| Summary | God intends the rebuilding of the temple to be a picture of the people of God. The first message points to that which always causes an incomplete temple: self-seeking. God responded by sending a famine not of water but of satisfaction; all the properity continued but was accompanied by a discontented spirit. What makes the temple glorious is not externals (gold, silver, revivals of the past); it's when Jesus, the Desire of All Nations, comes to dwell in His temple. The final message proclaims that God will make you as a signet ring on His hand that everywhere you go is marked by, "The King has been here". |
