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1. ULDAH MINISTRY
LETTER TO THE
BROTHERS AND
SISTERS IN CHRIST
【WHAT SHOLD CHIRISTIANS DO, WHEN
END-TIMES CHAOS IS APPROACHING ?】
In the second year of King Darius, on the first day
of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came
through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of
Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of
Jozadak, the high priest: 2 This is what the LORD
Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not
yet come to rebuild the LORD’s house.”’
3 Then the word of the LORD came through the
prophet Haggai: 4 ‘Is it a time for you yourselves to be
living in your panelled houses, while this house
remains a ruin?’
5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Give
careful thought to your ways. 6 You have planted
much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have
enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put
on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to
put them in a purse with holes in it.’
7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Give
careful thought to your ways. 8 Go up into the
mountains and bring down timber and build my house,
so that I may take pleasure in it and be honoured,’
says the LORD. 9 ‘You expected much, but see, it
turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew
away. Why?’ declares the LORD Almighty. ‘Because of
my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is
busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of
you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth
its crops. 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the
mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil
and everything else the ground produces, on people
and livestock, and on all the labour of your hands.’
12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of
Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the
people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the
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We believe in one GOD, in three
persons; FATHER, SON and
HOLY SPIRIT. We regard the
Bible (both Hebrew Bible and
New Testament) as the only
infallible authoritative
WORD OF GOD.
HULDAH MINISTRY aims to return
to the Word Of God, founded on
Hebrew background and to interpret
it from Hebraic perspective,
acknowledging that Jesus is a Jew
and the Jewish-ness of His teaching
as a continuation from the Hebrew
Bible. The Ministry also aims to put
His teaching into practice, to have a
closer relationship with the Lord,
Jesus Christ, and to regularly have
a Christian fellowship so that this-
worldly kingdom of God will
materialise in the midst of the
followers of Jesus here and now, as
well as earnestly seeking Christ's
Return to establish the otherworldly
Kingdom of God on earth.
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message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people
feared the LORD. 13 Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the
people: ‘I am with you,’ declares the LORD. 14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest,
and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house
of the LORD Almighty, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. HAGGAI 1.
When we look at current global events, it seems that all nations are involved in some form of turmoil
or in the midst of natural or human disasters. Even in Christian countries persecutions against Jews and
Christians are growing. Israel is facing difficulty in forming her government, while the threat of a Middle
East war outbreak looms. Emergence of a New humanism, a one-world religion and government,
redefining truth and intentionally distorting God's creation, is a global trend. Thus, end-times chaos is
approaching.
This summer, Japan was battered by a series of strong Typhoons that were meant to occur only once in
half a century, which not only caused many casualties, and damaged houses and properties but also left a
trace of terrible consequences. After the typhoons passed, there were still areas where suspension of water
supply and a blackout lasted for a long time. Not to speak of the sorrow accompanying the loss of precious
human life, the toll on people is immeasurable. What is happening? What can we do and help victims?
What is the ultimate and best solution?
A biblical perspective on the current world situation can be found in God’s answer to post-exile
Israelites in Haggai’s day. Prophet Haggai was a contemporary of Zechariah. Both were used by God to
encourage the remnant of Israel to rebuild the Second Jerusalem Temple in the ruins of the once-great
temple. It was sixteen years earlier that the Persian emperor Cyrus had issued a decree to permit the
Jewish exiles in Babylon to return to Jerusalem and to rebuild the temple. No more than 50,000 God
believing Jews returned to their promised land with a newly appointed governor of Judah, Zerubbabel and
the high priest Joshua, while the majority of the exiled Jews preferred to remain in Babylon.
They initially worked hard in clearing the temple court of rubble and replacing the altar of burnt
offerings, and the daily ritual of sacrifices began. Although the foundation of the temple had been laid
when neighbouring tribes, especially the Samaritans, the secular occupants in an impoverished land started
showing their hostility against the Jews, they gradually lost their first enthusiasm for the Lord and His
temple, by putting their priority on themselves, and valuing peace with surrounding hostile occupants.
Cyrus’ successor, Cambyses was pressured to stop the work and thus, time passed.
Under such difficult conditions, God’s Word came to Haggai. God was displeased with the remnant
Jews who ceased working and rationalised it as God’s will: ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the
LORD’s house’. After the repetition of His Word: ‘Give careful thought to your ways’, God revealed that
their heart attitude was wrong – that they had abandoned their obedience to Him to get on with what God
initially commanded them, i.e., rebuilding His temple. Instead of that, they had put worldly matter such as
their own well-being, their own houses, their own business and friendship with the neighbouring hostile
occupants before God and His temple. God commanded three things to His unfaithful remnant: ‘Go up
into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house’.
God’s ask was very simple. If they put Him first, God would bless their work abundantly so that they
won’t be confronted with either natural- and human-disasters or lack of success in every area of their lives.
In contrast, if their zeal turned to only their own interests, God will cause the droughts, floods, typhoons,
hurricanes, monsoons, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, riots and as a result, no crops, no fruits, no
waters, no processed food, trade deficits… in order to awaken to the fact that God works all things
together for good: ‘we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, whohave
been called according to his purpose’ (Ro.8:28). God had foretold the Israelites that natural disasters such
as famine are often an instrument of His wrath for their disobedience in Deu.28:20-24 et al.
As the Jews accepted Haggai’s message and obeyed the Lord, by immediately putting it into action,
God protected them from interference by the enemy and made their work effective. Consequently, they
finished rebuilding the temple in less than four years. If we apply this biblical principle to our days, in
view of all that is happening today, recognising what sort of days we are living in, Christians have no time
to waste but actively proclaim the Word of God. Now is high time for Christians to put God and His
kingdom first. It is each Christian’s responsibility to reach out to non-believing people with the Word.
Otherwise, how can the Word spread? Beyond current global turmoil and disasters, from the divine
perspective, the truth must be boldly declared that the salvation of the soul is of utmost importance.