Zerubbabel and Jeshua set up the alter, long before the corner stone is placed for the temple. When the alter is set up daily sacrifices, celebrations, and free will offerings are now starting up again. The people begin to worship before a temple is in place. We must learn that we worship at our alters every day, no matter what we make our alters too. Do we worship at the alter of netflix, movies, sports, food, comfort, money? We have many alters. Then the cornerstone is laid at the place of the temple, and something incredible happens, the people shout! Some groan, and cry, and some shout for joy. Worship always evokes a reaction! Click the link as we study Ezra together!

The faithful scribe doesn't show up until chapter 6, however the years before he's born lots of events take place. The King called by name is stirred in his spirit to build the House of God in Jerusalem. God stirs the clan leaders to come home to Israel. God stirs the people to come together, and stirs them to be concerned with the things of God! In these verses we find many mysteries, however we pull back the curtain and with careful examination find out what they mean! Grab your Bible and lets study together!

Begining with the intro and the overview of the book. We see that Ezra is two volumes written by the faithful scribe known as Ezra. Ezra doesn't show up until about chapter 6, and the begining chapters take place before Ezra is born. The first chapter has a king named Cyrus and we examine who Cyrus is and how God calls him out by name long before he's even born!

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