Be rejoice

Ezra 6:1-22
Darius checks the court records, and discovers the scroll on which King Cyrus's decree is written. The Jews have official authorization for their Temple, even to the dimensions and material used.
The Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work in the house of God, the God of Israel.
The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. The four years the Temple is finished and the people are able to celebrate Passover.
The sacrifices were enjoyed not only by the returned Jewish exiles, but also by all those who had given up the pagan ways of the other people who were living in the land and who had come to worship the Lord God of Israel.
Here is the 'remnant' of Israel, true to their identity, bring others into covenant relationship with God: separate but not exclusive.
Why?
For a nation that has recently come through a second exodus, delivered by God from their bondage in Babylon, this must have had very special meaning.
It is the Lord who did it for his Holy name and his glory.
How?
God has given salvation to us and filled us with joy, why we are worry and fear? Be rejoice with our brothers and the Lord.