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Will be continuing with our study of Ezra possibly will be speaking on Ezra chapter 6 verses 1 through 22 and title A rebuilding from trials to trial a three-piece.
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We have a colleague who's actually from Emma. Tommy me know our sister Grace Grace's from being mushy and a baby. I hear but still back home and I hope you will be able to connect the dots and say hey there's a crisis in Myanmar for most of us will have you don't really connect that. I want to know somebody who lives there somebody who is who has Relative Insanity that Danny becomes real for us. Isn't it? Encourage you to continue to pray for me and my Italian pray for sister Grace and the baby as well as a husband was back home. Mercedes Call Saul. Okay, it's all right. Well for the last few weeks, we have been following the story of the Israelites. Having me we have seen how God move Cyrus to allow the people of God to return back from the land of Exile. They were exiled to Babylon the land of Babylon which was then taken over by the ceiling by the Persian Empire. And the first King of Persia Cyrus was moved by God to let the people return and then we saw the story about how this about 50,000 people return back to the land of Jerusalem land of Israel back to Jerusalem it down for what purpose do we build the temple of God for 70 years was destroyed and hear this group of 50 with all the people return to the land of Jerusalem.
This is every time you were excited. They started rebuilding and so they started building the altar where they could to hide replies to God and then they also begin to rebuild the foundations of the temple. The temple really is a very foundation of the Israelites Community, isn't it? If you're familiar with it, you would know that it is really the center of your face and the center of the community life that every few times in the yellow return back to Jerusalem to the temple to celebrate various festivals. And so the temples of utmost importance of God is with them destroy symbolizes. A God is no longer with them pretty important there for them when they return to rebuild the Temple of the Living God. Yahweh himself. Is it as smooth as they thought they could be? No, of course not because they was begin to face all kinds of positions from the enemy's write the people around him put any needs to go to enemies and they begin to oppose. All kinds of Gabby's are kinds of tactics and deception and deceit to watch them. That's what I thought. The tempo was delayed for 16 years in your building 16 years it is and they couldn't continue building. Vanguard News Divine timing with stand to profit by guy and Zechariah people and telling them once again to start the rebuilding process and that's what they did. That's what they did. In fact next week on West we're going to go into the book of haggai and then subsequently Zechariah before we return to the book of Ezra make sure you'll see what did the people tell what would Apophis tell that what did God speak to them about the right before now the people because I would have got started rebuilding but again as he started rebuilding the opposition last week even remember we were talking about this and wear when it's not every building again. You're very opposition isn't it tonight? What is the governor of the plants reproduce Vision began to challenge them? What Authority do you have to rebuild it? And so that an ivy Calvin I will write to Kings Diner de Reyes. Darius and you were asking for guidance and instruction. So what's going to happen? Are they going to stop once again in the rebuilding process? How are they going to continue to review and if they do How are they going to rip you off the road a computer face opposition from the enemy's right? And they don't have the kind of resources that they need.
and more importantly, what is it for us that we can learn and green from SD learn to review in the midst of Trials and difficulties and challenges but you to turn to the chapter 4 all consideration chapter 6 and I'll start with chapter 6 verse 1
Kendarius, then you should an order and it's such an archive start in the treasury at Babylon a school was found in the Citadel of a Botana in the province of media. And this was written on it memorandum in the first year of King Cyrus. The king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem to present sacrifice has the latest Foundation be late. It has to be sixty cubits high in 60 cubits wide with three causes of black stones. And one of them has the consoles have to be paid by the Royal treasury also the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon have to be returned to the places in the temple in Jerusalem to be deposited in the house of God of the screw. Okay? Let me see the six. Now that this is a voice of King Darius. Okay. Now then. Tonight governor of Tennessee Freddy's and shut up a busy night and you are the officials of the province. Stay away from bear. You don't interfere with the work on the temple of God, let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish Elders rebuild this house of God on its site. Moreover I hereby decree that you ought to do for this Elders of the Jews in the construction of this house of God the expenses at to be fully paid out of the royal treasury from the revenues on trans-euphrates. So that the work will not stop whatever is needed young booze Graham's middle names for burnt offerings to the god of heaven and salt wine and olive oil as requested by the priests in Jerusalem must be given them daily without fail so that they may offer sacrifices pleasing to God of heaven and pray for the well-being of the king and his sons For the mall, I decree that if anyone devised this idiot a being is to be pulled from your house and you have to be impaled on it. And for this crime your house is we made a pile of rubble. May God was causes them to drill their orbit or any king or people who lift a hand to change his degree how to destroy this temple in Jerusalem is Darius have decreed it. Let it be carried out with the religions.
