1. Rebuilding Jerusalem: Mortar to Morality
Ezra 6:13-8:36

2. Rebuilding Jerusalem Ezra 6:13-8:36
God provides spiritually (7:1-10)
God provides politically (7:11-28)
God provides and protects (8:1-36)

3. God Provides Spiritually Ezra 7:1-10
Descendant of Aaron
Skilled in the Law
Hand of God upon him
High standing in Persian government

4. God’s Provision Politically Ezra 7:11-28
Permission for return
Material goods
Extra funding
Forbid taxation
Establish Jewish Law as law

5. God’s Provision & Protection Ezra 8:1-36
John 15:7
Isa 41:10; Rom 8:39; Jer 29:13; Prov 3:5-6; Rom 8:28; Matt 7:7; John 15:4
Isaiah 6:8