daily reading 18.4 (Ezra 6:1–7)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023

Our opening prayer for this Easter week:

Jesus, shepherd of the sheep,
Who your Father’s flock does keep,
Safe we wake, and safe we sleep,
Guarded still by you.

In your promise firm we stand;
None can take us from your hand.
Speak— we hear— at your command,
We will follow you.

By your blood our souls were bought; 
By your life salvation wrought; 
By your light our feet are taught,
Lord to follow you. 

Father draw us to your Son; 
We with joy will follow on 
Till the work of grace is done, 
There to live with you.

We in robes of glory dressed,
Join the assembly of the blest,
Gathered to eternal rest
In the fold with you. Amen.

Ezra 6:1–7

  • King Darius gave the order, and they searched in the library of Babylon in the archives.
  • 2 But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it:
  • 3 "In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its original foundations be retained. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, 4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timber. The cost is to be paid from the royal treasury.
  • 5 "The gold and silver articles of God's house that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon must also be returned. They are to be brought to the temple in Jerusalem where they belong and put into the house of God."
  • 6 Therefore, you must stay away from that place, Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials in the region.
  • 7 Leave the construction of the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
Helpful notes on Ezra 6:1–7



For yourself pray:

  • That God lets you find something you need that was lost

For others pray:

  • That God supplies favorable government officials in your area for the benefit of your church

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:



  


 


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