Interesting like from the onset. Gear that the king issued a decree good search for the school and then it goes to say school was found simple flowers, but you know, whoever took him a long time to search an atom of a thousands of screws in it. It is divine is the provided provided for the scroll to be found here is his crew was to be found and then the king could see what king Cyrus himself had decreed. Give me the first instance of Divine Providence and protection in order for them to rebuild this house of God. They needed Divine protection and Providence and here is examples with receive. The school was found number of things. We see they're right in short and short and short. What is told to tonight? Was this you get lost? By the way, you're paying for it. You thought it because she is safe to the tonight and a group of officials are stay away from their do not interfere with the work on this temple of God. Do not disturb that do not disappear. Let them rebuild this house right but is that all know he will go one step further and expenses will be paid out of the royal treasury from where from the revenues of pants Euphrates Romano pecorino collect the more you collect the more you keep using it. But he says no orders rebuilding you want to pay for it. Nice, isn't it? Someone who is trying to oppose you, but yet he was told no no, no, you don't disturb them, but you pay for everything else.
Is that great? And then when he goes on to say whatever is needed whenever the need for worship of the lot to offer sacrifices must be given their daily without fail. Here is a example of how God intervene in a Divine way to protect them and provide for them everything that needed to be provided for because of the degree of Darius. I believe God Ivan, Tennessee the decree of Cyrus his forefather realize that this is what he didn't answer and he was moved to to allow that to happen in his time. Modesto all because we see you read continually that he goes on to talk about those who would be fighted increases if anyone would be fighted degree day shall be destroyed the house making Apollo Robert and Deja Vu inmate meaning to donate eggs a day shall be killed. You recognized what God is doing Kia. How does 16 long years of deferring deferment of the building caught in his wisdom is divine timing now provide and protect the people and you were going to say that whoever whoever will leave. It had to change his degree meaning is Generation to come his children or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem that may the Lord told the king of all people.
You are so determined to a lot of people. I've got to rebuild that he made this decree commanding that whoever comes after him that will destroy you shall be removed. Here is my Missy God providing and protecting the people of God now friends. I know this look like a story but think for a moment for 15 over the years you have been exiled and got call you back in all your eagerness. You are booted everything and now you brought back everything and reset it again in a Land of Judah in Jerusalem yourself how to start building the enemies come after you ever 16 years. You could not stop using again. Then the word of God came back and you're convicted in your house is okay. We will be able to start building a position again. How are you going to face that you are 8 weeks and you don't know what to do anymore and get at the very moment God intervene with his Divine protection and Providence.
Does shoot using it? What about us? What does it mean for us? No, extra said before in the Old Testament the house of water temple really is a center of your being is illegal identity as a nation. What is the center? Is it Bible Church is not really because it a new customer we realized that the temple of God is really the people of God that we from the Temple of the Living God and Christ is the Cornerstone. How do you say that baby? Look at 1st Peter chapter 2 verses 4 through 6. Is this what he says as you come to him. If you come to Christ the living stone with a capital l capital S rejected by humans were chosen by God and precious to him. You also mean to say all of us believe in Jesus Christ in the New Testament. You also like living stones. I'll bring you into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood the each of us represents a piece of down that will come together and be built into a spiritual house music house, but it's good your house. What do we do of to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ get a physical breaking mortar, even though there is important but the essence of the body of Christ is the house of God. How do you say that church? What is a church. 152 West Coast or the building here? Right the church is really all of us all the Believers who gather here. This is the church for many years. The Bible Church didn't have a physical building. We were meeting at different centers yet. That is still the church. You follow me talking about rebuilding one another encouraging one another with Christ as a connoisseur. Nearest Cornerstone you sing the song If All right, so it's really the first piece of funding to lay in order to make out that I measure the direction and alignment of the building Goku kit and dismiss a line. So in Christ came for us he is really the Cornerstone. Okay, he's using an architecture metaphor. Is that using the crisis physically the stone that is a metaphor a symbol right using a symbol that they are being compared to church with the house prices like at Cornerstone the very most important piece of foundation, please on which everything else will be built with prophets and teachers and and eventually give to us, but all of us are building together as God's spiritual house. After all you individually and we all collectively is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
