December 20 – What's so important about the temple? – VCY America
Proverbs 30:15-16 Haggai 1:1 – This is the same year as Ezra 4:24 (520 BC). Haggai is the first prophet to the returned remnant. We’ve read about Zerubbabel and Joshua in Ezra 3:2. Haggai 1:4 – Interesting priorities – it wasn’t time to build the LORD’s house, but it was to build “cieled houses.” This was “roofed with costly woods” – and some think “with the very cedar provided for the rebuilding of the temple” (Ezra 3:7). (Pulpit Commentary). Haggai 1:5-7 – From Earl Martin: Haggai 1:9 – We’re told that God doesn’t dwell in temples (Acts 7:48, Acts 17...
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