Rebuilding the Altar
The people gathered as one in this place to rebuild the altar
What is Jerusalem?
The people celebrated this festival with joy.
What is the Feast of Tabernacles?
The people shouted for joy and wept during this event.
What is the laying of the temple's foundation?
The people returned from this land to rebuild the temple.
What is Babylon?
Rebuilding the altar reminds us to prioritize this in our lives.
What is worship?
They rebuilt the altar to offer sacrifices according to this law.
What is the Law of Moses?
The sacrifices offered symbolized this.
What is devotion and gratitude to God?
The older generation wept because they remembered this.
What is the glory of Solomon's temple?
This leader encouraged the rebuilding of the altar and temple.
Who is Zerubbabel?
The people faced opposition but still obeyed God. How can we apply this?
What is trusting God and staying faithful despite challenges?
This is why the people built the altar, even though they feared the surrounding nations.
What is to honor God and obey His commands?
This type of offering was made as a freewill act of worship.
What is the freewill offering?
This was the reaction of the younger generation to the foundation being laid.
What is shouting with joy?
This empire allowed the exiles to return to Jerusalem.
What is the Persian Empire?
The combination of weeping and joy shows us this about community.
What is respecting different perspectives and emotions?
This time of year was significant for rebuilding the altar.
What is the seventh month?
The significance of the altar in their worship.
What is a place to meet with God and offer sacrifices for sin?
This sound was heard far away from the site of the rebuild.
What is the sound of joy and weeping?
This king of Persia issued the decree to rebuild the temple.
Who is Cyrus?
The rebuilding effort shows the importance of this in achieving great tasks.
What is unity?
These daily offerings were reinstated once the altar was rebuilt.
What are the morning and evening sacrifices?
These materials were collected to build the foundation of the temple
What are wood logs?
This teaches us about how people can experience different emotions at the same event.
What is unity in diversity of experiences?
Ezra was a priest and scribe skilled in this.
What is the Law of God?
How can we "rebuild altars" in our hearts today?
What is by dedication time for prayer, worship, and obedience to God?