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Podcast: The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Episode: The 2nd Temple is built in Jerusalem and Ezra Comes with the Second Exile Group
Description: As we look at the book of Ezra, we find the first two groups of Jews who come back to Jerusalem and Judah after the exile to Babylon. Cyrus, King of Persia, grants permission for them to go back and rebuild the temple. The work gets started, but then pauses for around 15 years, but when Haggai and Zechariah come, they encourage the people to start it again. After it is built, Ezra comes with the second group of exiles back to their homeland, and through his leadership, they set themselves apart from pagan worship in order to follow the...