This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’ Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” Haggai 1

“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.” Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. My brothers and sisters in Christ, the time to rebuild the Lord’s house is now.”