Ezra 3 - Discouragement Often Comes after Calling

About this episode

This episode discusses the Israelites' devotion to God through the building of an altar and the laying of the temple foundation, highlighting themes of discouragement in following God's will.

In today's episode: The Israelites prove their devotion to God and His laws by building an altar and keeping the feasts The temple foundation is laid for the 2nd temple God warns the people not to despise the small start The old men weep (probably not tears of joy) after they see the foundation Discouragement often comes when you are doing God's will Other related episodes: 2 Chronicles 35:10-27 - The Point of Animal Sacrifice, and Why We No Longer Do It Leviticus 16:11-19 (From Creation) - Does God Like Animal Sacrifices? It Will Be Provided - the parallels between Abraham's test in Genesis 22 and the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross Hey! Look at this other P40 content!  YouTube -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnh-aqfg8rw Ko-Fi -  https://ko-fi.com/p40ministries   Website -  https://www.p40ministries.com Facebook -  https:// www.facebook.com/p40ministries   Contact -  jenn@p40ministries.com  Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-6493869   Books -  https://www.amazon.com/Jenn-Kokal/e/B095JCRNHY/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk   Merch -  https://www.p40ministries.com/shop   YouVersion -&nbsp…

People in this episode

Host: Jenn Kokal

Topics covered

• discouragement
• faith
• devotion
• God's will
• temple foundation
• Israelites
• sacrifice

Keywords

• Ezra 3
• discouragement
• temple foundation
• Israelites
• sacrifice
• faith
• devotion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: P40 Ministries, YouTube, Ko-Fi, Facebook, Rumble, Amazon, YouVersion, LifeAudio, Seven Weeks Coffee

Books & works: Ezra 3, 2 Chronicles 35:10-27, Leviticus 16:11-19, Genesis 22

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