{"id":1906,"date":"2022-07-20T07:23:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:50:55","slug":"lesson-5-ezra-1-5-and-haggai-zerubbabel-begins-rebuilding-the-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/20\/lesson-5-ezra-1-5-and-haggai-zerubbabel-begins-rebuilding-the-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 5: Ezra 1-5 and Haggai Zerubbabel Begins Rebuilding the Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Galatians 6:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Read\nthe Key Verse. Understand that sometimes we get tired of doing what God wants\nus to do, but we are never<\/em><\/strong> to quit! God has promised to\nhonor our work \u2013 if we do not quit. In this lesson, we will see God\u2019s people begin\nthe rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis:\n<\/strong>Christians should never become tired of doing what God has for us \u2013 even\nwhen the adversaries try to stop us. We are to complete what God has for us to\ndo, knowing He will honor that work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary:<\/strong> As\nwe begin this lesson, we remember that the people were carried captive in three\ndefinite movements. We will discover that the people were returned back to\ntheir homeland in three definite movements. We will learn of the first\nmovement, led by Zerubbabel, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyrus was now ruler in the land of captivity (remember the\nBabylonians were defeated by the Medes and Persians). We will read that God\nstirred Cyrus\u2019 heart to send people home (to Jerusalem)\nto rebuild the house of the Lord. Not only that, but he sent many treasures\nback to Jerusalem with the people \u2013\nincluding the vessels that belonged in the house of the Lord. The first group\nto return to Jerusalem was led by\nZerubbabel, a descendant of David. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once they reached Jerusalem, Zerubbabel remained a leader. Jeshua (Joshua) was the high priest. These two men led the people first to rebuild the altar of the Lord. Then they laid the foundation of the Temple of the Lord. That was when the troubles began. Adversaries arose, and Zerubbabel understood they were not for God\u2019s people, but against them. Zerubbabel would not allow them to help in the building of God\u2019s house. These adversaries caused trouble for years, stopping the building of the Temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God then sent His prophet, Haggai, to encourage the people to build the house of the Lord. First, he scolded them for living in their nice houses while the Temple of the Lord was not completed. He reminded the people that God was to come first. \u201c7. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 8. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD\u201d (Haggai 1:7-8). Haggai then encouraged the leaders to complete the Temple. Zerubbabel and Joshua stepped up and began work on the Temple again \u2013 and God kept the enemy from stopping them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q4 – Lesson 5 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q4 – Lesson 5 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are teaching this to children, the following is a craft idea to go with this lesson to help them remember it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made scenes to remind us the importance of not quitting or be content, but to finish what God has us to do – much like Haggai encouraged them to finish the House of the Lord. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Key Verse And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. \u2014Galatians 6:9 Key Verse Thought: Read the Key Verse. Understand that sometimes we get tired of doing what God wants us to do, but we are never to quit! God has promised to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946],"tags":[694,75,747,947,753,957],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-two-quarter-four","tag-ezra","tag-haggai","tag-lesson-5","tag-quarter-four","tag-year-two","tag-zerubbabel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2218,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions\/2218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}