Return Era
In 586 BC, which empire destroyed Jerusalem and burned the Temple?
What is Babylon?
Which prophet named Cyrus hundreds of years before Cyrus lived?
Who is Isaiah?
Which leader is called the builder leader who rebuilt the Temple?
Who is Zerubbabel?
What was the first thing rebuilt when the exiles returned in Ezra 3?
What is the altar?
What job did Nehemiah hold in the Persian court?
What is a cupbearer?
About how many years later did Persia conquer Babylon, allowing the return?
What is 70 years?
What is the fulfillment of Isaiah’s predictions about the return referred to?
What is a receipt?
Who is the priest-scribe teacher that restored commitment to the Law?
Who is Ezra?
How many returnees are recorded in Ezra 2
What is 42,360?
Name two enemies who mocked and opposed the wall-building.
Who is Sanballat and Tobiah?
Which Persian king issued a decree permitting the Jewish exiles to return and send back temple articles?
Who is King Cyrus?
What is the prophecy role/title Isaiah gives Cyrus in Isaiah 44:28.
What is a shepherd?
Who served as governor and led the effort to rebuild the walls and gates?
Who is Nehemiah?
In Ezra 1, what did Cyrus return to the exiles besides permission to return?
What is gold and silver taken from Solomon's temple?
In Nehemiah 4, what two things did workers carry at once to stay safe and keep building?
What is a trowel and a sword?
Modern day Persia is known as what?
What is Iran?
How does Isaiah’s “way in the wilderness” prophecy connect forward to the New Testament?
Who is John the Baptist?
List the three roles Ezra set for himself in Ezra 7:10
What is Study/Do/Teach?
Why did Ezra refuse a military escort on the journey back (Ezra 8)
What is He trusted God?
How many days did it take to finish the wall (Nehemiah 6:15)?
What is 52 days?
The location of Jerusalem matters in the Bible’s story of return.
What is God is still working out His covenant promises?
Isaiah 53:5: He was __________ for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities.
What is pierced?
Nehemiah 13: The people’s continued sin points to the need for a __________
What is a Savior?
Ezra 10 shows that true __________ includes and to a new direction.
What is repentance equals sorrow + turning + new direction?
Nehemiah 8:10: Nehemiah said, "the __________ of the Lord is your strength
What is joy?