Haggai 2:10-19

The prophet says, "So is this people!" Judah was like an man unclean on account of a dead body. They contaminated all that they touched. Their work in the rebuilding the House of God was without benefit to them unless it came from a heart fully trusting in God. The spiritual activity of rebuilding the Temple did not make them spiritual. It was repentance and faith that would render them spiritual. It was obedience from the heart that would define their building as a holy offering.