outline of Haggai

1.  The First Message:  A Call to Rebuild the Temple (ch. 1)

1. The People's Indifference and Poverty (1:1-11)
2. The People's Response:  Repentance (1:12-15)

2.  The Second Message:  God's Greater Temple and Blessings (2:1-9)

1. Encouragement from God's Presence (2:1-5)
2. Encouragement from God's Promise of Blessing (2:6-9)
3. Sentencing of Greedy Landholders (2:1-5)

3.  The Third Message:  God's Blessing for a Defiled People (2:10-19)

1. The Cause of Their Defilement (2:10-14)
2. The Results of Their Defilement:  Covenant Curses (2:15-17)
3. God's Determination to Bless Them (2:18-19)

4.  The Fourth Message:  God's Victory for His People (2:20-23)

1. God's Overthrow of the Nations (2:20-22)
2. The Enthronement of God's Ruler (2:23)