THE TEMPLE

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THE TEMPLE

• SOLOMONS TEMPLE
• SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE (959 BC)?
• TEMPLE REPAIRED BY JOSIAH (640 BC)?
• DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR (586 BC)?
• PROPHESIED BY ISAIAH (712 BC)?
• ZERUBBABELS TEMPLE
• RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS (536 BC)?
• BUILDING CEASES UNDER ARTAXERXES (17 YEARS)?
• BUILDING CONTINUES UNDER DARIUS (519 BC)?
• TEMPLE COMPLETED UNDER DARIUS (516 BC)?
• (516-458 BC)?

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PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

• ZERUBBABEL - SHESHBAZZAR - LEVITE
• GOVERNOR OF JUDAH - HAGGAI 11 (536 BC)?
• KING CYRUS EZRA 11 (536 BC)?
• LEVITES WHO CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL
• NEHEMIAH - PRIEST EZRA 22 (536 BC)?
• JEREMIAH - PRIEST NEHEMIAH 121 (536 BC)?
• JESHUA - HIGH PRIEST NEHEMIAH 121 (536 BC)?
• EZRA - PRIEST NEHEMIAH 121 (536 BC)?
• KING DARIUS EZRA 1-6 (538-516 BC)?
• ESTHER QUEEN OF PERSIA (478 BC)? (58 YEARS)?
• ARTAXERXES EZRA 7-10 (458-457 BC)?
• (ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS 465-424 BC?)

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EZRA CHAPTER FIVE

• HAGGAI ZECHARIAH HELP ZERUBBABEL JESHUA V.
  1-2
• TATNAI ASKS THEM BY WHAT AUTHORITY THEY DO THIS
  V. 3-5
• LETTER WRITTEN TO DARIUS V. 6-16
• THEY REQUEST HOW THEY ARE TO PROCEED V. 17

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READ EZRA 51-3

• 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of
  Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were
  in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of
  Israel, who was over them.
• 2 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the
  son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the
  house of God which is in Jerusalem and the
  prophets of God were with them, helping them.
• 3 At the same time Tattenai the governor of the
  region beyond the River and Shethar-Boznai and
  their companions came to them and spoke thus to
  them "Who has commanded you to build this temple
  and finish this wall?"

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QUESTIONS EZRA 51-3

• 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of
  Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were
  in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of
  Israel, who was over them.
• WHO WERE HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH?
• WHAT DID THEY DO?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 51-3

• 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of
  Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were
  in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of
  Israel, who was over them.
• HOW DID THEY ADDRESS THE JEWS?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 51-3

• HOW DID PROPHESYING EFFECT THEM?
• READ EZRA 52
• 2 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the
  son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the
  house of God which is in Jerusalem. And the
  prophets of God were with them, helping them.
• READ HAGGAI 112
• 12 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua
  the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all
  the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of
  the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the
  prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him and
  the people feared the presence of the LORD. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS EZRA 51-3

• HOW DID PROPHESYING EFFECT THEM?
• READ HAGGAI 114-15
• 14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of
  Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of
  Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of
  Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all
  the remnant of the people and they came and
  worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their
  God,
• 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month,
  in the second year of King Darius. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS EZRA 51-3

• 2 Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the
  son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the
  house of God which is in Jerusalem. And the
  prophets of God were with them, helping them.
• WHAT DID THE PROPHETS DO?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 51-3

• 3 At the same time Tattenai the governor of the
  region beyond the River and Shethar-Boznai and
  their companions came to them and spoke thus to
  them "Who has commanded you to build this temple
  and finish this wall?"
• WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE BEYOND THE RIVER?
• READ EZRA 47
• 7 In the days of Artaxerxes also, Bishlam,
  Mithredath, Tabel, and the rest of their
  companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia
  and the letter was written in Aramaic script, and
  translated into the Aramaic language. (NKJ)
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ZERUBBABEL AND JESHUA?

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READ EZRA 54-6

• 4 Then, accordingly, we told them the names of
  the men who were constructing this building.
• 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of
  the Jews, so that they could not make them cease
  till a report could go to Darius. Then a written
  answer was returned concerning this matter.
• 6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai
  sent The governor of the region beyond the
  River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions,
  the Persians who were in the region beyond the
  River, to Darius the king.

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QUESTIONS EZRA 54-6

• 4 Then, accordingly, we told them the names of
  the men who were constructing this building.
• WHAT DID ZERUBBABEL AND JESHUA TELL THEM?
• WHY TELL THEM THE NAMES OF THE WORKERS?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 54-6

• 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of
  the Jews, so that they could not make them cease
  TILL a report could go to Darius. Then a written
  answer was returned concerning this matter.
• WHY WAS THE EYE OF THE LORD UPON THE ELDERS?
• WHAT WERE THEY WAITING FOR?
• A WRITTEN ANSWER FROM WHOM?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 54-6

• 6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai
  sent The governor of the region beyond the
  River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions,
  the Persians who were in the region beyond the
  River, to Darius the king.
• WHO DID TATTENAI SEND THIS LETTER TO?

