The Temple is Completed
Questions for Study 4
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CHART SHOWING OF THE MOSAIC FEASTS
PALESTINE AND SYRIA
EGYPT AND SINAI
MAP OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE IN 500 B.C.
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
MAJOR EVENTS FROM DANIEL'S TIME TO ROMAN TIMES
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS
I. Prophets in Jerusalem and Judah (5:1-5)
1. While the enemies of God had succeeded in stopping the temple from being finished did God abandon his people? (1) Who did he send? Does he send people to encourage us even to this day? (Eph. 4:11-13)
2. Who restarted the work of building the temple?
3. What did the enemies of God and his people do? Why did they want the names of the leaders? Did the workers stop? What kind of faith did it take? (James 2:18-19)
II. Why We Are Rebuilding the Temple (5:6-17)
4. Who sent a letter to whom? (6-7)
5. Was the historical account in verses 11 and 12 accurate? What about 16 and 17? Based on this what did they ask him to do?
III. God's Name Dwells There (6:1-12)
6. What did the new king Darius do? What did he discover?
7. What did King Darius tell the enemies of God to do in 6-7? In 8-10? What did Darius declare about the temple in Jerusalem? To what extend did he believe this? What is the temple of God now and how does it parallel to what happened in Ezra's time? (1 Cor. 3:16-17; Eph. 2:19-22)
IV. Dedicating God's House (6:13-23)
8. How did God bless the faith of the builders? (13-15) How should this spur us on?
9. After the Lord delivered the Israelites from their enemies what did they do? What does this teach about keeping faith in opposition?
10. What was Passover? (19-20) What did they do to seek the Lord? (21) What was the Feast of Unleavened Bread? How were they fulfilled?
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