Ezra 4:4
Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;
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Praise the Lord, the foundation is in place
Ezra 3:11
And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord’s house was put in place.
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At his coming he will reward all
2 Thessalonians 1:10
At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith because our witness among you had effect in that day.
Take the water I give and become a fountain of life
John 4:14
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
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The captives set free
Ezra 2:1
Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;
God’s purpose for us is salvation
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God’s purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ
You must have a new birth
John 3:3
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
1)Joh 1:12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God–that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Joh 1:13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man’s desire.
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| ↑1 | Joh 1:12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God–that is, to those who had faith in his name: Joh 1:13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man’s desire. |
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The spirit of worldly kings is moved by the Lord
Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,Ezra 1:2
These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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The world laughs until there is no help.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
Our comfort and blessed hope; The Lord Jesus himself
Jesus Is Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.
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