About a month in rebuilding the temple, the people began comparing this new temple to Solomon’s temple. This new temple was not full of the beauty and splendor of Solomon’s temple. Their materials were less expensive. Their work was less glorious. They looked at the work of their hands and thought “What is the point? We cannot capture the glory of the past so why should we continue building this decrepit new temple?”      They could have easily stopped building.       They could have suspended the work again.      They could have given up for another 18 years.      Maybe they would have, but God would not let the work remain unfinished. He speaks through Haggai in