After the exile

Men who dreamor

Lowered dreams

6th May 2010

Old testament timeline

Solomons Temple

• Inside it was 27 metres long, 9 metres wide, and 13.5 metres high. The entrance room was 4.5 metres deep and 9 metres wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself.

Section of Temple

• In the rear of the temple an inner room was built, where the Lord’s Covenant Box was to be placed. This inner room was 9 metres long, 9 metres wide, and 9 metres high, all covered with pure gold. (1 Kings 6:19)

Babylonian exile 587BC

1. God can work through Political leaders

King Cyrus - Shepherd

• who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfil all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid."' Isaiah

2nd Temple - King Cyrus

• "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the LORD (Ezra 1:14)

2. Men who dream

After 50 years Cyrus lets them go

3. Lowered dreamsor

The Signet ring of God

Altar erected

• The altar was erected on the first day of the seventh month which is the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets (Numbers 29:1-6)

• Ezra 3v6

Foundation laid

• But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy; so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard afar. (Ezra 3:8-13)

2nd Temple