Ezra Chapter 5 Questions

1. Who were the two prophets who brought messages to the Jews from God?

2. There had been a time of absolute _________ about the temple.

3. Zechariah was actually the ____________ of Iddo.

4. Who began to build the house of God, again, immediately?

5. Who represented the civil law?

6. Who represented the spiritual?

7. Where can we read more about this renewing of the building of the temple?

8. Who was governor on this side of the river?

9. Who was the officer under him?

10. What question did he ask about the work?

11. Whose names did he try to get?

12. Why did the elders not cease work on the temple?

13. Who did Tatnai send a letter to about this situation?

14. What province was Jerusalem in?

15. How did he explain the building of the temple?

16. What did he call God?

17. Who had Cyrus put in charge of this?

18. What were they speaking of in verse 11?

19. Why did God destroy the temple before?

20. When did Cyrus decide to build the temple?

21. Why would a Persian king allow these Jews to carry off the vessels of gold from Babylon?

22. Who had Cyrus sent of the Persians to oversee the building of the temple?

23. What were they to search for?

24. If the decree was made by Cyrus, they could not _______ it

Discouragement is a feeling. Are feelings neutral, or can they be sinful? Give biblical support.

If God’s Word seems stale to us, how can we break out of the doldrums and have it be fresh again? How can we know what we should be doing in our work for the Lord? How do we figure out what our spiritual gifts are?

How can we know when to persevere in our labors for the Lord, or when it’s time to move on to something new?

Sources: https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-5-overcoming-discouragement-ezra-51-17

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