What is Cymbalta and death for God's house must be built by God's hands in the first place. And here is where we need to Denver Eliza Vemma sick after him be happy built by Christ as a Cornerstone and asked me if you could I see a surprise. He's also called the top of this Venture. Is it worth to rebuild the house of God, so we to the house of galbi two identical to bill in partnership with the lot depends on him to rely on him to pray to him. That's important because a lot of difficulty in building a house in Cumming GA each other when we serve in Ministry, what do we do? We try to solve the problem or we give up after all he is the first one who must lay the foundation piece. We must depend on God and God and God alone as a foundation piece. I think we should both of us to pray. How many of you in a past week have prayed for your friends around you in a CG in a DG and pay for the Youth Ministry that pay for the church? Anyone, maybe your two side raise your hands right of building the house of God that first and foremost. You must come to the Lord to pray and seek his face that God. This is what is happening in a eucalyptus. What's happening to my DG some people not coming back down with you help us. Would you deal with it first and foremost coming to the law? I don't encourage you dare fall to make this a commitment for yourself. If you think about rebuilding after you return from from from building to rebuild the house of God commit yourself to pray for your DG to pray for one another to play for the youth group to pray for the church. Would you? We should pray for the leaders of the church the staff members the past has the elders the deacons the stop what you pray for us.
What is all that is the mystery time we pray that's it. No, of course not because besides if I probably the protection God has called us to also come with Collective.
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Okay, great. Then because of the decree King Darius I said that and I never known as you please by shatta bozena and Associates coming out with the legion. So the Elders of the Jews pedir to build and prosper under the preacher of haggai and the Prophet haggai The Prophet Zechariah a descendant of Edo building a temple according to the command of the god of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius and artaxerxes kings of Persia. The temple was completed on a Sunday of the month of Adar in a 6 year of the reign of King Darius. Then the people of Israel depriest the Levites and the rest of the Exile celebrated the dedication of the house of God beef. Joy for the dedication of this house of God. They offered 800 Boost 200 Rim 400. Ml engine as a set of rings for all Israel, 12 male goats one for each of the tribes of Israel and installed the priest India divisions and the Levites in your groups for the service of God at Jerusalem. According to what is written in the book of Moses. What a f****** day of the first month the Exile celebrate the Passover the priests and Levites have purified themselves and but all ceremonially clean the litter box the possible lamp for all the exhaust for the relatives the priests and for themselves. So the Israelites who had returned from Exile ate it together if all we're separated themselves from the practices of Gia Dental Neighbors in order to seek the Lord the god of Israel for 7 days to celebrate the Festival of unleavened bread because the Lord head filled them with Joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria so that the assisted them in the work on the house of God the god of Israel. Tell if you look at most money to it tells you that the tent out of the Jews themselves were fully aware that God was one who changed the attitude of the king.
What did they do? What did they do in Estes experience God's protection in Providence and offered a dedicated themselves. Freddy says the decree of the Darius have given to them and so the officers begin to be very very diligent interesting right in the path of a kind of busted by security and not be tardy. Right but it was very delicious and prosper wouldn't be able to be a what guided them in the building process. Invest in yourself. He says that they will be able to continue to build and prosper under the preaching of haggai and the prophet Zechariah. How do you say I thought it was another guy that engineer or Some Crust menu, Isn't it? But here they were Guided by the preaching of haggai and Zechariah?
Worried because it's the acid container but I believe they were having a position as well from the enemy's those who are not decreed by the king himself computer opposed them yet, haggai and Zechariah devil had to come and called you to preach to encourage them to challenge n22 chastising. Is it go away with to continue to preach at do to build they needed that encouragement from the prophets in order for them to do and they finish the temple building 16 years and 4 years of building, right? They finish building a temple how according to the command of the god of Israel? God had commanded them and they obey. But is that all know then they went on to celebrate the time dedication how by offering to God all the animals are in a sin offering. The diesel and then they continue to install the trees in the divisions have according to what is written in the book of Moses. Another way. Now they finish what do they think they didn't think about how funny we can go to be like no, I'll be there finish that it was the most important river stone worship back to the house of God. They celebrated with Joy by first offering to God they brought back all the priests and boutonniere divisions, and now the priest would continue to serve throughout the days. Who is important because how long has this been done before know last time 50 over years? They had not done this doing I don't remember for the first time. Now. The temple has be right that they now and Worship the Lord in his Temple. But that's not all because we see you later on this we are told that you must say that is celebrated the Passover the what's the Passover?
