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Ezra 1:4 · BSB
1:4 And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
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…Ezra. Go to the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. Chapter 1, verses 1 through 11. I just want to read the account because this is fascinating. InEzra chapter 1, verses 1 through 11, we read. 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…
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…is actually then at the end of the 70 years, uh, so Jeremiah prophesied that it would be 70 years in duration. At the end of that, in Ezra, uh,Ezra chapter 1, the first three verses, it says, this is interesting, he says, that God stirred the heart of Cyrus. Cyrus was the guy in charge in Babylon, as far…
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…Now, picture these feelings of joy, of elation, and 10 exits. 10 exit for us just to begin to understand the context of what I read for you fromEzra chapter 1. This letter, this decree by Cyrus the king of Persia, was written to a people who had been displaced. Their city, Jerusalem, had been destroyed in…
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…love. He's waiting while we sit in the ruins. He's waiting for us to return to him. And then he'll help us rebuild. And this is the setting forEzra chapter 1. This is the setting. This is where now God's people are going to go back. They didn't put God first. They rebelled against him. They disobeyed…
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…Lord that are coming to recount the story and the journey of another stage. Everybody say another stage. Another stage, another phase, another era.Ezra chapter 1, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus, king…
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…returned. So Ezra and Nehemiah is all about the return of God's people back to the land. So that just sets us in the right place. Let's readEzra chapter 1, verses 1 to 11. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus, king…
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…is cultural, not religious. As a result, their ambitions are political rather than spiritual. And so Ezra and Nehemiah launch this great campaign.Ezra chapters 1-6 recounts the rebuilding of the temple. Ezra chapters 7-10 recounts the rebuilding of the law. And then in Nehemiah chapters 1-6, it recounts the…
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…traveling a thousand miles to get it done. I'm probably never going back because that's not a trip you'd make too often in your life. Let's look atEzra chapter 1. Now, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, so that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled. Many of you are…
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…That's what we sacrifice to do what He wants us to do. Stay with me just a little bit, and I wanted you to do this. Pick up Ephesians chapter 2 andEzra chapter 1. We have a wonderful God with a tremendous plan. It's above us, Ephesians chapter 2 and Ezra chapter 1. Now stay with me. Again, the message is not…
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…conquered Babylon just as promised. Cyrus was a pretty amazing king. It's called Cyrus the Great. And we read about something very important inEzra chapter 1. There it says, in the first year of Cyrus, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled. Now, what what was that word? It…
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…are beleaguered, they're hopeful, and they're laboring to rebuild Israel back in the land. By the time of 1 Chronicles 9, it's been 90 years sinceEzra chapter 1, if you're putting those two books together. It's been 20 years since Nehemiah chapter 1. By the time of 1 Chronicles 9, the temple is done.…
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…holiness. We can't do that on our own. We need him. But do you see how incredibly gracious the Lord is to his people here in us today? I mean, inEzra chapter 1, the Lord stirs up his people by his spirit to leave Babylon and head back to Israel. In that, he even stirs up the king. Read that passage, it's…
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…God upon him. And that was true. Ezra had the favor of God. If you read this chapter and all of its details, what you find is that just like withEzra chapter 1and Zerubbabel and Cyrus giving all these blessings and a decree to allow the people to go back, so too, Ezra. Ezra was given a great blessing…
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…the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin, the southern kingdom, coming against the work and causing it to cease. And so look at the passage with me.Ezra chapter 1, starting in verses 1 and 2. We'll read the first two verses of Ezra chapter 4 to get the conversation going. It says, Now when the adversaries of…
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…over a period of time. And that's what we've been looking at these Friday nights. And if you didn't know, everything that we have covered fromEzra chapter 1to Ezra chapter 6 occurred during the first wave of refugees coming back to their native land. And what we are going to discover now in this new…
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…moment or series of events. We must nurture and guard our hearts daily, every day, every week, every month, year by year. They were stirred inEzra chapter 1. Surely Ezra 2 proves it. They made their way back to Jerusalem where their hearts still stirred in Ezra 10. Evidently, no, you can't. You can't…
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If you have your Bibles with me, meet me in the book ofEzra chapter 1. Ezra chapter 1. I trust that you were there last week, and if you weren't here in person, hopefully you listen to the recording. It might have…
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…and Second Chronicles at a later time as a series. But for now, we are going to enjoy the book of Ezra. And I invite you to turn there with me,Ezra, chapter 1, because we are going to read a few verses in a moment. But allow me to offer a few introductory thoughts and listen again, if you're here, this is…
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…World Cup. It's just not going to happen. And yet God delights in using the unlikely, and people would look at this passage, and they would look atEzra, chapter 1and Ezra chapter 4, and they would say of those things, how could this be? How could there be this guy who did all of this on behalf of the people…
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…great kingdom that Nebuchadnezzar had built after his death, it falls hard. And Ezra now picks up the story. I'm going to give you some of Ezra.Ezra chapter 1. This is how he describes the decree of Cyrus that we looked at last week. Now, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the…
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