When was the last time you were part of a ‘restoration’? When have you helped restore something to function again which had been closed or broken down for some time? Restoration can be a very exciting experience, right? I left you yesterday on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in the middle of a ‘restoration’, do you remember?
The great Temple of the God of Israel had actually been closed by King Ahaz several years before. (2 Chronicles 28:24) Unthinkable, isn’t it? Nothing was more important, more significant to Israel than the Temple for worshiping God.