Big Idea: Ezra is a New Moses for the New Exodus to Refocus the People on God’s Law 1 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, 4…

Title: Doing God's Work: The Protection and Prosperity from the LORD (5:1-5) The Situation (5:6-17) The Complaint (6:1-12) The Response (6:13-22) The Result The Situation (5:1-5) 1 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name…

I. The Purity of God’s People Matters (1-5) Ezra is now going to insert some information that happens later (about 50 years) when he and Zechariah are doing ministry in the land. The temple is built and they are trying to rebuild the walls and the city and again the surrounding people are opposing them.…

1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord , the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing…