Good morning all. Wow! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. Tis the season to remember why we celebrate this time of year! JESUS CHRIST!
Let us see what King Cyrus is doing now. V 8: 8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
So who is Sheshbazzar? It is thought that Sheshbazzar is the Babylonian name for Zerubbabel, one of the Jewish leaders during the first return.
So Mithredath is the treasurer and he is to count all the items to be returned. Here they are: 9 This was the inventory:
gold basins - 30; silver basins - 1,000; silver incense burners - 29; (v10) gold bowls - 30; silver bowls - 410; other items - 1,000
In todays market value I cannot even imagine how many millions of dollars was returned to the temple. Plus, they were given even more items of value that were not counted by the treasurer. The Tabernacle of Moses' items would be valued at 13 million today, just think about the Temples value. If you add these up you come up with 2499, however in verse 11 it states that in all there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver.11 In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along with the exiles when they came up from Babylon to
Jerusalem.
These items were returned to the Temple of God, and no other hand caused it to happen except God's hand. Cyrus, as mentioned before, was not a believer in the Jewish God, but was a
follower of Zoroaster, a monotheistic prophet. God made all this come to be.
Think about our lives. Sometimes we are discouraged or think God has forgotten about us. BUT, we must never give up hope because God is ahead of us, in control, and the turning point may be just ahead.
Thank you for reading with me today. Love y'all!
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny
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