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Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 1-2 HCSB, Ch. 3-4 NASB, Ch. 5 NLT

Podcast Introduction

It’s History Tuesday, and we’ll read Ezra 1-5. I’m calling this episode “Rebuilding the Temple.“

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Summary

In Ezra 1-5, Jerusalem's fallen temple is rebuilt after 70 years. King Cyrus allows exiles to return and restore it. Challenges arise from insincere helpers and bureaucracy. It's a story of rebuilding against odds, showing God's plan triumphs.

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Steve Webb 0:00The Ark of the Covenant.

Steve Webb 0:02This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California. How you doing today, podcasting since 2004. My name is Steve Webb. I'm your OG Godcaster. It's history Tuesday. and our reading today is Ezra one through five. The website is in Lifespringmedia.com. and I'll have contact information at the end of the show. Before we read, let's pray. Our loving Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for your word, and for our time together here. I pray God that you would bless our time and that you would teach us pray this in Jesus name. Amen. All right, are you ready? Let's get started.

Steve Webb 0:40Introduction to Ezra, the previous book, which we completed last week, Second Chronicles ended with a fall of Jerusalem. All the articles from the temple were removed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar and the temple itself was set ablaze. The walls of the city were torn down, and the people were taken into what would be a 70 year captivity as was prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah.

Steve Webb 1:05Ezra chapter one. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom. and to put it in writing. This is what King Cyrus of Persia says, the Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah, whoever is among his people, may his God be with him. and may He go to Jerusalem and Judah, and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem. Let every survivor wherever he lives be assisted by the men of that region, with silver, gold, goods and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem. So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites, everyone God had motivated, prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord's house in Jerusalem. All their neighbors supported them with silver articles, gold goods, livestock and valuables in addition to all that was given as a free will offering. King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the Lord's house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the house of his gods. King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out under the supervision of Mithra DAF the treasurer, who counted them out to sheshe basil, the prince of Judah, this was the inventory 30 Gold basins 1000 Silver basins 29 Silver knives 30 Gold bowls 410 Various silver bowls in 1000 other articles, the gold and silver articles totaled 5400 Sheshe Basser brought all of them when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem,