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Good morning all, morning meditations regarding king Cyrus a gentile king.

Isaiah 44:28 "That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the Temple, Thy foundation shall be laid."

Isaiah 45:1-2 "Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:"

Ezra 5:13 "But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God."

God knew Cyrus would be king and His shepherd for a great purpose. It was all part of the ushering in of the time for the Messiah, Christ to come where regenerated gentiles could be kings in Christ in the house of God. The decree was the beginning of this time that would be detailed to Daniel and supported again in Revelation by Christ.

Ezra 5:2,3, this account also in Nehemiah 1:3, Nehemiah 2, Nehemiah 4,

The wall may have actually had the most opposition: Nehemiah 2:10,19,20, Nehemiah 4:7,8,11,15, Nehemiah 6:1-6, Nehemiah 6:9-13, Nehemiah 6:19, the biggest enemy of rebuilding the temple seemed to be complacency Haggai 1:4,5, Haggai 1,

Hopefully these are helpful

Zechariah 1:1,

I believe you may be mistaken, not the Word of GOD

In my study I looked up the "Court"

The Court : Exodus 27, in the tabernacle, Exodus 40:20-33, the House: 1Kings 6:16-36, 1Kings 8:64, 2 Chronicles 4:6-22, Solomon made,

2Chronicles 24:18-27, Court, before captivity into Babylon, note Isaiah was prophesing of it, in 2 Chronicles,

Zechariah, Zacharias, etc. 2Chronicles 29:1, 2Kings 14:29, 2Kings 18:2 2Kings 15:8,11, even Luke 1:5,12,13,18,21,40,59,67,

There seems to be several men with same name, but Jesus specified "the son of Barachias" Zechariah 1:1, note: Luke 11:50-51, Matthew 23:31-39, 'between the temple & the alter '

Zechariah son of Berechaih was alive prophesing during the 2nd year of Darius, Zechariah 1:1, seemingly During: Daniel 6:1, Daniel 9:1, Daniel 11:1, the time of rebuilding, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:7, Ezra 6:13, Haggai 1:15, Haggai 2:10, Nehemiah 12:22,

Please note Zechariah 7:1, the house of The LORD was rebuilt & Zechariah approached their sin, Zechariah 7, he even speaks of the 70 years of captivity: Zechariah 7:5,

Hopefully these are helpful

Hello, Ruth Robinson,

Haggai 1:1,

Interestingly the Bible many times records things not with years & dates. It's actually genius because rulers have changed calendars multiple times, even the Hebrew "Jewish" calendar, but when records say as Haggai 1:1 "in the second year of king Darius' historical documents will still be reliable & relatable. Please see: Daniel 5:31, Daniel 11:1, Daniel 6, Ezra 4:5,24, Please note the significance of the 2nd year of Darius. The work on the house of GOD stopped until "the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia" Ezra 5:5,6,7, Ezra 6:1,12,13,14,15, here in Ezra 6:14, it even references Haggai, & Zechariah, Zechariah 1, again "the second year of Darius"

Part 2= the Word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet= GOD spoke to Haggai. A prophet = Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 18:15,18, Jeremiah 28:9,

Part 3: after GOD spoke to Haggai; Haggai then spoke the 'word' to Zerubbabel & Joshua.

The Bible many times will direct a prophet to specific people like Nathan to King David: 2Samuel 12:1,

Part 4: Many times the Bible will clarify by lineage who someone is because names are common. So "Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest" is clearly not mistaken for Joshua from the Book of Joshua. Also positions are clarified for I believe the same reason. Also see Nehemiah 12:22,

5th part, then it reads._.._"saying" It's now going to specify what GOD spoke, in the verses to follow._._

I hope these are helpful

Ezra 5:12

2 Kings 24:1 , 2 Kings 24:10 -11

Jeremiah 27:6

I Chronicles 6:15

2 Chronicles 36:5 - 6 ,

2 Kings 25:22

Daniel 4:18

Seems to be.

Don't judge anything before its time._

I Corinthians 4:5

Daniel 1:1 - 4:1 - 37 (Daniel chapters 1 all the way through end of chapter 4)

Ezra 1:7

Jeremiah 28:11

Nehemiah 7:6

Ezra 2:1

Hopefully that helps.

Ps. 18:6 = Here, the term "temple" speaks of GOD's Heavenly, Holy, Palatial Dwelling Place. The same Hebrew word ("heykal"; pro-nounced "hay-KAWL") also translates into "palace" fifteen times in the Old Testament.

When the word "temple" identifies a literal temple building, certain distinguishing verbal indicators are used such as "the temple of The LORD" or the designation "holy temple". Often the use of the definite article "the" serves the same purpose to refer to the actual temple. If the Scripture provides a geographical location such as "Jerusalem" or "Babylon" (e.g. Ezra 5:14), an actual temple structure is meant.

Eric, it was generally accepted that Ezra arrived at Jerusalem before Nehemiah, though in the late 19th Century AD, there was a proposal that it was Nehemiah who came first, then Ezra. This was based on the fact that it was King Artaxerxes II ruling & not Artaxerxes I ( Ezra 7:7,8).

However, I understand that Jews don't accept that & it was Ezra who came first under Artaxerxes I. As you probably know, both the Books of Ezra & Nehemiah were originally read as one book in Hebrew; after Zerubbabel came first (under Cyrus), the Temple building had stopped because of opposition. Then under Darius, the temple work restarted ( Ezra 5:2) & finally completed ( Ezra 6:15). Then Ezra came with the next migration of the exiles & after him, Nehemiah came (for the building of the wall) with the third return of the exiles. So this timeline seems to fit well as Ezra, as priest, would have continued to serve with the other priests & Levites at the temple while Nehemiah attended to rebuilding the wall surrounding the city.

I learned that when we are doing a great work for God, Satan will send out so many demonic forces to try and hinder your work for the Lord.We want to give up so many times,But God is always watching.So just remember things are going to fall in place the way he planned it all along,Even though it took about 15 years to get it started again,Are we willing to wait and see the salvation of God🤷🏽‍♀️

The Israelites had legal backing and divine backing for rebuilding the temple.

Ezra 5:11 - ".....which a Great king of Israel builded and set up." I have to grit my teeth when I read of Solomon being a 'great' king. Yes, he started that way, but - 1 Kgs. 1q:4-7; molech was an idol god they burnt their children to in sacrifice in the 'high' places. People always remember your ending - good or bad.

To S. Woehr - I've wondered the same thing about Nehemiah and Esther; They were both in "Shushan the Palace". Were they contemporaries? They were both around the time of the Babylonian captivity. But neither is mentioned in the others story.....? I know for a fact that's it's not a mistake; it's God's word and He does not make mistakes.

I wonder . . . do you suppose that between the time that Darius was handed this letter and the time of his reply that he witnessed the power of God with Daniel and the lion's den?

I learnt from this chapter that,even if the lord instructed you in what your doing does not mean the enemy cannot hinder but He sends His prophet to give new direction.