![The Postcolonial Temple](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/vntnvsvoege-600x450.jpg)
An occasional characterization of the Book of Haggai is that it is self-interestedly supportive of the ascendant Persian Empire. I elaborate on this description and then problematize it by demonstrating that this pericope reveals the prophet to be subversively mimicking the Achaemenid imperial metanarrative.
![The Messenger is the Message](https://politicaltheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sam-larussa-ELJ4uuWo9c4-unsplash-600x450.jpg)
YHWH invites the people of Judah and Jerusalem to revolt against self-centered government, changing their allegiance from the Persian emperor to YHWH, who is the Lord, the messenger, and the message.
By Helen Chukka