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READ EZRA 57-9

• 7 They sent a letter to him, in which was written
  thus-- To Darius the king All peace.
• 8 Let it be known to the king that we went into
  the province of Judea, to the temple of the great
  God, which is being built with heavy stones, and
  timber is being laid in the walls and this work
  goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
• 9 Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to
  them "Who commanded you to build this temple and
  to finish these walls?"

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QUESTIONS EZRA 57-9

• 7 They sent a letter to him, in which was written
  thus-- To Darius the king All peace.
• HOW DID THEY BEGIN THIS LETTER?
• IS THIS THE FIRST TIME A LETTER WAS WRITTEN?
• READ EZRA 411
• 11 This is a copy of the letter that they sent
  him To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the
  men of the region beyond the River, and so
  forth (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS EZRA 57-9

• 8 Let it be known to the king that we went into
  the province of Judea, to the temple of the great
  God, which is being built with heavy stones, and
  timber is being laid in the walls and this work
  goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
• WHAT DID THEY MAKE KNOWN TO DARIUS?
• WHERE DID THESE PEOPLE COME FROM?
• WHAT DID THEY SEE?
• WHERE WAS THE TEMPLE OF THE GREAT GOD?
• WHY DESCRIBE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 57-9

• 9 Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to
  them "Who commanded you to build this temple and
  to finish these walls?"
• WHY MENTION WHAT THEY ASKED THE ELDERS?
• WHAT DID KING ARTAXERXES COMMAND THEM?
• READ EZRA 421
• 21 Now give the command to make these men cease,
  that this city may not be built until the command
  is given by me. (NKJ)

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READ EZRA 510-12

• 10 We also asked them their names to inform you,
  that we might write the names of the men who were
  chief among them.
• 11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying
  "We are the servants of the God of heaven and
  earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was
  built many years ago, which a great king of
  Israel built and completed.
• 12 "But because our fathers provoked the God of
  heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who
  destroyed this temple and carried the people away
  to Babylon.

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QUESTIONS EZRA 510-12

• 10 We also asked them their names to inform you,
  that we might write the names of the men who were
  chief among them.
• 11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying
  "We are the servants of the God of heaven and
  earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was
  built many years ago, which a great king of
  Israel built and completed.
• WHY DID THEY ASK FOR THEIR NAMES?
• WHO WERE THEY GOING TO GIVE THE NAMES TO?
• HOW DID THE JEWS REPLY?
• WHO BUILT THE ORIGINAL TEMPLE?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 510-12

• 12 "But because our fathers provoked the God of
  heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who
  destroyed this temple and carried the people away
  to Babylon.
• WHY DID THE GOD OF HEAVEN GIVE THEM UP?
• WHO DESTROYED THE TEMPLE?
• WHEN? (586 BC)?

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READ EZRA 513-15

• 13 "However, in the first year of Cyrus king of
  Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this
  house of God.
• 14 "Also, the gold and silver articles of the
  house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from
  the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into
  the temple of Babylon-- those King Cyrus took
  from the temple of Babylon, and they were given
  to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made
  governor.
• 15 "And he said to him, 'Take these articles go,
  carry them to the temple site that is in
  Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on
  its former site.'

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QUESTIONS EZRA 513-15

• 13 "However, in the first year of Cyrus king of
  Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this
  house of God.
• 14 "Also, the gold and silver articles of the
  house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from
  the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into
  the temple of Babylon-- those King Cyrus took
  from the temple of Babylon, and they were given
  to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made
  governor.
• WHAT DID KING CYRUS DECREE?
• WHAT ELSE DID KING CYRUS DO?
• WHO DID HE GIVE THESE ARTICLES TO?
• WHO MADE SHESHBAZZAR GOVERNOR?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 513-15

• 15 "And he said to him, 'Take these articles go,
  carry them to the temple site that is in
  Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on
  its former site.'
• WHAT DID KING CYRUS TELL HIM TO DO WITH THEM?
• WHY ARE THESE STATEMENTS IMPORTANT?

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READ EZRA 416-17

• 16 "Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the
  foundation of the house of God which is in
  Jerusalem and from that time even until now it
  has been under construction, and it is not
  finished."
• 17 Now therefore, if it seems good to the king,
  let a search be made in the king's treasure
  house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is
  so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to
  build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the
  king send us his pleasure concerning this
  matter. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS EZRA 416-17

• 16 "Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the
  foundation of the house of God which is in
  Jerusalem and from that time even until now it
  has been under construction, and it is not
  finished."
• WHAT DID SHESHBAZZAR DO?
• WHY SAY THE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT FINISHED?

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QUESTIONS EZRA 416-17

• 17 Now therefore, if it seems good to the king,
  let a search be made in the king's treasure
  house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is
  so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to
  build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the
  king send us his pleasure concerning this
  matter. (NKJ)
• WHAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MATTER?
• WHY SEARCH THE KINGS TREASURE HOUSE?
• WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?
• WHAT DO THEY WANT DARIUS TO TELL THEM?

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