Series EZRA AND NEHEMIAH with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. | 1.MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY: ZERUBBABEL AND EZRA | 1.1 The First Return of the Exiles Serubbabel was the Jewish leader of the first return of exiles after they had been in Babylonian captivity for 70 years. The Persian king Cyrus allowed it and therefore fulfilled […]

Series EZRA AND NEHEMIAH with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. | 1.MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY: ZERUBBABEL AND EZRA | 1.2 Overview of Kings and Events The main task of the first returnees from Babylon was the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. But hostile foreign people in the neighbourhood tried to stop the work. My God […]

Series EZRA AND NEHEMIAH with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. | 1.MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY: ZERUBBABEL AND EZRA | 1.3 The Second Return of the Exiles The scribe Ezra was the leader of the second group of returnees in the year 457 B.C. This happened about 80 years after the arrival of the first group of […]

Series EZRA AND NEHEMIAH with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. | 1.MAKING SENSE OF HISTORY: ZERUBBABEL AND EZRA | 1.4 Artaxerxes’s Decree The Persian king Artaxerxes I allowed the second return of Jewish exiles in the year 457 B.C. This decree encourages the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem. My God bless you today and always. […]