Assignment - Questions for Ezra Chapters 5 and 6

Greetings!! These are the study questions we plan to cover this coming Tuesday.

Ezra Chapter 5

1. Who prophesied to the people of Judah and Jerusalem? (5:1)

2. What did the Lord say to the prophet Haggai? (Haggai 1:1-15)

3. What did the Lord say to the prophet Zechariah? (Zechariah 4:6-10)

4. Who restarted the work on rebuilding the Temple? (5:2)

5. Who questioned the work on the rebuilding of the Temple? (5:3)

6. Who interceded to ensure that the work on the Temple was not stopped? (5:5)

7. Identify a time in your life when you felt the eye of the Lord watching over you?

8. To whom was a letter written? (5:6)

9. What report was given to the king? (5:8)

10. What questions were asked of the elders? (5:9-10)

11. What answer did the elders provide? (5:11:16)

12. Identify a time when such a level of commitment to God’s plan was evident in your church.

13. What steps does the letter ask the king to take? (5:17)

Ezra Chapter 6

14. What does the king do in response to the request? (6:1)

15. What is found? (6:2)

16. What does the scroll say? (6:3:5)

17. What does the king order the governor and his officers to do? (6:6-10)

18. Identify a time in your life when the Lord turned what appeared to be a potential obstacle into a blessing.

19. What punishment does the king ascribe to anyone who violates his order? (6:11-12)

20. In response to the king’s decree, what do the people do? (6:14)

21. When was the work on the Temple completed? (6:15)

22. How do the people celebrate the completion of the Temple? (6:16-18)

23. When do the exiles celebrate the Passover? (6:19)

24. How did the people celebrate and why? (6:19-21)

25. When was the last time you celebrated God’s blessings in your life with "joy"?