Haggai 2:20-23: God’s Promised Deliverance

I) God promised he would come and deliver his people.

A) God will come to ______________.

B) God will judge and _____________________ evil.

1) Haggai uses language that is evocative of other Old Testament texts.

a) In the past, God “overturned” Sodom and Gomorrah. He will________evil kingdoms in the future.

b) In the past, God overthrew the Egyptian chariots during the Red Sea___________. He will save his people once again.

2) God uses this language to _____________the Jews that God has been faithful in the past. He will still be faithful in the future.

C) God’s blessing will return to the ______________line.

1) God promised David that his ______________would rule forever.

2) Davidic rule ended when the Jews were taken into ___________.

3) God ___________the Davidic covenant to Zerubbabel.

a) “On that day” implies a _________fulfillment.

b) Even though Zerubbabel wouldn’t become a ______, God would be faithful to his promise to David.

D) God is faithful because he ______________Zerubbabel and the Jews!

II) Jesus is the fulfillment of God's promise to Zerubbabel and David.

A) Zerubbabel is listed in Matthew’s ____________ of Jesus.

B) The book of Hebrews equates the 2nd coming of Jesus with the ___________ of the heavens and the earth in Haggai 2.

C) Believers are saved because God chose us and _____________ us into his family.

III) Christ will fulfill the rest of Haggai's prophecy when he comes again.

A) Christ will _____________ all.

B) Christ will eradicate evil ___________.

C) Believers can renew their hope by _______________ God’s work in their lives.