]Application Questions:

What ordinary means did God use in Ezra 6 to provide for the construction of the temple in Jerusalem?

Can man accomplish God’s plan without God’s providence? Why or why not?

Learning from this story, what are the blessings of a properly functioning government?

How does this inform submission to government?

Providence is God working independently of you to accomplish his will for you. What evidence of this is found in Ezra 6? What evidence of God’s providence can be found in your circumstances?