Thematic Bible: Toward the temple


Thematic Bible



You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.” Verse ConceptsBagsPursesHarvestSowing And ReapingTreasureWagesAlcohol ConsumptionGathering MuchLittle FoodGapsClothing OneselfCold WeatherNo FoodMoney BoxFinancesSaving Moneysowing

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”’” Verse ConceptsComplacencyLukewarmnessUntimelinessThe Second TempleNot The Timerebuilding

“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?” Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesSelf IndulgenceUntimelinessDestruction Of The TempleBuilding HousesRight Time For PeopleNot The Timerebuilding

You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of hosts, “Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfProfitsUnreliabilityGathering MuchLittle FoodDestruction Of The TempleGod's DwellingBuilding HousesCatastrophic EventsAgricultureFinancesFamily Problems