Introduction Slide -1 Now that the second wave of people have returned from exile in Babylon to on the temple has been the Jerusalem…the building work largely done…and rebuilding of the city walls can get underway… his attention to the rebuilding of the community of Ezra…turns people…and their God…in homeland… is are in their they are not in However…the problem that…they land…but control of their they were still under the own destiny….actually…God is…but control of the would continue to be under the control of Persian Empire…and one empire or the another…for foreseeable future… God returned to the the foreigners who So…until temple…until He displaced ruled over would be continually in have explained them…they exile…I know I this that we could understand the mindset of the people when Jesus before…so 4 came…(Luke etc)… a new video on the theme of However…last week…the Bible Project released exile… I think this is to understand that anything we say worth watching…in order regards rebuilding to be taken in this context of for people…has exile…both Israel past and for us…… 5 Show video…Exile…from …lasts minutes… People in Exile live with the consequences of sin Slide - 2
Introduction Slide -1 Now that the second wave of people have returned from exile in Babylon to Jerusalem…the building work on the temple has been largely done…and the rebuilding of the city walls can get underway… Ezra…turns his attention to people…and the rebuilding of the community of God…in their homeland… However…the problem is that…they are in their land…but they are not in control of their own destiny….actually…God is…but they were still under the control of the Persian Empire…and would continue to be under the control of one empire or another…for the foreseeable future… So…until God returned to the temple…until He displaced the foreigners who ruled over them…they would be continually in exile…I know I have explained this before…so that we could understand the mindset of the people when Jesus came…(Luke 4 etc)… However…last week…the Bible Project released a new video on the theme of exile… I think this is worth watching…in order to understand that anything we say regards rebuilding people…has to be taken in this context of exile…both for Israel past and for us…… Show video…Exile…from …lasts 5 minutes… People in Exile live with the consequences of sin Slide - 2