Do you remember when we study Exodus we had a possible but right is a meal that is instituted by God to commemorate 1. Can you pass the exam was passed over? Is it the first of all Egyptians in the place that it will take place and one of the finals vinylplex the angel of death possible the entire line and got told Israelites going back with the blood of the Lamb on your doorposts over the first part of the Jews all the Jews or preserve all the firstborn of the Egyptians both people and animals all die. It so seems that every year they will not be possible remembering and telling the generations to come the children the children's children that you wish to raise children that look remember the password because that was a time when God delivers us out of the bondage of slavery why you haven't been born yet, but there was a time that we experience God Deliverance where we were safe with a fuss about Egyptians, but I just how we came out and that's how we are brought into the promised land itself. Texas significance of possible and here for the first time in 70 years they celebrated passed over for the first time. This is what God has done for us. They were able to follow the gods commands finally. I don't need to do it themselves and it is your life who returned from Exile 8 from this music. He ate it together with those were separated himself from a group of people who returned light and then Dost. Yeah. Those are separated themselves probably refers to groups. Give Andrew his people the remaining in the length, even when you are an example in a few bad baby long, not everybody went. Okay, they did the Kings win. It took all the healthy and a young people Dover de la people behind so they will remain in the land and now will be included in this group of people, right? And then as well as those who are in a land one not use my butt. But yet they came to believe in Yahweh himself who recorded the process like Okay. So this girl this girl birthday now has separated himself from the unclean practices of the Gentile neighbors so that they can be clean so that they can seek after God himself.
RBC is a people were determined to obey the word of God. You're determined to follow the law of Moses. Tell me to purify themselves before the Lord himself so that they can worship God. That was Collective obedience and offering spectacled a dedicated not only the temple but themselves and that's why we are told a few places that they celebrate at the dedication Day celebrated with joy the celebrated a dedicated House of but they dedicated with joy and celebrated with joy mention here that why you decide to obey the Lord. There is Joy when you begin to offer yourself in complete obedience collectively with full dedication and offering to God.
As we come before the Lord today. I should come and worship the Lord today. But keep in mind as we build a house of God, we rebuilt first and foremost with after dependence on God for his Divine protection in Providence. Yes. But I think I Music Hall hours to obedience and parity to Christ. It is one thing to come and do things and come inside and come and sing song Come and leave song but it is important that even if we do that fundamentally most basic of all is that obedience and Authority extension alive, you considered a harbor they refused to give up. If so, then whatever you do is no longer pleasing to the Lord. Formulas for all of us was serving all about whether you are worship its first thing that we must come to recognize that God calls us to obedience and cavity. And it will be ditching county is in Christ and through Christ that we come as the weather allows. I confess and repent of my sins to him because he is the one that enable us to be forgiven.
Paterson times I didn't call to build a comedian lyrical Community Recycling effectively ethnicity is a place where you can come and be yourself that you can connect with your fellow friends for in your DJ in the youth group that say, yeah, I can do it this way and struggling with this. I'm stopping to help me. What year the same time. We do not just read all these why I'm too bad. We said there is a Biblical stand that there is God calling us to Holiness righteousness that I'm not get what you pray for me so that our progress and grow to be stopping wherever we are different place of a spiritual life get Gulf Coast the move to was a place that but there is biblical sharetea in our life.
Are we a commuters genuine making progress to his Holiness was writing it was God's standards helping each other reaching out to each other and ministering and encouraging each other question for you in the cost of a lobster cable cost someone else. I'll text Gigi say hey, how are you? I'm praying for you. Heavy, is it even cross your mind maybe something that we could have put back into the community of everything that you stop thinking about your DG member say, hey, I'm not a fellow brothers or sister. I want to encourage the person send a text. Is it possible is it very difficult? I don't think so. Right. Maybe it's okay. But in this season is keeping my real rebuilding one another as his house of but you are part of this preacher how you are part of this group to minister and reach out to each other.
