jeffrey. He made a compelling comparison between
Haggai's prophecy and the prophecy of Ezekiel concerning
the Gog War. Grant believes the Lord could be giving us
the day of the Gog War. (I recently came across
Ron Reese's 5Doves letter; he writes about Grant
Jeffrey's thoughts on this and WWIII. See article
link below.)
Will some future twenty-fourth day of the ninth
month (the Eve of Hanukkah) be the day of the
fulfillment of more Bible prophecies?
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2012/ronr1113.htm