1. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Jer. 29 ~ 10 For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 539 BC

2. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Babylonian captivity occurred in three phases: Jer. 29:10 606 BC (Daniel) 597 BC (Ezekiel) 586 BC (Destruction of the Temple) 606 BC + 70 years = 536 BC

3. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Ezra/Nehemiah Timeline 550 525500 475 450425400375 Daniel's vision of the 70 weeks (539 BC) Cyrus' edict to rebuild Temple (539 BC) Remnant of 50,000 Jews return (536 BC) Work begins on rebuilding Temple (520 BC) Temple finished and rededicated (515 BC) Ezra comes from Babylon (458 BC) Nehemiah appointed governor (445 BC) Ezra initiates reforms (397 BC) Esther becomes queen (483 BC)

4. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Is. 44 ~ 28 [The Lord ] says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid.'" 175-200 years earlier Cyrus Cylinder

5. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Urim ~ Lights Thummim ~ Perfections

6. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Zech. 4 ~ 10 "For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth."

7. "rebuilding the temple" Ezra 1-4 Hag. 1 ~ 5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider your ways! 6 "You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes."