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Rebuilding the Temple Ezra 3:10-13
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While boschke’s wall stood firm, Solomon's temple did not.
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The temple’s destruction had been prophesied.
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The temple’s destruction had been prophesied: “Because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height” (Micah 3:12, ESV).
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The temple’s destruction had been prophesied (Micah 3:12).
The temple was destroyed with fire.
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The temple’s destruction had been prophesied (Micah 3:12).
The temple was destroyed with fire. “They burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels” (2 Chr 36:19, ESV).
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The temple’s destruction had been prophesied (Micah 3:12).
The temple was destroyed with fire. (2 Chr 36:19). “They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground” (Ps 74:7, ESV).
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Just as Solomon's temple did not stand firm, the church did not stand firm.
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared” (1 Tm 4:1-2, ESV).
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
1 Tm 4:1-2. “The time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths” (2 Tm 4:3-4, ESV).
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
That apostasy has occurred.
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
That apostasy has occurred. Great changes have been made in church organization.
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
That apostasy has occurred. Great changes have been made in church organization. Great changes have been made in salvation.
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The Scriptures prophesied that the church would enter apostasy.
That apostasy has occurred. Great changes have been made in church organization. Great changes have been made in salvation. Great changes have been made in worship.
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In tonight’s text, the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity & begin the process of restoring the Temple worship.
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In tonight’s text, the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity & begin the process of restoring the Temple worship. Ezra 3:10-13.
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In tonight’s text, the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity & begin the process of restoring the Temple worship. Ezra 3:10-13. We want to make application to restoring the New Testament church.
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In tonight’s text, the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity & begin the process of restoring the Temple worship. Ezra 3:10-13. We want to make application to restoring the New Testament church. We want to explore the principles the Jews used in their restoration.
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In tonight’s text, the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity & begin the process of restoring the Temple worship. Ezra 3:10-13. We want to make application to restoring the New Testament church. We want to explore the principles the Jews used in their restoration. Those principles: THE SAME FOUNDATION & THE SAME WORSHIP.
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v 10 Same foundation
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“And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel” (v 10, ESV).
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Jeshua, Zerubbabel, & their associates built the altar on its foundation.
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Jeshua, Zerubbabel, & their associates built the altar on its foundation.
Temples & their foundations were not chosen haphazardly—even in pagan religions.
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Jeshua, Zerubbabel, & their associates built the altar on its foundation.
Temples & their foundations were not chosen haphazardly—even in pagan religions. The Lord, not man, chose the place for the temple.
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Jeshua, Zerubbabel, & their associates built the altar on its foundation.
Temples & their foundations were not chosen haphazardly—even in pagan religions. The Lord, not man, chose the place for the temple. “Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose” (Josh 9:27, ESV).
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Jeshua, Zerubbabel, & their associates built the altar on its foundation.
Temples & their foundations were not chosen haphazardly—even in pagan religions. The Lord, not man, chose the place for the temple. Josh 9:27. The Lord showed his approval at the building of the temple.
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Jeshua, Zerubbabel, & their associates built the altar on its foundation.
Temples & their foundations were not chosen haphazardly—even in pagan religions. The Lord, not man, chose the place for the temple. Josh 9:27. The Lord showed his approval at the building of the temple: “When the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD” (1 Ki 8:10-11, ESV).
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Instead of constructing a completely new altar, this altar was constructed on the foundation of the old altar.
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Instead of constructing a completely new altar, this altar was constructed on the foundation of the old altar. This would provide a continuity of worship.
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Instead of constructing a completely new altar, this altar was constructed on the foundation of the old altar. This would provide a continuity of worship. This would allow the builders to know their were constructing in exactly the right spot.
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Instead of constructing a completely new altar, this altar was constructed on the foundation of the old altar. This would provide a continuity of worship. This would allow the builders to know their were constructing in exactly the right spot. God had decreed exactly where the altar should be.
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Instead of constructing a completely new altar, this altar was constructed on the foundation of the old altar. This would provide a continuity of worship. This would allow the builders to know their were constructing in exactly the right spot. God had decreed exactly where the altar should be. Building on the foundation of the fallen altar, the workers knew exactly where God wanted it.
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What if the workers decided to erect the altar in a slightly different spot?
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Do you honestly believe God would have been pleased?
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Do you honestly believe God would have been pleased?
We know that God didn’t appreciate the priests changing the sacrifices.
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Do you honestly believe God would have been pleased?
We know that God didn’t appreciate the priests changing the sacrifices. “Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD” (Lev 10:1-2, ESV).
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As the church is restored, shouldn’t she be built on exactly the same foundation as the original?
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Jesus serves as the foundation for the church.
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Jesus serves as the foundation for the church.
“On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Mt 16:18, ESV).
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Jesus serves as the foundation for the church.
“On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Mt 16:18, ESV). “No one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 3:11, ESV).
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
He is the source of the church.
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
He is the source of the church. “I will build my church.”
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
He is the source of the church. “I will build my church.” Jesus’ Messiahship, his death, his resurrection, & his exaltation allowed him to establish his church.
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
He is the source of the church. He is the source of the church’s teaching.
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
He is the source of the church. He is the source of the church’s teaching. “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock” (Mt 7:24-25, ESV).
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How does Jesus serve as the church’s foundation?
He is the source of the church. He is the source of the church’s teaching. “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock” (Mt 7:24-25, ESV). Principle: If the church is built on the foundation of Jesus’ teachings, she will stand firm.
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The apostles & prophets also serve as the church’s foundation.
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The apostles & prophets also serve as the church’s foundation.
“You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone” (Eph 2:19-20, ESV).
