The Temple is Completed
What did King Cyrus allow the Jews to do?
Go back to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple
Whom did God call to leave Babylon and go to Israel to teach the Jews?
Ezra, the priest
Even 60 years after the temple in Jerusalem had been built, why were the people not safe?
The walls of Jerusalem had not been rebuilt
How did the Jews react when Sanballat and Tobiah made fun of their efforts to build the wall?
They kept working
The city was almost secured, but what was the last things they needed to secure the walls?
Doors/Gates
How many years passed since the city of Jerusalem has been destroyed?
70
Why didn't Ezra ask for soldiers to protect him and the other Jews on their Journey?
The King might think that Ezra's God was not strong enough to protect them
As the King's cupbearer, what was Nehemiah's job?
He tasted the King's drink to see if it were poisoned
When the Jews' enemies decided to fight against them to keep them from building the wall, what did God's people do?
1/2 people stood watch for the enemy, and 1/2 people continued building the wall
What did the three evil men accuse Nehemiah of trying to do?
What was the first huge job in rebuilding the temple?
laying the foundation
Why was Ezra so sorrowful?
The Jews had married people who did not believe in God and had become like the heathen around them
How did Nehemiah know that God was with him?
King Artaxerxes agreed to send Nehemiah to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall
How were the Jews being their own enemies?
They had stopped obeying God's law about being kind and helpful to each other
How many times did Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem try to have Nehemiah meet them outside the city?
4
Whom did Satan use to discourage the Jews from rebuilding the Temple?
Samaritans
After the Jews saw Ezra weeping, what did they do?
They repented and returned to God
With each person doing his part, what began to happen?
The walls began to go up
What bad character trait is a great enemy to all of us?
(Jews started to have this trait)
selfishness
How many days did it take to finish the wall?
52
God raised up what two prophets to encourage the people to begin building again?
Haggai and Zechariah