"The handsof Zerubbabelhave laidthe foundationof thishouse,and his handswill finish[it]. Then you will knowthat the LORDof hostshas sentme to you.
Thenthat Sheshbazzarcame[and] laidthe foundationsof the houseof Godin Jerusalem;and from thenuntilnowit has been underconstructionand it is not [yet] completed.'
"Comenearto Me, listento this:From the firstI have not spokenin secret,From the timeit tookplace,I was there.And nowthe LordGODhas sentMe, and His Spirit."
Do considerfrom thisdayonward,from the twenty-fourthdayof the ninth[month]; from the daywhenthe templeof the LORDwas founded,consider:
Thereforethussaysthe LORD,"I will returnto Jerusalemwith compassion;My housewill be builtin it," declaresthe LORDof hosts,"and a measuringlinewill be stretchedoverJerusalem."'
"Manynationswill jointhemselves to the LORDin that dayand will becomeMy people.Then I will dwellin your midst,and you will knowthat the LORDof hostshas sentMe to you.
"Be silent,allflesh,beforethe LORD;for He is arousedfrom His holyhabitation."
Also the wordof the LORDcameto me, saying,
"Those whoare faroff will comeand buildthe templeof the LORD."Then you will knowthat the LORDof hostshas sentme to you. And it will takeplaceifyou completelyobeythe LORDyour God.
"I alsosayto you that you are Peter,and upon thisrockI will buildMy church;and the gatesof Hadeswill not overpowerit.
that they may allbe one;evenas You, Father,[are] in Me and I in You, that they alsomay be in Us, sothat the worldmay believethat You sentMe.
"For Goddid not sendthe Soninto the worldto judgethe world,but that the worldmight be savedthroughHim.
fixing our eyeson Jesus,the authorand perfecterof faith,whofor the joyset beforeHim enduredthe cross,despisingthe shame,and has sat downat the right handof the throneof God.
