A.J. Higgins examines the challenges and apathy that caused the rebuilding of the second temple to pause, drawing from Haggai 1 and Ezra 4. He addresses the internal problems faced by the returning remnant—including misplaced priorities, indifference, insensitivity, insignificance, and impatience—while issuing a divine mandate to resume the work. Higgins highlights why believers should labor for God's pleasure and glory rather than human recognition, explores how divine presence sustains service, and ultimately connects the restoration of the temple to preparing the way for the Lord Jesus Christ.

This message is from the 2020 Pennsauken/Barrington Conference: Bible Temples and was recorded on 1/11/20