Platform of Praise

Ezra 1:2-4; Ezra 3:1-6; Romans 12

By Pastor Don Bosley

586 BC:   Temple destroyed by Babylonians.

                 Israelites carried off to exile in   Babylon.

539 BC:   Babylon overthrown by Cyrus king of

  Persia. 

538 BC:   Cyrus allows exiles to return to Jerusalem.

     (Ezra 1:2-4)

538 BC:   Altar construction begins

  (Ezra 3:1-6)

536 BC:   Temple construction begins

516 BC:   Temple construction finished

445 BC:   Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem’s wall

CHOICE

ALTAR

DWELLING

WALL