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it--Moffatt). "WHY? saith the Eternal of hosts. Because of mine
house that is waste, and ye run every man to his own house."
Therefore, God continues, they were under a curse. They were not
prospering as they sought.
After this stern rebuke from God, Zerubbabel, Joshua, and all
the people OBEYED the voice of God. They began to really fear the
Eternal--just as we had better be doing! The Eternal stirred up
the spirit of these people (verse 14), and they put their labor
(our labor is represented by money today) into the building for
GOD'S purposes. Then, finally, God said: "From this day will I
bless you!"--from the day the foundation of the Temple was laid--
from the day the people put their hearts into the construction of
GOD'S BUILDING.
This message is referring to the rebuilding of the Temple at
Jerusalem, just a few years from now, in type and anti-type, of
course--yet the WARNING, in the principle of it, CERTAINLY APPLIES
TO US RIGHT NOW!
I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST, OUR LIVING HEAD OF OUR CHURCH, IS
DISAPPOINTED IN AND DISPLEASED WITH MANY OF YOU! I know that some
of you are sacrificing to send in all you possibly can, in special,
extra over-and-above-regular offerings for this SPECIAL PROPERTY
AND BUILDING FUND. But when nearly twice as many of us send in
only half as much, MOST OF YOU ARE SHIRKING YOUR PART IN GOD'S
WORK!
Beginning now, we need--we MUST have--I MUST PAY OUT--not less
than $35,000 per month out of this SPECIAL BUILDING AND PROPERTY
FUND which almost does not exist! I can't do it with $10,000 per
month!
I know of no way, but once again to ask you to make definite
PLEDGES, conditioned, of course, upon your continued income and
ability. I know this is a lot of money. But God's Church is
growing, and is no longer a little tiny Church. There are now
THOUSANDS of us members. If every member--or every family--would
squeeze out, some way, IN ADDITION to regular generous offerings
and tithes, a special $7 per month for the special PROPERTY FUND,
I am sure we would have enough. But so many of you members do not
contribute anything, or else a lot less than that, that those of us
who can must contribute a lot more than that.
You know what is going to happen to the UNPROFITABLE SERVANT.
He is going to be cast into the lake of fire! Do you realize the
Bible definition of an UNprofitable servant? Those who do just
what is REQUIRED of them and no more--have done that which was
THEIR DUTY TO DO, but not MORE--are UNprofitable servants!!! (Luke
17:10). See also Matthew 25:30, for their FATE!
I feel that NECESSITY forces me, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST,
to ask every member--or the head of every family--to send in a
PLEDGE to contribute for the NEXT TWO YEARS a certain definite
amount every month or every week for the PROPERTY FUND. This must
be OVER and ABOVE, and IN ADDITION TO your tithes, and regular
liberal offerings, according to your ability. It is understood