Restored Relationship through EZRA

God used Ezra to...

• .. teach people to forget the punishment of the past covenant with God

• .. tell people that they should make the temple a great place of worship

• .. to brind people back to obedience of God's covenant

• .. to teach people the right way to conduct prayer and worship God.

Fill the blank:

So is my ____ that Goes out of my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

• truth

• covenant

• word

• commandments

Fill in the blank: Jeremiah 29:10-14

Only when __________ seventy years are completed will I visit you.

• the punishment of

• Assyria's

• Israel's

• Babylon's

Check which prophets exhorted Israel to build the temple after returning from the Exile

• Isaiah

• Jeremiah

• Haggai

• Elisha

What are the 3 promises God gave to Jeremiah in Ch 29:10-14

• That God will forgive Israel

• That God will visit Israel

• That God will hear Israel if they pray

• That God has let himself be found by Israel if they seek Him

• That God will restore the Israel Kingdom

What did Ezra consider most important in life according to Ezra 7:10 (choose 3)

• pray regularly

• study the law

• obey the commandments

• teach the statutes

• humble himself before God.

Who was the king to allow first Israel to leave Persia back to Israel?

• King Nebuchadnezzar

• King Cyrus

• King Darius

• King Artaxerxes

Why was the reason Ezra tear his clothes and pulling his hair from his head and his beard in Ezra Chapter 9

• Because the people did not offer their daily prayers

• Because the people disobeyed the priests

• Because the Levites married non Israelites

• Because the priests did not conduct the regular sacrifices in the temple

Fill in the blank fom Psalm 34:18

The Lord is close to the _______ and saves the _______

• humble , lonely

• the king, those who are loyal

• humble, gentle

• broken hearted, crushed in spirit

• those who love his name, humber in spirit

Fill in the blank from 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all ______

• evil

• our sins

• unrighteousness

• iniquity