A Time
to Finish the
House
MATTHEW 1:11
11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they
were carried away to Babylon: 12 And after they were brought to
Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
FELLOWSHIP.WITH.GOD.THROUGH
RECONCILIATION
45 Some people say, "Well, you should live a better
life, turn a new page, this is New Year's." Oh, how many
resolutions did you make, and all of you broke them?
It'll never work. It's a dying out and a rebirth, a
regeneration, a new--new creature in Christ Jesus.
That's what the world needs today.
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HAGGAI 1:1-5
1 In the second year of
Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in the first day of the
month, came the word of the
LORD by Haggai the prophet
unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 2
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say,
The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house
should be built.
3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the
prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your
cieled houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore
thus
saith
Consider your ways.
A Time to
Finish the the
House LORD of hosts; 4
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HAGGAI 1:7-8
Thus saith the LORD
of hosts; Consider your
ways. Go up to the
mountain, and bring
wood, and build the
house; and I will take
pleasure in it, and I
will be glorified, saith
the LORD.
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EZRA 5:13
13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the
same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of
God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that
was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of
Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of
Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name
was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; 15 And
said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be
builded in his place.16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar,
and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in
Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been
inA Time
building,
and yet it is not finished.
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WITNESSES
55 There was some people one time, the Jews,
from the tribe of Judah, where they got their name.
Because they wouldn't walk after the ordinances of God,
wouldn't keep His commandments, God called King
Nebuchadnezzar to come in and to take them captive,
down into the land of Babylon.
Many of us remember the famous old story of how
they hung their harps on the weeping willow tree, and
they could not sing the songs of Zion. All their victory
was lost, not because that God wanted to take it away
from them, but because of their sin separated them from
God.
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EZRA 5:1-2
1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and
Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the
Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the
name of the God of Israel, even unto them. 2 Then
rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the
house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them
were the prophets of God helping them.
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A.BLUSHING.PROPHET
24 …The minister has swapped the Gospel for a
social calling… Many of them has went out into the fields
of preaching and used the Gospel for personal gain, to
make money… Not all, I'm thankful that there's still a
remnant.
In the days of Ezra, when Ezra begin to weep and
to call out and to rebuke the sin, you know what
happened? All the elect that trusted God gathered
around him. What we need today is men and women...
Your preachers would preach in your churches and call
sin sin and rebuke it, the real people of God would
gather right up around you and stay with you.
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HAGGAI 2:1-9
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day
of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet
Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of
Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people,
saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in
her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your
eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong,
O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua,
son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye
people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am
with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
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5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when
ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you:
fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the
sea, and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and
the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this
house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8 The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 The
glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the
former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I
give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
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ZECHARIAH 4:1-14
1 And the angel that talked with me came again,
and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have
looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl
upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven
pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the
bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. 4 So I
answered and spake to the angel that talked with me,
saying, What are these, my lord? 5 Then the angel that
talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou
not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
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EZRA 6:14-16
14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they
prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the
prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded,
and finished it, according to the commandment of the
God of Israel, and according to the commandment of
Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And
this house was finished on the third day of the month
Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius
the king. 16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the
Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept
the dedication of this house of God with joy,
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