Haggai
Haggai
50,000 Jews returning from Babylon after Persia has overthrown Assyria.
Why you are financially challenged. God has blown away their income because they have focused on building their houses, but not the house of God.
They put their pleasure ahead of Gods pleasure.
People obeyed the message from Haggai.
The Lord said I am with you and stirred up the spirit.
the stirring of the spirit came after the serving of the spirit?
Ezra 3 - people dont have much - Older men and women remember how spectacular the original temptemple was.
It was not the size of the sacrifice, just the fact that they sacrificed at all.
Chris Brown 11/11/18