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Analysis Of Ezra 3 : 2 The Spiritual Leader Of Israel

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In Ezra 3:2 the spiritual leadership of Israel seem to come from Jeshua and his fellow priests, as well Zerubbabel. These men built an altar to the God of Israel, and they offer burnt offerings on it, as it is commanded in the Torah. Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other priest look to the scripture to guide their reconstitution of their relationship with God. Nehemiah and Ezra used the scripture in a way that I believe the leadership of the church should do today. Church leadership must follow the scripture and its message. Yes, we can adapt it to the social sitting today, but we cannot alter its divine message.

The greatest leadership quality of Nehemiah is seen and Nehemiah 1:4 where Nehemiah was continually fasting and praying to the Lord. In Esther 4:15-17 Esther commands that all the Jews in Susa and the ladies under her charge in the king 's harem will fast. Even though this verse doesn 't mention prayer I believe it was implied, because of what is recorded in Esther 9:31. In Esther 9:31 it mentions laments, and laments generally includes a call to God in the form of a prayer. I think it 's a great quality for a church leader to have Nehemiah and Esther’s habits of always turning to the Lord in prayer and fasting before beginning any large undertaking inside or outside the house of the Lord.

I see another great leadership quality which is found in Nehemiah 4:16 where it says that, “the leaders stood behind the whole house of Judah” (ESV). This is a reminder that the

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