rebuilding the templeDo we “despise the day of small things” and are we discouraged because times have changed and the influence of the Church of God has waned? Haggai in writing to the people who had been called to rebuild the temple after its destruction, encourages them to do the work in spite of changing  circumstances, few labourers, and limited resources. What does this historic period teach us today? Haggai rebuilding the temple.