Ezra & Nehemiah: Restoration & Reform

Ezra & Nehemiah: Restoration & Reform
Ezra means "JHVH (Jehovah) has Helped" and originally formed one work with the books of Chronicles and Nehemiah. Ezra probably wrote the book soon after returning to Jerusalem from Babylon, or between 456 and 445 B.C. The purpose of his writing was to document God's faithfulness to His promises. There were three returns of the exiles: Zerubbabel in 537 BC, Ezra in 458 BC and Nehemiah in 445 BC.
DATE	LEADER	TASK	BOOK	EVENTS
537 BC	First Return	Return and	EZRA
	Under	Rebuild	1	Proclamation by Cyrus
	Zerubbabel		2	Census of Returned Exiles
			3	Worship Resumed & Rebuilding of Temple
			4	Opposition from Samaritans
520 BC			5	Construction of Temple Resumed
516 BC			6	Temple Completed
473 BC	BOOK OF	ESTHER		Esther is Queen of Persia
458 BC	Second	Return and	7	Ezra Investigates Resettlement
457 BC	Return	Reform	8	Ezra's Return with Second Group
	Under		9	Ezra's Prayer of Anguish
	Ezra		10	Reforms on Mixed Marriages

445 BC	Nehemiah	Rebuilding	NEHEMIAH
		The Wall	1	Nehemiah's Grief for Exiles in Jerusalem
			2	Permission to Rebuild the City Walls
			3	Work Progressing
			4	Opposition by Outsiders
			5	Nehemiah's Unselfish Provisions
			6	Completion of the City Walls
			7	Census of the First Exiles
	Ezra	Revival	8	Revival through God's Word
			9	Repentance
			10	Commitment
		Reformation	11	Leaders in Jerusalem
433 BC			12	Dedication of the Wall
			13	Reforms on Foreign Marriages

Title: Ezra & Nehemiah: Restoration & Reform

Series: A Look at the Book

Ezra & Nehemiah: Restoration & Reform by Wil Pounds (c) 1998. Anyone is free to use this material and distribute it, but it may not be sold under any circumstances whatsoever without the author's written consent. Scripture quotations from the New American Standard Bible (c) 1973 The Lockman Foundation.

Unless otherwise noted “Scripture quotations taken from the NASB." "Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)

Wil is a graduate of William Carey College, B. A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. M.; and Azusa Pacific University, M. A. He has pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. S, and served for over 20 years as missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. He had a daily expository Bible teaching ministry head in over 100 countries for ten years. He continues to seek opportunities to be personally involved in world missions. Wil and his wife Ann have three grown daughters. He currently serves as a Baptist pastor and teaches seminary extension courses in Honduras.

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