Sermon in a Sentence: We must get the priorities of our life right and then God will bless us.

Introduction

Return of the Exiles-  15 year delay in rebuilding the temple

I. The Problem of Wrong Priorities. (Chapter 1)

                              A.  The Human Cause of the Problem

                              B.  The Divine Curse of the Problem.

II. The Promise of Right Priorities. (Chapter 2)

                             A.   The People's Repentance

                             B.   The Lord's Reward