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Historical Context:
What happening for the Israelites in 5:38 BC:
When Jerusalem was captured by Nebuchadnezzar, he took the last king of Judah, Zedekiah to Syria, executed his sons in front of him, then cut out his eyes, so that his last memory was that of his sons being killed.
He was never heard from again, probably locked away in a dungeon and paraded in front of the king at times for his pleasure.
-Smart people taken
-Useless left behind
-Temple is destroyed
Night had fallen on the Hebrew kingdoms.
Prophets that are alive during this time:
-Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Zephaniah, Nehemiah, Ezra
What is happening in the rest of the world in 538 BC:
-Pythagoras is born
-Egypt is part of the Persian Empire
-6th century sees the earliest evidence of atheism
-Moab no longer exists
-Thales is alive(Named the first Philosopher)
-Confucius is teaching in China
-The Chinese cast Iron for the first time in the history of the world
There is a LOT going on in the world while this small, seemingly insignificant nation gets to return from exile.
There is a LOT going on in the world while this small, seemingly insignificant nation gets to return from exile.
Matthew Henry says it like this: “The dry bones here live again.
The yoke of captivity is taken off, but the marks of it in their galled necks remain.
The crown has fallen from their heads.”
-This means that they never again return to the glory that was theirs in the times of David and Solomon.
They return, but as subjects.
They are in Exile.
Have been for 70 years as prophesied by Jeremiah.
jer 29:
-Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Zephaniah, Nehemiah, Ezra
What is happening in the rest of the world in 538 BC:
-Pythagoras is born
Verse 1-4
-Egypt is part of the Persian Empire
-6th century sees the earliest evidence of atheism
-Moab no longer exists
-Thales is alive(Named the first Philosopher)
-Confucius is teaching in China
-The Chinese cast Iron for the first time in the history of the world
There is a LOT going on in the world while this small, seemingly insignificant nation gets to return from exile.
-This means that they never again return to the glory that was theirs in the times of David and Solomon.
They return, but as subjects.
And this is where Ezra picks up.
They are in Exile.
Have been for 70 years as prophesied by Jeremiah.
Why do things happen the way they do?
Ezra 1:
Why do things happen the way they do?
-Smart people taken
-What prompted Cyrus to to send the Israelites home?
Cyrus:
-Useless left behind
-probably in favor of religious tolerance
-Temple is destroyed
-probably syncretistic at heart
-Was a worshipper of Marduk
We can look at all these things, but ultimately, “Man proposes, God disposes.”
There is a sovereignty at work here that painfully obvious to the Israelites.
highlights the the fulfillment of the promises of God
What does going home look like?
-Never met their families who remained in Jerusalem
-Had now idea what it looked like
-No idea where they would live
-Didn’t know what to expect
-They had never experienced what Temple Worship looked like, but look at verse 5:
-They were returning to worship God.
How do they get home?
Does that remind you of anything?
The exodus
Exodus
We are seeing another Exodus.
And what was the reason that the Hebrews were leaving Egypt?
Exodus 8:
The reason for the exile was so that God’s people may worship him properly.
What is the reason(Look back at verse 5) that God is bring his people out of exile in Ezra?
-So that they might properly worship him.
And why were they in captivity?
Because they failed to properly worship him.
God demands our worship on his terms.
Whats missing from this?
The Ark.
The ark represented God’s presence.
And it never entered the new temple.
And Temple Worship was never the same.
Ark=Gods presence(David)
God was slowly preparing them for a time when Temple worship would be obsolete
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