Haggai, Zechariah & Malachi: Longing for a Restored World
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You might notice this episode isn't following exact canonical order! Each episode on the Minor Prophets will focus on two to three prophets and are grouped by theme instead.
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What do Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi have to do with everyday family discipleship?
In this week’s episode of The Wholehearted Households Podcast, host Alex Blount introduces us to the books of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, reflecting on how imagination can help express our deep longings.
Our Bible spotlight focuses on how the prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi spoke to God’s people post-exile, and how they emphasized God’s sovereignty, the rebuilding of the Second Temple, Judah’s need for repentance, and God’s plans for future restoration.
Then, our discipleship nugget equips you to teach your family about the difficulty of waiting, connecting this to how the Israelites must have felt as they waited for the Messiah, and how we can wait with eager hope for the return of Jesus.
Finally, our spiritual practice invites you to reflect on the prophets’ yearning for God’s restoration and reconciliation, and to prayerfully imagine what God’s promises of a reconciled and restored world might look like.
Wherever you listen, may you and your family be blessed by this episode as you seek to follow Jesus with your whole heart.
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This week’s Bible spotlight is adapted
