Centuries before Jesus stood before Pilate, God gave a prophetic preview in Zechariah 11—including the shocking choice of a substitute and the tragic rejection of the true Shepherd.
📖 Blog post: https://www.scottlapierre.org/choosing-barabbas-over-jesus-wrong-shepherd/
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The men who remembered Solomon's temple wept when they saw the new foundation. It was smaller. Plainer. Poorer.
And God said its glory would be GREATER.
He wasn't talking about the building.
Haggai 2:6-9 → https://www.scottlapierre.org/second-temples-glory-was-greater/
The old men who had seen Solomon's temple wept when they saw the new foundation.
Not because the work was bad. Because it wasn't what they remembered.
God's answer to discouraged builders was one word: Work.
Haggai 2:1-5 👇
https://www.scottlapierre.org/gods-answer-to-discouragement/