• Things we need to “inspect” today (Nehemiah 2:11-17:
    • II Corinthians 13:5
    • Ourselves by comparing ourselves to God’s word. Do we abhor what is evil and cling to what is good? (Romans 12:9
  • Rebuilding the temple:
    • Work starts (Ezra 3:8
    • Haggai and Zechariah encourage, work resumes (Ezra 5:1-2
    • Work finished (Ezra 6:15
  • Haggai’s prophecy (Haggai 1-2
    • The people had done other things for 16 years instead of working on God’s temple.
    • God had punished them with drought because of their lack of work.
    • The new temple would be nothing compared to the old one (Haggai 2:3. This is a prophecy of the coming of the kingdom of heaven, which will be far more glorious than any physical temple.
  • Our spiritual race is an endurance race, not a sprint. (Hebrews 12:1-2