![]() They wanted to resume the burnt offerings for the atonement of sin, and the morning and evening burnt offerings that were required according to the Law. I believe they did this because of their desire to be obedient to the Lord. Even before beginning construction on the temple, they built the altar. Once the people got to Jerusalem and settled into their towns, the first thing they did was build the altar on the exact same spot that the original altar had been. These were probably lost, destroyed or stolen when the temple was destroyed by the Babylonians. Missing from the list of returned items is the altar of incense, the table of showbread, the bronze altar, the golden lampstand and the ark of the covenant. Having been in bondage all this time, the people are poor, so Cyrus volunteers to pay for the rebuilding of the temple out of his own resources, and he returns all of the temple articles to them. God’s judgement of 70 years of exile is over, and He sees to it that they are set free. And notice that this happens in Cyrus’ first year as king. And God moves on the heart King Cyrus of Persia, who is ruler of the land that once belonged to Nebuchadnezzar, and Cyrus decreed that the Jewish exiles may return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. God has judged Babylon as Jeremiah also prophesied. Ezra 1Īnd now as Ezra opens, the 70 years have come and gone. ![]() ![]() The people were taken into what would be a 70 year captivity, as was prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah. ![]() All the articles from the temple removed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, and the temple itself was set ablaze. The previous book, 2 Chronicles ended with the fall of Jerusalem. Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Yan Laurichesse on Unsplash Comments on Ezra 1-5 Introduction to Ezra ![]()
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