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Ezra 1:2 · BSB
1:2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
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…Medio-Persian Empire rises to power as the preeminent power in the world. What happens in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia? It says in uhEzra chapter 1that God puts it in the heart of Cyrus to rebuild the temple. And he actually decrees that the temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt. He allows 42,000…
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…mission_. We're going to use the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther to drive our prayers. So, if you have a Bible, I want to invite you to turn toEzra, chapter 1. If you've been on the journey with us, then you know the nation of Israel, due to disobedience, was first fractured as a nation, and then the…
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…and bring them to the place that I have chosen to make my name dwell there. Now this part of Deuteronomy has also already begun to take place. InEzra chapter 1, we're told that King Cyrus, the king of Persia, who defeated Babylon, had begun to send Israelites back to the land to rebuild the temple, to…
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…5, the gold and the silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple. If you guys remember when we were going overEzra chapter 1, the vessels, we have Cyrus who is a prefiguration, a representation of the coming of Christ. The vessels going from the place where they did not…
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…from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. So Daniel turns to God in prayer. And God responds immediately. Within that same year,Ezra chapter 1says that the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, to make the decree for Israel to return to Jerusalem so that the temple may be…
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…that kind of worshiper? Long before John 4 in Ezra chapter 3, God showed us quite clearly the type of worshiper he is looking at. And last week inEzra chapter 1, we read that the Spirit of God actually moved over 42,000 Israelites who found themselves in exile in Babylon to go to Jerusalem for this very…
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…to rescue, to bring them home. And we know from history, the history books, secular history, and you can also read about it in the Bible inEzra chapter 1, right at the end of the second book of Chronicles 2. We know from history that that sending them home is going to come from an edict from Cyrus, a…
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…is I want to ask us to participate. This is where the proverbial rubber meets the road. Participate means to get involved, it means to contribute.Ezra chapter 1, verse number 6 says, All their neighbors supported them with silver, articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to giving a free…
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…where the people of God could come and to worship. So he's working on that for about 50 years. That goes from Nehemiah, um, Ezra, I'm sorry,Ezra chapter 1through 6. Verse 7 is when Ezra enters into the story. Ezra is then sent back to Jerusalem, and he is a prophet. He is a person who is is is great…
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…first time in 70 years they've been allowed to go back. Most of the people have never even seen the land where they come from. And we see this inEzra chapter 1. It says, In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled the prophecy that he had given through Jeremiah. He stirred the heart of…
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…first time in 70 years they've been allowed to go back. Most of the people have never even seen the land where they come from. And we see this inEzra chapter 1. It says, In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord fulfilled the prophecy that he had given through Jeremiah. He stirred the heart of…
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…rule that the Israelites began to be permitted to return back to Jerusalem in small numbers. So you have the recording of the first return andEzra, chapters 1through 6, and then not a whole lot really happened. I mean, it was under Cyrus that that return was permitted. They began to renovate the temple,…
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…the same narrative, same story, the Jews coming out of Babylon in captivity, back to the land of Jerusalem and Judah. And we see this theme. InEzra chapters 1through 6, it's about rebuilding the temple. And then chapters 7 through 10 is about rebuilding the community, right? They have this intermarriage…
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…Babylon at the end of this chapter. When the decree had gone out and was issued for every man of Judah to return to Jerusalem. Look at this inEzra chapter 1. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit…
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…grants this. There is this sovereign provision we see in verses 11 through 24. I mean, it's it's like repeat of Nehemiah, which is ahead, but ofEzra chapter 1. The king's just like, yeah, like take whatever you need. Like have at it, whatever you need. We see in verses 11 through 24. How God provided. Is…
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Church, we are inEzra chapter 1this morning. We did an overview last week of Ezra and Nehemiah. We're going to begin in chapter 1. So we will again this morning read Ezra chapter…
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…and then they were separated, because one tracks mainly the story of Ezra and one tracks mainly the story of Nehemiah. So picking it up inEzra, chapter 1. This is God's holy word. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the…
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…you kind of have to look at the historical context. So Cyrus is the king who allows the Hebrew people to return to Israel and build the temple.Ezra chapter 1and chapter 6 show Cyrus paying for the rebuilt temple. It shows Cyrus sending Jews back to Israel to inhabit the land and to remain there. And it…
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…there, the Jews start to trickle back into the promised land. There's different returns that are led. We looked at those in the book of Ezra.Ezra chapter 1through 6 is the first return that happens in about 530 BC. They start working on the temple about 515 BC. Remember, the temple was destroyed by…
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…and he gives them back to the Jews and says, Take it back and rebuild your temple. Crazy, right? So here's what Cyrus says. And this is found inEzra chapter 1. Just listen to me. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, he's speaking of Jeremiah 25, might…
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