* King Cyrus issued a decree to let the Israelites go back to Jerusalem and paid to have the temple rebuilt.

* Enemies arose and stopped the work.

* They sent letters to the new King Darius to have him stop the work - it backfired and he ended up continuing to pay for it.

* Who was in office at that time? DANIEL!

* We get a chance to see how a faithful man had a tremendous influence on the lives of countless people 500 miles away.