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       Ezra 3:8-10
   DIR By: clark thompson
       Date: December 18, 2014, 10:02 am
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJATluhowA/url]Ezra<br
       />3:8-10King James Version (KJV)
       8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God
       at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
       Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of
       their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that
       were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the
       Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the
       work of the house of the Lord.
       9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and
       his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the
       workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their
       sons and their brethren the Levites.
       10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of
       the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets,
       and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the
       Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
       Ezra 3:8-10World English Bible (WEB)
       8 Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at
       Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
       and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers
       the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of
       the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the
       Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight
       of the work of Yahweh’s house.  9 Then Jeshua stood with his
       sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah,
       together, to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house:
       the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the
       Levites.  10 When the builders laid the foundation of Yahweh’s
       temple, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets,
       with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise
       Yahweh, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
       These are my thoughts, please share yours.
       8 They have been back in Jerusalem for 14 months now., the
       Levities were the ones to build the temple because they were
       called by God to work in the temple, sometimes to that God calls
       are chosen by man to their exact purpose for serving such as a
       preacher is called to preach but the people often choose him to
       allow him to do the work God has called him to do. Everybody had
       a place to help get the temple done, while only the Levities
       were the ones to build the temple there would have had to be
       people to go get the supplies for building that way they could
       remain at the temple ground building the temple. God wants
       people to grow up before He will put certain tasks on them, this
       does not mean God could not have used the younger Levites or use
       kids today but means age often times means a growth.
       9 Judah represented the kings of Judah this shows that instead
       of them trying to rebuild their throne they were focused on
       giving God His temple. This shows that the focus of the people
       went back to God which was not where their focus was when they
       went into exile.
       10 The foundation of the temple was laid the foundation is
       important because if it is weak the whole temple would fall, our
       foundation is to be in Christ our Lord and Savior, any other
       foundation will bring us crashing down. We are to give the Lord
       praise, nothing praises the Lord more than our obedience.
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