Title: God's Good Hand (Ezra 8:15-20)
These days, we often use the terms “the second found of the nation” and the “second leap” of the church.
Even in Ezra's time, there was a time when he had a very busy schedule for the second found of the nation and the second leap forward.
After the Israelites were taken into captivity in Babylon and returned to their homeland, the first
Reconstruction was the second found of the country and the second leap forward.
This is because the temple was the center of life for all people and the source of life force.
At that time, the temple was the place where the Word of God was, and only the Word of God gave us wisdom and discernment in life.
It was the only option I could have.
1. They gladly offered gifts for the house of God.
“Some of the patriarchs came to the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem to rebuild the house of God there.
Offer your gifts with joy” (2:68).
2. The children of Israel gathered together in Jerusalem.
“The children of Israel dwelt in their city, and in the seventh month they were gathered together in Jerusalem” (3:1).
3. God's prophets helped together.
“Then… began building the house of God in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them to help” (5:2)
But above all this must be God's help.
“Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain, and the LORD does not keep the city.
Otherwise, the watchman's watchfulness is in vain."
If there is material, people gather, and the prophets help, everything goes smoothly.
No, God established it and God must protect it.
In this way, God sent Ezra as a way to help.
1) Ezra with the help of God's good hand (7:9)
2) Ezra teaching all the people according to the wisdom of God (7:25)
3) Ezra to obey God's command and the king's command
Who are called to take the second leap?
1) Those who have been helped by the hand of our God (8:18)
2) A person of understanding, that is, a person who has wisdom and knows how to wait until the end (8:18b)
3) One servant to the Levites
The second leap with people who are established by God, cooperate, cooperate, respect and follow them,
A second country can be established.