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Sovereign Grace Church LouisvilleJosh Blount · August 4, 2026 · 41 min

Ezra 3-6 | What Did You Expect? | Josh Blount

Name: Ezra 3-6 | What Did You Expect? | Josh Blount
Uploaded: 2026-08-04T20:06:16.000Z
Duration: 41 min 21 s
Description: The work of God; illustrated by the rebuilding of the temple in Ezra 3–6; is never finished, always opposed by the flesh, the world, and Satan, and yet ultimately triumphant because of Christ's finished work, so believers should expect ongoing, opposed, but victorious labor in the kingdom.

The work of God; illustrated by the rebuilding of the temple in Ezra 3–6; is never finished, always opposed by the flesh, the world, and Satan, and yet ultimately triumphant because of Christ's finished work, so believers should expect ongoing, opposed, but victorious labor in the kingdom.

Stories told

the rebuilding of the second temple under Zerubbabel and Joshua the opposition of the Samaritans to rebuilding the temple the Passover celebration after the temple's completion

Scripture referenced

Proverbs 1 Ezra 3 Ezra 3–6 Ephesians 4 Proverbs 1:8 2 Kings 3 Ezra 4 2 Kings 4:24 Ephesians 5 2 Kings 17 2 Kings 17:23 Proverbs 21:1

1 further passing reference is in the index and searchable.