Through the Bible in 66 Days - Haggai

 

Consider Your Priorities

The book of Haggai is only two chapters long, but it carries a message that cuts right to the heart. God speaks, and within three months the whole nation changes direction (Haggai 1:1; 2:20). When God speaks clearly, people move.

Haggai’s message can be summed up in one simple challenge:

“Consider your ways.”

In other words: Think. Stop. Look at your life. Are your priorities right?

That’s not just an ancient question. It’s a gospel question. The Lord Jesus says the same in the New Testament: “What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36)

Haggai helps us face six questions that still matter today.

Through the Bible in 66 Days - Zephaniah

 

When God Says “Enough!” — The Gospel in Zephaniah

If you’ve ever heard someone say, “That’s it! I’ve had enough!”, you know the tone. It’s the moment when patience runs out, and something has to change. When we open the little book of Zephaniah, tucked away near the end of the Old Testament, we hear that same cry — not from a frustrated parent or a weary friend, but from God Himself.

Zephaniah lived during the days of King Josiah, a time when Judah was trying to recover from years of spiritual disaster. The nation had drifted far from God. Violence, corruption, idolatry, and injustice filled the land. And into that mess, God sent Zephaniah with a message that shook the nation: “The great day of the LORD is near” (Zeph. 1:14).

It’s as if God says, “I’ve had enough. I’m dealing with this.”

The Day of the Lord — God Steps In

Zephaniah repeatedly speaks of the day of the Lord — a moment when God steps into history to judge sin and put things right. Sometimes that “day” refers to a near event (like the fall of Jerusalem), but it mainly points forward to the final judgment at the end of time.

Zephaniah doesn’t give us all the details, but he makes one thing very clear: God takes sin seriously.

Through the Bible in 66 Days - Habakkuk

 

When God Seems Silent: Habakkuk, the Gospel, and the God Who Saves

Most Christians know what it feels like to pray, wait, and wonder why God doesn’t seem to act. The prophet Habakkuk understood this deeply. His short book opens with a cry that many believers have echoed: “How long shall I cry for help?” Habakkuk saw “evil, destruction, violence, strife and contention.” That world feels very much like ours.

Yet Habakkuk’s journey—from confusion to confidence—beautifully mirrors the truth of the gospel itself. His prophecy is not just an ancient complaint; it is a doorway into the good news of Jesus Christ.

1. The Burden of a Broken World (Habakkuk 1:1–4)

Habakkuk begins with a “burden”—a weight he carries as he looks at the injustice around him. He asks why God allows violence and why justice seems distorted. His honesty is refreshing. The Bible never asks us to pretend everything is fine.

The New Testament affirms this same realism. Paul writes, “The whole creation has been groaning” (Romans 8:22). The world is not as it should be. Sin has fractured everything—our hearts, our relationships, our societies.

The gospel begins here: with the acknowledgement that we cannot fix ourselves or our world.

Through the Bible in 66 Days - Nahum

Nahum: The God Who Judges, The God Who Saves

There are parts of the Bible we rarely visit, and Nahum is often one of them. Yet this short prophecy is very relevant for our generation. It reminds us that God is not only the Saviour who delights in mercy—as Jonah discovered—but also the Judge who acts in righteousness, as Nahum boldly announced.

Jonah's ministry resulted in the repentance of Nineveh. Nahum's ministry, about a century later, announced the judgment of God upon the same people. One hundred (or perhaps 150) years separate these two books. Still, the lesson is timeless: when you forget what God has done for you, you set yourself up for trouble, i.e. God's judgment.

1. The Core Message of Nahum

G. Campbell Morgan summarised Nahum's message like this:

"The core of the predictive message of Nahum was the utter destruction of a great city and a great people by the will and act of God."

R. K. Harrison adds: "In this small prophecy of doom, the author demonstrated… that the God of the nation whom the Assyrians had despised was in fact the artificer and controller of all human destiny."

This is not merely history. It is a reality for us in our current world. It is gospel truth. 

The New Testament affirms the same truth:

• God rules over nations — "He has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness" (Acts 17:31).

• God's justice is perfect — "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right" (Genesis 18:25, echoed in the NT principle of divine justice).

Nahum reminds us that God is not passive. He acts, He intervenes, and He judges.