Ezra & Nehemiah: Week 1 - Return and Rebuild

Ezra and Nehemiah show us that God is in control even when things don’t go as planned. How do the Israelites returning to Jerusalem and rebuilding the temple apply to us?

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Reading: Ezra 1-7

Discussion Questions:

  1. How much knowledge do you have of Ezra-Nehemiah? What did you know prior about these two books?

  2. Read Ezra 1:1-5. How do these verses show that God is in control no matter what?

  3. What are the 4 Covenants we see in the Old Testament? Why do these 4 matter to us today?

  4. The only way we can return and rebuild is with a new heart. Why does a new heart help us return and rebuild?

  5. How do you need to return and what do you need to rebuild?