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- After 70 years of being in exile the Israelites are coming back
- The temple needs a new foundation
- Ezra is called to teach Israel about God again
- Ezra helps rebuild the temple
- He helps rebuild the spiritual reformation

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“For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.”

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- Rebuilding the temple
- The book references other biblical prophets
- He brings attention to Israel's promise history with God
- He is credited with writing the books first and second Chronicles
- To rebuild their faith foundation

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1. Rebuilding the temple (Ezr 1–6)

The remnant returns to Judah (Ezra 1–2)

Judah lays the new temple foundations (Ezra 3)

Judah’s adversaries stop temple work (Ezra 4)

Judah resumes temple work (Ezra 5)

The temple is completed (Ezra 6)

2. Remembering the law (Ezr 7–10)

Artaxerxes sends Ezra to teach the law in Jerusalem (Ezra 7–8)

Ezra has the people put away their foreign wives (Ezra 9–10)

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Ezra plays a very important role in the mission of God of filling the earth with his glory. Because the Israelites had just come out of exile for seventy years in the wilderness, and the people needed a new foundation for the temple and also a new foundation for their faith. Ezra took care of that by helping rebuild the temple and their faith. He helped them remember what God had done for them and what he had promised them too. God uses Ezra to help them in the rebuilding of their spiritual reformation to renew their fellowship with God.

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The book of Ezra in the Bible talks about two big problems faced by the exiles returning to their home land The struggle of restoring the temple, and also the need for a spiritual reformation. Both of these were needed for the people to renew their fellowship with God. It shows that God keeps his promises to the people. Through the prophets God shows that they will return to their land after being seventy years on exile. The book of Ezra teaches us that the Lord helps his people overcome opposition and accomplish him. It emphasizes proper worship and the temple.