October 9: Happy People.
Rejoicing at the Dedication of the Temple.
Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.--Ezra 6:15, 16, NKJV
IN REBUILDING THE HOUSE of the Lord, Zerubbabel had labored in the face of manifold difficulties. From the beginning, adversaries had "weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building," "and made them to cease by force and power." Ezra 4:4, 23. But the Lord had interposed on behalf of the builders.--Prophets and Kings, 594.
The promise, "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it," was literally fulfilled [Zechariah 4:9]. "The elders of the Jews builded, and they proposed through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar [the twelfth month], which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king." Ezra 6:14, 15.
Shortly afterward the restored temple was dedicated. "The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;"--Prophets and Kings, 596.
And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy;
for the Lord made them joyful, and turned the heart
of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands
in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
--Ezra 6:22, NKJV
Rejoicing at the Dedication of the Temple.
Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.--Ezra 6:15, 16, NKJV
IN REBUILDING THE HOUSE of the Lord, Zerubbabel had labored in the face of manifold difficulties. From the beginning, adversaries had "weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building," "and made them to cease by force and power." Ezra 4:4, 23. But the Lord had interposed on behalf of the builders.--Prophets and Kings, 594.
The promise, "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it," was literally fulfilled [Zechariah 4:9]. "The elders of the Jews builded, and they proposed through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar [the twelfth month], which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king." Ezra 6:14, 15.
Shortly afterward the restored temple was dedicated. "The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;"--Prophets and Kings, 596.
And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy;
for the Lord made them joyful, and turned the heart
of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands
in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
--Ezra 6:22, NKJV
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