Who's Who?
This Persian king allowed the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem.
Who is Cyrus?
The people of Judah had been taken captive to this place.
What is Babylon?
Cyrus ordered this important place of worship to be rebuilt in Jerusalem.
What is the temple?
This word means “those who remain.”
What is a remnant?
Ezra 10:11 told the men to confess to this person.
Who is the Lord/God?
This man led the first group of exiles back and took charge of rebuilding the temple.
Who is Zerubbabel?
Cyrus was king of this empire, which had defeated Babylon.
What is Persia?
When the foundation of the new temple was laid, some people praised God while some of these people cried.
Who are the older people?
God promised that the remnant would “take ______ downward and bear fruit upward.”
What is root?
Ezra discovered that Jewish men had done this in violation of God's commands.
What is married foreign women connected with the surrounding idolatrous nations?
He was a priest and scribe who returned later to teach God's Law.
Who is Ezra?
The exiles returned to this city.
What is Jerusalem?
The older people cried because they remembered the greatness of this earlier temple.
What is Solomon's temple?
Judah's remnant was carried away to this place before eventually returning home.
What is Babylon?
Ezra 10:11 required the men not only to confess their sin but also to do this.
What is separate from the foreign women?
This Babylonian king had taken the first captives from Judah.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
About this many years passed between the first captives being taken and the return of the exiles.
What is 70 years?
True or False: Once Zerubbabel began rebuilding the temple, the work continued without opposition or interruption.
What is False?
These two leaders are connected with groups of exiles returning to Jerusalem.
Who are Zerubbabel and Ezra?
Psalm 119:11 says, “I have ________ up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
What is hidden?
God gave this prophet the promise that a remnant of Judah would take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Who is Isaiah?
Judah's captivity wasn't simply bad luck. This repeated problem ultimately led to God's judgment.
What is persistent disobedience to God?
The temple was finally completed during the reign of this Persian king.
Who is Darius?
Explain how God fulfilled His promise to preserve a remnant of Judah.
God preserved some of His people through captivity and eventually brought the exiles back to Jerusalem.
This truth is demonstrated throughout Ezra when God preserves His people, brings them home, and allows the temple to be rebuilt.
What is God's faithfulness / God keeps His promises?