Ezra Lesson-06: Rebuilding Amidst Opposition - Part II

This Week’s Lesson

We are in Lesson-06 in the series “Rebuilding on the Solid Rock” from the book of Ezra.

This is Volume I of our series: “After the Exile” a study of Ezra-Nehemiah-Esther.
 
The lesson is titled “Rebuilding Amidst Opposition – Part II” and our focus passage is Ezra 4:6-24.
 
Please find your way in your Bible to that passage.

In our previous episode, we began our study of Ezra 4, Rebuilding Amidst Opposition.
 
Up to this point everything has been positive for the Jewish Exiles in their return to the land.
 
They received release and support from King Cyrus of Persia. They were divinely stirred to return and to rebuild the Temple.
 
They arrived safely back to the land. They had the resources needed for the task of rebuilding the Temple.

They were one small but unified community, ready to obey the Torah.
 
They were fully committed to the LORD. They had just finished the work to restore the proper worship of Yahweh, and they had a great celebration.
 
But as we saw in our study last time, opposition to their work rose and it would be relentless.

Their enemies would try anything and everything to stop the work of rebuilding the temple and the city.

In today’s lesson we will conclude our study of Ezra 4.

We will see how the opposition campaign against the Exiles reached the highest levels of the Persian empire.
 
It was an effective opposition that put a paused on the work of rebuilding the Temple and also on any efforts to rebuild the city.

The question is this: is it over for the rebuilding effort?

Let’s get started.

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