It has been many years since the stop work order was issued. A new king is on the throne and God tells His people to take up their tools again. After years of walking past the Temple every day in a half done state the people hear from the Lord. I imagine the daily sacrifices […]
The ‘poison pen letter’ had its intended effect. The king has issued a stop work order for the Temple being rebuilt in Jerusalem. Work had been proceeding on rebuilding the Temple, despite the neighbor’s interference, from the second year of the return from captivity. It was a slow process especially since the neighbors were doing […]
The neighbors are NOT happy to see the progress of the Temple project. Their direct efforts are not working so they send a poison pen letter to the king. The people that have resettled the land of Israel are scared. They are afraid of what a reestablished Jewish community could mean for them. Will they […]
The people that lived in the land during Judah’s captivity don’t want them to rebuild. They will do whatever they can to stop it, including subterfuge. I wanted to know how long it took to rebuild the Temple so I did a little Google research. The first thing I looked at was a timeline for […]
Two years pass before the foundation is finally finished. Mixed emotions fill the people as they gather to see the foundation that was laid. The first thing I want to talk about is why it took two years for the people to get the foundation laid. When originally looking at this fact I thought, “This […]
