Cyrus helps the exiles to return |
Ezra 1:1-11 |
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God can use anyone |
Ezra 1:1-4 |
Sheshbazzar may be Zerubbabel |
Ezra 1:8 |
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List of the exiles who returned |
Ezra 2:1-70 |
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A different Nehemiah |
Ezra 2:2 |
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Tribes of Judah & Benjamin |
Ezra 2:2-35 |
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Genealogies were very important |
Ezra 2:59-63 |
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Giving from the heart |
Ezra 2:68-69 |
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Rebuilding the Altar |
Ezra 3:1-6 |
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Rebuilding the Temple |
Ezra 3:7-13 |
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Careful preparation is good |
Ezra 3:8 |
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Give God the praise |
Ezra 3:10-11 |
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Comparing earthly temples is not important |
Ezra 3:12 |
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Mixed emotions of celebrations |
Ezra 3:13 |
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Opposition to the rebuilding |
Ezra 4:1-5 |
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“Faking the funk” |
Ezra 4:2 |
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Later opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes |
Ezra 4:6-24 |
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Do within God’s will to keep things going |
Ezra 4:23 |
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Tattenai’s letter to Darius |
Ezra 5:1-17 |
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Keep going |
Ezra 5:3-5 |
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Stand firm and act boldly |
Ezra 5:11-16 |
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The decree of Darius |
Ezra 6:1-12 |
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Completion & dedication of the Temple |
Ezra 6:13-18 |
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The Passover |
Ezra 6:19-22 |
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Ezra comes to Jerusalem |
Ezra 7:1-10 |
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King Artaxerxes’ letter to Ezra |
Ezra 7:11-28 |
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Exempt from worldly burdens |
Ezra 7:24 |
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Give God credit / God can touch hearts |
Ezra 7:27-28 |
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List of the family heads returning with Ezra |
Ezra 8:1-14 |
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The return to Jerusalem |
Ezra 8:15-36 |
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Don’t wait to help God |
Ezra 8:15 |
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Ask for God’s guidance & protection |
Ezra 8:21-23 |
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Stewardship |
Ezra 8:26-29 |
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Satraps – provincial governors |
Ezra 8:36 |
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Ezra’s prayer about intermarriage |
Ezra 9:1-15 |
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Intermarriage of pagan beliefs (not racial) is wrong |
Ezra 9:1-2 |
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Expressing deep sorrow |
Ezra 9:3-5 |
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Prayer of confession |
Ezra 9:5-15 |
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God provides security |
Ezra 9:9 |
| Thank God we didn't get what we deserve | Ezra 9:13-15 |
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The people’s confession of sin |
Ezra 10:1-17 |
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A strict punishment |
Ezra 10:8 |
| Those guilty of intermarriage | Ezra 10:18-44 |