Isaid, “What in the world is that?” He said, “This is a bushel basket on a journey. It holds the sin of everyone, everywhere.” Zechariah 5:6

When the people returned to Judah from Babylon, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah were instrumental in the rebuilding of their Temple in Jerusalem. After living as a defeated people for so long, the Jews had started feeling defeated. When we are told repeatedly that we are at the bottom of the ladder and nothing we can do can move us upward, we lose motivation. We start to accept the values placed on us by those around us.

Part of Zechariah’s place in the rebuilding of the Temple was to restore the people’s concept of themselves. If we think we are invisible or not worthy of notice, what would be the point of trying to do something significant?

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