The New Man in Christ

1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah,the son of Hilkiah,   2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom.   Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel.   Of the sons of David, Hattush.   3 Of the sons of Shecaniah   of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah;   and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males 150.   4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab,   Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah;   and with him 200 males.   5 Of the sons of Shecaniah,   the son of Jahaziel;   and with him 300 males.   6 Of the sons of Adin,   Ebed the son of Jonathan;   and with him fifty males.   7 Of the sons of Elam,   Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah;   and with him seventy males. “Temple servants.” These people, the “Nethinim” in Hebrew, were slaves that were serving the Levites in the work of the Temple. See commentary on Ezra 2:43. REV Commentary 8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of t

Ezra Chapter 5 1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. It doesn’t tell us what they prophesied but the action that followed was they started to rebuild the temple. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God that is in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them. “The house” is talking about the temple. So they finally begin to rebuild the temple. The prophets were with them so God had his representatives there making sure the work was being done correctly. 3 At that same time Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai and their companions, came to them and said this to them: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?” Tattenia was asking who said you could do this? He was a part of the