The Two Olive Trees & Call to Complete Temple Scripture: Zechariah 4(NIV) 1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I...
Haggai Calls the People to Rebuild the Temple Scripture: Haggai 1:1-2:9(NIV) 1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel...
Haggai & Zechariah Arrive Amid Conflict Scripture: Ezra 5(NIV) 1 Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2...
Amid Opposition, Artaxerxes Halts Rebuilding Temple Scripture: Ezra 4(NIV) 1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of...
Zerubbabel Rebuilds Altar & Temple Foundation Scripture: Ezra 3(NIV) 1 When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem. 2 Then Joshua son of Jozadak and his...
Jews Can Return from Exile to Build Temple Scripture: Ezra 1(NIV) 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a...
Daniel Survives the Lion's Den Scripture: Daniel 6(NIV) 1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so...
The Handwriting on the Wall Scripture: Daniel 5(NIV) 1 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver...
The Crazy Dream Scripture: Daniel 4(NIV) 1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! 2 It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that...
The Fiery Furnace Scripture: Daniel 3(NIV) 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects...