And I'll read then discipling one another how we encourage you money. Are we reading the Bible? Are we sharing and pray what is important as we've come and rebuilt the house of God? What are things you could do is to self. Right. I'm very thankful. Because to this a pandemic, you know, the church has has been had those for a while. Anyway, we came back. I was pleasantly surprised because after we we started on site service people who came a new people coming in. You know what? Let me see the name before. What day do we have a newcomers who join our church to the cost of the few months they're doing art online and they're going to behead the community service. They came and join us join us this fine up to volunteer to serve.
I thank God for such ones as this I want to challenge you then trust you that you likewise can do the same are you serving? Maybe you can save Asha why ministry music Ministry you can stuff is in the DG encouraging each other. You can set as DGL. I know you have many many different possibilities are purchased for you to serve but she sure is baby soft white play we can rebuild the house of God together. Unicity because its obligation University because it is a Duty or something because It's a privilege for you to serve with joy as one of the members of his house of computing each other app.
The opposition right to see some of you are facing a lot of opposition even down to keep a weight. Similarly in your car from the ministry will face then. I guarantee you you're serving the lord for sure you you're doing anything stupid because your favorite position over estimate. We want to underestimate the Enemy by the end of day. We serve despite opposition with Husky Beyond despite difficulties and step every press on to look at example of an extra lights again challenged them was against the prophet haggai and Zechariah days. We will be fine and they continue their Pursuit, you know, when the letter was sent to to Persia Bible on yourself will continue to build right? That's what they did and got in his Divine wisdom provided and protected them. And also sexy long as they were able to continue to rebuild and after fires they were able to finish it. Hidden treasure for all of us has just no matter what difficulties of basic in your life trust God to provide for you in his right time and labor for hire labor fall big tree. What are the things your Precinct today? Is a study. Are you sending you find your school is not doing very well. Hey, what's going on? Right would you possibly or would you say I want to eat your p**** on Preston despite his difficulties and challenges get help by all means. Percival Road in your ministry to search about but if you're on in rebuilding the house of God p**** p**** volanis s a s a l t member
Sure, they'll be difficulties. But God in his good perfect timing will bring it to park and will enable you to press on. Give me some of your kind of shuttle services friends. But you'll feel bit. Shy you feel bad because you feel bit intimidated. Sometimes pisidia on press on trusting God that he will one day provide and make a way out give you opportunities to you Michelle Boley and unashamedly. Could you do that wherever you are?
Trust in God to provide and protect us trust in the Lord and then be right up together Depew. ifriends, I hope You like courage the ministry will not just look at the problems. We face but rather look at God himself and she got him who you really is. Someone that you said before we see God is so big. I'll probably come right away and power and will peel in comparison to the law. Is it that far as you rebuild the house of God, let us together trust in him to provide and protect. And that has rice and be obedient to him and offer ourselves and dedicate ourselves to him bully.
Lehman let's pray together.
I want to give you a few moments to just process what you've had with the law.
What is it you're facing today? What is the I experiencing that makes your service so difficult and challenging?
Would you come? In the Steinway Ryan will play a tune for us. Come and meet a lot here where you are. And allow him to speak to you. And commit yourself to him.
Automata, I want to thank you for this time where we are reminded again. What it means to rebuild the house of God. Thank you for reminding us that even though we Face trials difficulties challenges setbacks opposition from enemies. Not daddy's daughter. But it is winter, and we wait upon you and we trust you to bring us from trials to Triumph. They don't we came in upon you that at your own perfect time we can arise.
and built a lot be recognized and acknowledged that Universal called last to participate in your Kingdom's work to build with you. well obedience and throat education that's a lot of this afternoon. If you want to come before you I want to pray for each other my brother and sister here. Thank God you will meet them where they are. For those one discourage, would you encourage them? For those without hat would you lift them up? For those who have difficulty in their studies. Does hindering their service level to enable them to be able to learn so that they will pick up from your studies? Photos of physical challenges love with you heal them and touch them wherever they would you minister to them and let them people themselves the built the house of the Lord. So thank you la once again for this time we commit ourselves to you in Jesus most precious and glorious name we pray. amen amen
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