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You are desolate no more!

You are desolate no more!. Zechariah 7. What must happen before a desolate place is restored?. PURPOSE. What must happen before a desolate place is restored?. PURPOSE OWNERSHIP. What must happen before a desolate place is restored?. PURPOSE OWNERSHIP PEOPLE.

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You are desolate no more!

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  1. You are desolate no more! Zechariah 7

  2. What must happen before a desolate place is restored? • PURPOSE

  3. What must happen before a desolate place is restored? • PURPOSE • OWNERSHIP

  4. What must happen before a desolate place is restored? • PURPOSE • OWNERSHIP • PEOPLE

  5. What must happen before a desolate place is restored? • PURPOSE • OWNERSHIP • PEOPLE • LABOUR

  6. Zechariah 7 • Zech 7:1 7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day ofthe ninth month, the month of Kislev.

  7. Zechariah 7 • Zech 7:1 7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day ofthe ninth month, the month of Kislev. • Zech1:1 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah

  8. Zechariah 7 • Zech 7:1 7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day ofthe ninth month, the month of Kislev. • Zech1:1 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah • Ezra 6:15 The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar (12th month), in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

  9. I Remember History • 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, together with their men, to entreat the Lord3 by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

  10. II Learn from History • 4 Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: 5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? 6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?

  11. III Return to the heart of God • 8 And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: 9 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.’

  12. III Return to the heart of God • 11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.

  13. III Return to the heart of God • Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.’

  14. III Return to the heart of God • Justice • Mercy • Compassion

  15. III Return to the heart of God • Justice without mercy is cold. Mercywithout justice is confusion.

  16. III Return to the heart of God • Justice without mercy is cold. Mercywithout justice is confusion. • Justicewithout compassion is mechanical.Compassion without justice is lawlessness.

  17. III Return to the heart of God • Justice without mercy is cold. Mercywithout justice is confusion. • Justicewithout compassion is mechanical.Compassion without justice is lawlessness. • Mercy without compassion is condescending. Compassion without mercy is hypocritical.

  18. III Return to the heart of God • Justice without mercy is cold. Mercywithout justice is confusion. • Justicewithout compassion is mechanical.Compassion without justice is lawlessness. • Mercy without compassion is condescending. Compassion without mercy is hypocritical. the widow; the fatherless; the alien; the poor.

  19. You will be desolate no more! Remember History Learn from History Return to the heart of God

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