Hag 1:1-15
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

This date "the sixth month, in the first day of the month" is approximately August 21st.
Who is Haggai?
Haggai means "festive"; 10th in order of the minor prophets; first prophet to prophesy after the captivity.
Who is Zerubbabel?
Zerubbabel means "sown in Babylon"; the grandson of king Jehoiachin and leader of the first group of returning exiles from Babylon. "Babylon" is the name from which we get our English word 'babble' which means 'confusion'.
Therefore, this word "Zerubbabel" can refer to 'born in confusion'.
Zerubbabel was the governor (political) of Judah.
Judah is one of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Who is Joshua?
Joshua means "YHVH is salvation"; the first High Priest (religion) after the return.

The prophet, Haggai, was sent by YHVH to speak HIS Word unto the heads of the government and the religion.

2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be  built.

What were the people saying?
"The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built."
In other words, they were saying that they did not have to get ready yet, because they had plenty of time.

3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?

FATHER says to the people, through HIS prophet Haggai: 'So, you think you have time to lie around in your fancy houses  (churches and residences) of man while MY HOUSE (HIS Church and Habitation/presence in the earth) is left to become  spiritually dry?'

5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

HE is saying, 'If this is your mindset, then you had best look deeply into your hearts (minds) concerning your behavior and  walk.'.

6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe  you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

"Ye have sown much, and bring in little"
'You may plant a great deal, but you will not harvest much.'
When we take this to the spiritual level, we can see that if these seeds were goodly seeds of FATHER'S Truth, the harvest would be great. But, these seeds from the traditions of man can be planted in abundance, but it will not produce much or much of anything that shall live.
"ye eat, but ye have not enough"
'Sure, you go to the traditions of man houses and are fed, but it is not enough, and is not filling (fulfilling).'
"ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink"
'Sure, you drink the water of men, but it is not the living water of FATHER'S Word, by which one shall never thirst again.'
"ye clothe you, but there is none warm"
'Sure, you're dressed in man's finest, but they are as filthy rags. Only by earning the righteous robes, the Covering of CHRIST, will you be kept warm and living.'
"and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes"
'Everything you earn will slip away. Your blessings from our FATHER fall upon the ground, lost, through your deteriorating sackcloth. Spiritually and literally, your hard earned money/riches/blessings will slip away.'

What did YAHSHUA teach us concerning these things?

Matt 25:31-46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (KJV)

Hag 1:
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Again, FATHER says 'look into your hearts...are you doing what is right and good?'

8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

"Go up to the mountain"
What is a "mountain"?
It is a nation of people.
"and bring wood"
What is "wood"?
The word "wood" is the same Hebrew word for "tree".

Mark 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

Now, what is FATHER'S HOUSE?
The assemblage (nation) of HIS children (people) gathered together and brought into HIS Truth is HIS HOUSE of which HE speaks.
HIS HOUSE built, HIS children working together in HIS House, makes HIM happy.


9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

But, as long as HIS House remains unbuilt, and as long as the people continue in their fancy houses of the traditions of man, HE will not bless these people.
The people think they will have a lot, but it comes to very little.
They think they are doing right by going to their houses of man, but what do they take with them from these traditions of man churches? Very little. In fact, most can not remember what, if anything, of what they were taught in their services five minutes after leaving. They think that there was a fire lit in their minds with all the shoutings of "Amen", "Alleluia", and "Praise the Lord". They think the fire is aglow with all the money that they witnessed being dropped into their collection plates.
But, FATHER shall "blow upon" all this wood until their fire shall burn itself up into nothingness. What then are they left  with? Having been taught the traditions of man, they go home with nothing. Having tithed to these houses of man, their money counts for kindling that shall burn and dry up their blessings.


10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

As long as these continue in their "cieled houses", and refuse to build and come into FATHER'S House, HE will keep the "dew" from Heaven (which is needed to cause sprouting and growth) from these spiritually dry people and their houses. They shall bring forth no fruit, because their trees are dried and withered.

11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

FATHER, therefore, proclaims a "drought".
There is a drought in the land for YAHOVAH'S Truth.
This drought is upon the whole earth (land), upon the nations and governments (mountains); upon the fruit (corn, which includes wheat and other grains); upon the unripened, unfermented wine, which is not fit to represent YAHSHUA'S Salvation through HIS blood. There is also a drought upon the oil, which is for anointing, therefore the people shall not be anointed or healed; upon all that comes forth from the ground; upon 8th day man and upon the 6th day creation, who are or will become spiritually dry, and a drought upon every work of their hands.


12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

Now, what did FATHER allow to occur to get these people to listen up and take heed?
Now, there is no evil in our FATHER.
FATHER will never leave nor forsake those who love HIM and try to follow HIS Way.
But, those who have left HIM and HIS House, have chosen by their actions and ways not to accept HIS protection.
And, HE allows those that are evil to try them.

13 Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

Those who are with/in HIM, HE has said, "I am with you".

14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. (KJV)

When was this that the people began to come to understand and begin obeying?
"In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month" is approximately September 13th.
What occurred to awaken their spirits?