בית המקדש השני

אלוהים נאמן לאופיו ולהבטחותיו. היהודים יצאו לגלות בבל אך אלוהים הבטיח שישיב אותם מהגלות חזרה לארצם לאחר 70 שנה. אלוהים השתמש בכורש מלך פרס להוציא את הצו לבנות מחדש את בית המקדש. למרבה הפלא, הנביא דניאל ביסס את נבואתו של אחרית הימים על התאריך של הוצאת הצו: 445 לפני הספירה

עזרא א 1-4

The first step in the project was to build the altar so that sacrifices could begin.  Just in time, the people were able to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles; celebrating the feasts was and continues to be a reflection of God’s unique relationship with the Jewish people. 

Ezra 3:3-6

Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings.  

 They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day.  y began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid.

Ezra 6:14-16

 So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.

And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 

Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.  Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 

PRAY FOR THOSE WHOM GOD CHOOSES TO FULFILL HIS PLANS AND PURPOSES.