Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Ezra 7:25-28
by: Jean Jorgensen.
Six Persian kings each had a role in returning God’s people to Jerusalem. In this situation, God uses pagans along with believers to work His ultimate will. Read King Artaxerxes’ letter to Ezra (vs. 11–26). What was King Artaxerxes’ role because the “hand of the Lord” was on Ezra? What would happen to a person who had been instructed in the Laws of the Lord and the king but chose to disobey? What are the consequences for our disobedience?