Numbers
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The longest chapter in Ezra
What is Chapter 2?
Ezra was known in Babylon as
What is: a priest/scribe/teacher?
Whoever there is among you of all His people, may His God be with him; and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in ____, and let him ____ the house of Jehovah the God of Israel—He is God—who is in Jerusalem.
What is
Judah; build (Ezra 1:3)
This King slew the people in the temple
Who was the King of Chaldees?
The people hadn't read the scriptures in decades; once Ezra read to them, they_______
Neh 8:9 What is wept
How do you feel when you read or hear the scriptures? What helps you understand them?
The Jewish people were held captive in Babylonia for ________
What is 70 years?
The name of the king that allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. Known for allowing people he conquered to have their own culture and traditions.
Who is: King Cyrus of Persia?
“the Lord _____ ____ the spirit of Cyrus”
What is Stirred up? (Ezra 1:1)
The Jewish people showed their joy in 3 ways for the Temple as it was being rebuilt
What is :
they praised The Lord
wept with a loud voice
shouted aloud for joy
The Temple is a place of Joy; because we are all called to ______ ________ according to President Nelson
What is "Gather Israel" (on both sides of the veil)?
How has the Temple helped you feel closer to Heavenly Father and the Savior?
The Book of Ezra was written around the year _____.
What is 440 B.C.
Ezra was a direct descendant of _____, brother of Moses.
Who was AARON? (Ezra 7:1-5)
A truth can we learn from Ezra 5:5 that can encourage us when we face opposition
What is God watches over and helps those who seek to obey Him?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The first thing the people rebuilt when they come back from exile
What is the altar to the Lord?
You can be a Savior on Mount Zion for someone else by ______________________.
What is doing their temple work?
____ thousand Israelites returned to Jerusalem
42,360 (Ezra 2:64)
Nehemiah ___ before asking the king for permission to take leave for the Temple rebuilding
What is prayed? (Neh. 2:4)
And I told them about the ____ of my God, which was good upon me, and also the king's words, which he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us ___ __ and _____; and they strengthened their hands for the ____ work.
What is hand; rise; up; build; good (Neh. 2:18)
These 2 temples were both burned and looted- one in Ezra's time and one in modern church history
What is the Temple of Jerusalem and the Nauvoo Temple?
Ezra proclaimed a ___ before the children of Israel left Babylon to return to Jerusalem from captivity. We're also encouraged to do this monthly as a Church.
What is a Fast? (Ezra 8:21)
Why do you think he wanted everyone to do this? When have you felt strengthened by God to do his work?
DOUBLE JEAPORDY
The number of Temples announced and/or in use on the Earth today
What is 385?
He prophesied that the people would be exiled for 70 years in Babylon but they would return
Who is Jeremiah?
Ezra had the “good hand of his God upon him” (Ezra 7:10) because "Ezra had _______ his heart"
What is prepared?
How can we have the Lord's hand upon us?
The number of temples in use on the earth today
What is 212
(7 are under renovation)
Whenever the Lord gathers His people, He commands them to build _____
What are Temples? Ezra 3:3–13; 6:16–22.
Have any of you been to Temple Open Houses? Where? How did you feel as you were there?