Ezra 1:1-11
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.
Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.
Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god. Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Why?
The Lord proved that the prophet Jeremiah said is the true word of the Lord.
It is the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing. This can be a record of Cyrus, no one can change it.
People of Israel can go back to Jerusalem and build the Temple of the Lord. Except for the motion of the Lord, it is impossible to come true.
Not only Cyrus king of Persia claimed this order, but also the family heads od Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites whose hearts God had moved- prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
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歸回耶路撒冷，重建聖殿最重要。
神激動波斯王古列的心：塞魯士王。神也可以使用外邦人，神在以色列人，萬民中掌權。
許多人被激動也參加這工作。聖殿不能只有建築物，更要有服事的人員。所以第一章記載多少人回來，又記載所有在聖殿服事的人員。服事人員寧缺勿濫。雖有人願意服事於教會，但是事奉動機是否純正更重要?今天是否潔淨在於我們是否沾染世俗的想法?
聖殿的服事不僅是利未人的職責，也是其他人所承擔的奉獻等工作。
聖殿代表神的同在。重建聖殿，恢復與神的關係，回到神面前。使命： 成為祭司的國度。
信仰的恢復、信仰的恢復，恢復與神的關係比自己的家更重要！
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How?
God has his time to make everything come true. All of us should listen and wait for the Lord and prepare ourselves to work with the Lord.
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