Haggai, Zechariah (NIV Application Commentary | NIVAC)

por Mark J. Boda

Editorial:

Zondervan

, 2004

Overview

Mark J. Boda’s commentary on Haggai and Zechariah helps readers learn how the message of these two prophets, who challenged and encouraged the people of God after the return from Babylon, can have the same powerful impact on the community of faith today.

The books of Haggai and Zechariah represent a golden period in Old Testament history, but they are often overlooked. These two Minor Prophets speak a major message to the church today. It’s one that calls us, as a community of faith, to the priority of God’s house, and inspires us with glimpses of its future glory.

Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, Mark J. Boda shares perspectives on Haggai and Zechariah that reveal their enduring relevance for our twenty-first-century lives.

Key Features

• Treats all the elements of traditional exegesis
• Compares the original context and the contemporary context
• Engages contemporary life and culture

Contents

Top Highlights

“Temple theology is an essential part of New Testament theology as well. Christ is the One in whom the manifest presence of God now dwells (John 1:14; 2:18–22). It is not surprising that the apostolic community pictures the church (which is ‘the body of Christ’) as also the arena of God’s manifest presence and thus as the temple of God and Christ (1 Cor. 3:16–17; 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:21; 1 Peter 2:4–10).” (Page 97)

“While the temple lies in ruins, the people are living in nicely decorated homes.” (Page 89)

“They are experiencing curses at the hand of Yahweh, who is displeased with their lack of attention to rebuilding the temple. The prophet is calling them to action and warning that inaction will mean further curses. However, this human action is linked to God’s purposes and activity. The ultimate purpose of this project is the pleasure and glory of God. Ultimately they are not to do it for relief from curse but for the pleasure and glory of God.” (Page 87)

“As we have already noted, the prophet is not suggesting that every experience of suffering or hardship is automatically a sign of God’s discipline in our lives. However, many within the church today have moved to the opposite extreme, where there is little sense or expectation of the intrusion of God into their everyday affairs.” (Page 100)

“The people’s offerings were defiled because the people were defiled. Both in the second scenario and the community’s experience, defilement is contagious and disqualifies worship.” (Page 145)

Praise for the Print Edition

This is the pulpit commentary for the twenty-first century.

—George K. Brushaber, president, Bethel College and Seminary

The NIV Application Commentary meets the urgent need for an exhaustive and authoritative commentary based on the New International Version. This series will soon be found in libraries and studies throughout the evangelical community.

—James Kennedy, senior minister, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

It is encouraging to find a commentary that is not only biblically trustworthy but also contemporary in its application. The NIV Application Commentary will prove to be a helpful tool in the pastor’s sermon preparation. I use it and recommend it.

—Charles F. Stanley, pastor, First Baptist Church of Atlanta

About Mark J. Boda

Mark J. Boda is a professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. An ordained minister, he enjoys regular preaching opportunities across Canada. He is the author of Praying the Tradition and the editor of a collection of scholarly essays on Zechariah 9–14, Bringing Out the Treasure.