When the prophets began to prophesy, in other words when the Word of God was uttered, it stirred up the work. That is what got everything going. That sparked the work of rebuilding. It took a prophetic word. God builds his church by his Word through his prophets, through whom he proclaims his truth.1
Terry L. Johnson
1 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.