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The apostles & prophets also serve as the church’s foundation.
Eph 2:19-20. “The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb” (Rev 21:14, ESV).
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How can the prophets & apostles be the church’s foundation?
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Just as the teachings of Jesus form the church’s foundation, so too do the teachings of the prophets & apostles.
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Just as the teachings of Jesus form the church’s foundation, so too do the teachings of the prophets & apostles. They taught what the Spirit taught them.
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Just as the teachings of Jesus form the church’s foundation, so too do the teachings of the prophets & apostles. They taught what the Spirit taught them: “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come” (Jn 16:13, ESV).
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The apostles had great authority in the church.
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The apostles had great authority in the church.
“We hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good” (2 Thess 3:11-13, ESV).
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The apostles had great authority in the church.
“We hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good” (2 Thess 3:11-13, ESV). That authority is now in the written Word that forms the church’s foundation.
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Let us strive to follow scripture that we might be built on a firm foundation!
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vv 1-6, 10-11 Same worship
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“When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God. They set the altar in its place, for fear was on them because of the peoples of the lands, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, burnt offerings morning and evening. And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the
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“daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required, and after that the regular burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon and at all the appointed feasts of the LORD, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the LORD. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid”
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“And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel. And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, ‘For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel’” (vv 1-6, 10-11, ESV).
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The people celebrated feasts & offered sacrifices, vv 1-6.
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The people celebrated feasts & offered sacrifices, vv 1-6.
These feasts had been ordained by God.
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The people celebrated feasts & offered sacrifices, vv 1-6.
These feasts had been ordained by God. The feasts of Tabernacles was to remind the Israelites that their ancestors lived in tents when God brought them out of Egypt (Lev 23:33-42).
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The people celebrated feasts & offered sacrifices, vv 1-6.
These feasts had been ordained by God. The feasts of Tabernacles was to remind the Israelites that their ancestors lived in tents when God brought them out of Egypt (Lev 23:33-42). The New Moon sacrifices were monthly sacrifices (Num 28:11-15).
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The people celebrated feasts & offered sacrifices, vv 1-6.
These feasts had been ordained by God. The feasts of Tabernacles was to remind the Israelites that their ancestors lived in tents when God brought them out of Egypt (Lev 23:33-42). The New Moon sacrifices were monthly sacrifices (Num 28:11-15). The people also kept all the sacred feasts as well as the free will offerings.
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The people celebrated feasts & offered sacrifices, vv 1-6.
These feasts had been ordained by God. The feasts of Tabernacles was to remind the Israelites that their ancestors lived in tents when God brought them out of Egypt (Lev 23:33-42). The New Moon sacrifices were monthly sacrifices (Num 28:11-15). The people also kept all the sacred feasts as well as the free will offerings—this was a group who desperately wanted to please God.
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How did they keep the feasts?
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How did they keep the feasts?
“Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God” (v 2, ESV).
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How did they keep the feasts?
“Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God” (v 2, ESV). They understood that they couldn’t worship however they wanted, but they worshiped according to “the Law of Moses the man of God.”
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When the foundation of the temple was laid, the priests with trumpets & the Levites with cymbals praised God as prescribed by David, v 10.
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When the foundation of the temple was laid, the priests with trumpets & the Levites with cymbals praised God as prescribed by David, v 10. The blowing of trumpets was a duty assigned to the priests.
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When the foundation of the temple was laid, the priests with trumpets & the Levites with cymbals praised God as prescribed by David, v 10. The blowing of trumpets was a duty assigned to the priests. “The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations” (Num 10:8, ESV).
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When the foundation of the temple was laid, the priests with trumpets & the Levites with cymbals praised God as prescribed by David, v 10. The blowing of trumpets was a duty assigned to the priests. “The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations” (Num 10:8, ESV). The trumpets were also sounded on joyous occasions—e.g., at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:35).
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When the foundation of the temple was laid, the priests with trumpets & the Levites with cymbals praised God as prescribed by David, v 10. The blowing of trumpets was a duty assigned to the priests. “The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations” (Num 10:8, ESV). The trumpets were also sounded on joyous occasions—e.g., at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:35). Cymbals were also often played by priests & Levites.
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This was the praise of God ascribed by David.
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This was the praise of God ascribed by David.
David established the musical instruments to be used in the temple.
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This was the praise of God ascribed by David.
David established the musical instruments to be used in the temple. “The priests stood at their posts; the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the LORD that King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD— for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry; opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood” (2 Chr 7:6, ESV).
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This was the praise of God ascribed by David.
David established the musical instruments to be used in the temple. 2 Chr 7:6. Why would David do such a thing?
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This was the praise of God ascribed by David.
David established the musical instruments to be used in the temple. 2 Chr 7:6. Why would David do such a thing? “And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king’s seer and of Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets. The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets” (2 Chr 29:25-26, ESV).
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This was the praise of God ascribed by David.
David established the musical instruments to be used in the temple. Again, these Jews asked the question, “How does God want us to worship?”
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Don’t the Israelites set a wonderful example for us?
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When they wanted to know how to worship, the Israelites went back to God’s instructions.
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When they wanted to know how to worship, the Israelites went back to God’s instructions.
Far too few individuals do so.
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Far too few individuals do so.
When they wanted to know how to worship, the Israelites went back to God’s instructions. Far too few individuals do so. Jesus had quite strong words for those who changed worship.
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Far too few individuals do so.
When they wanted to know how to worship, the Israelites went back to God’s instructions. Far too few individuals do so. Jesus had quite strong words for those who changed worship. “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men” (Mt 15:8-9, ESV).
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Are you following god’s will?
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