Build my house
DeVries applies Haggai's prophecy about rebuilding the temple to the contemporary church, calling believers to renewed zeal and diligence in their ecclesiastical responsibilities. The article emphasizes that the church as God's house requires active, faithful engagement from its members and warns against the spiritual dangers of indifference and worldliness that hindered the post-exilic Jewish community.
"…build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord." Haggai 1:8b As our fathers have often expressed it, the faithful church is reformed and always reforming. The work of the church must continue and go forward. We need on-going and renewed zeal and enthusiasm! From this point of view, Haggai's prophecy is of great significance for us today. His prophecy concerns the church and our calling to do the work of the church. The prophet Haggai prophesied in...
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