Rescuing the Judean Returnees from Their Disgrace
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The present article is a call to reconsider scholars' negative evaluation on the Judean returnees with the attempt to rescue them from their disgrace. In the arena of biblical interpretation, they have been suffering from scholars' negative judgment on their attitude as being lazy, selfish, apathetic (lack of religious concern), and so on. In general scholars' judgment depends on the quotation of the people's thought on the situation in 1:2 and Yahweh's indictment in 1:4-7, 9-11, and 2:14-17. We will reexamine these verses in order to see if scholars' negative judgment can be justified. This article proposes that the Judean returnees stopped the construction of the temple according to their theological perception on the situation in Palestine. That is, the era of Yahweh's restoration did not belong to their generation although Yahweh led them to return. Due to this perception, they made their efforts to settle down first in the land so that the next generation to come could have the chance to enjoy the restoration. Therefore Haggai challenged the people a change on their perception as persuading that the restoration belonged to the current generation and that only thing they needed to do was to rebuild the temple. The Judean returnees halted the construction of the temple not because of their selfishness or apathy, but because of their misperception of the situation. Our readings of 1:2, 4-7, 9-11, 12 and 2:14-15, 19 provide a possibility to negate the negative view on the people's attitude and action. Haggai's emphasis on the readiness of the basic necessities for God's restoration at that time and the importance of the current time supports our proposal. If our proposal stands, the application of the book needs to be altered. Haggai's challenge is not the issue of priority, but of spiritual sensitivity and discernment of God's timeline.
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The present article is a call to reconsider scholars' negative evaluation on the Judean returnees with the attempt to rescue them from their disgrace. In the arena of biblical interpretation, they have been suffering from scholars' negative judgment on their attitude as being lazy, selfish, apathetic (lack of religious concern), and so on. In general scholars' judgment depends on the quotation of the people's thought on the situation in 1:2 and Yahweh's indictment in 1:4-7, 9-11, and 2:14-17. We will reexamine these verses in order to see if scholars' negative judgment can be justified. This article proposes that the Judean returnees stopped the construction of the temple according to their theological perception on the situation in Palestine. That is, the era of Yahweh's restoration did not belong to their generation although Yahweh led them to return. Due to this perception, they made their efforts to settle down first in the land so that the next generation to come could have the chance to enjoy the restoration. Therefore Haggai challenged the people a change on their perception as persuading that the restoration belonged to the current generation and that only thing they needed to do was to rebuild the temple. The Judean returnees halted the construction of the temple not because of their selfishness or apathy, but because of their misperception of the situation. Our readings of 1:2, 4-7, 9-11, 12 and 2:14-15, 19 provide a possibility to negate the negative view on the people's attitude and action. Haggai's emphasis on the readiness of the basic necessities for God's restoration at that time and the importance of the current time supports our proposal. If our proposal stands, the application of the book needs to be altered. Haggai's challenge is not the issue of priority, but of spiritual sensitivity and discernment of God's timeline.
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