Ezra 5:1-17: Work on the Temple Resumes

After about ten years of delay in completing the work of rebuilding the temple, the LORD sent Haggai and Zechariah. These prophets urged the people to pick up once again the work of rebuilding the temple. Zerubbabel and Jeshua led the way. Opposition arose once again, but the faithful people of God did not stop their work. Even as they waited for an answer from Darius concerning whether or not the temple could be finished, the people of God continued steadfastly in the task that the LORD’s prophets had given them to do. Rev. Ian Kinney, pastor at First Lutheran Church in Sabetha, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Ezra 5:1-17. "God Brings His People Home” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. After 70 years in exile, the LORD began to fulfill His promise to bring His people back to the Promised Land. In the years that followed, faithful clergy and dedicated laity worked together to rebuild Jerusalem physically and restore the people of God spiritually. Through it all, God was at work to keep His promise of bringing the Savior into the world in the fullness of time.