RETURN & REBUILDING: A FEW FACTS ABOUT ZERUBBABEL

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Return And Rebuilding

a) The return of the remnant commenced after seventy years of exile under the Babylonians.

b) Some of the Jews were able to return to Judah in order to begin rebuilding the city of Jerusalem. This remnant of a once-great nation was still greatly oppressed, and it was only with distress that they rebuilt the city over several decades.

c) In this, we see Zerubbabel and the Jews' first return and attempt at rebuilding.

2. A Few Facts About Zerubbabel

a) Of royal lineage, a descendant of David (Matthew 1:6,12).

b) Ancestor of Christ (Matthew 1:12). 

c) Called Zorobabel in KJV New Testament. 

d) His name [Zerub-Babel] means "Born in Babylon".

e) His Persian name was Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, 5:14).

f) Cyrus appointed him governor [prince] of Judah.

g) Zechariah had a vision about him (Zechariah 4).;

h) Haggai prophesied to him (Haggai 1 and 2).

i) Zerubbabel led the first party of exiles back to Jerusalem after Cyrus decreed that Jerusalem should be rebuilt. 

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