Rebuild and ➕ Renew. The Post 🏤-Exilic Books 📚️ of Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, and ➕ Malachi

✅ Old 🧓 Testament history has two 2️⃣ primary watersheds, the Exodus from Egypt ​🇪🇬​ and ➕ the Exile in Babylon. After the Exile, God brings a remnant of his 👤👨⬅️ people 👥 back 🔙 to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple 🕍 and ➕ experience a true revival of faith. This post 🏤-exilic period (5️⃣3️⃣7️⃣ to 4️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ BC) is a time ⏱️ of heady victories and ➕ crushing 🥰 defeats. Of noble leaders and ➕ polluted priests. Of corruption and ➕ cleansing. Of decline and ➕ renewal.Rebuild and ➕ Renew presents  🎁 in chronological order the Bible books 📚️ written 🖋️ in this period -- the historical books 📚️ of Ezra and ➕ Nehemiah, and ➕ the minor prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and ➕ Malachi. These books 📚️ arent well known 💡 among Christians ⛪️ today, but they are chock full 🌝 of lessons for disciples, designed to help us 👥⬅️ grow 🌲⬆️ in Christs image.We learn how God works ⚙️ through some amazing people.Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire, whom God moves to free 🆓 his 👤👨⬅️ people 👥 and ➕ restore Jerusalem.Zerubbabel, governor and ➕ grandson of a king 👑🧔, who rebuilds Jerusalems Temple 🕍 in the face 😀 of great opposition.Joshua, the sinful high priest, reclaimed as a brand plucked from the fire 🔥.Nehemiah, kings 👑🧔 cupbearer, who organizes the people 👥 to rebuild Jerusalems walls 🧱 and ➕ gates in 5️⃣2️⃣ remarkable days.Ezra, priest and ➕ scribe, whose broken 💔 heart and ➕ devotion to God spark a genuine Holy Spirit revival.Haggai the prophet, who stirs a discouraged leaders to complete the temple 🕍 project after a decade of disinterest.Zechariah, a priest-prophet, who sees 👀 Jesus from...

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