June 13, 2011

Welcome to Listing Your Way Through the Bible, our unique bible study based on making lists as we work through daily readings.

The readings for today are Ezra 3, 4, and 5 and John 20. Here are some lists for the reader to contemplate while reading.


Ezra 3:

• The people who returned from exile decide to rebuild the Temple. List the first thing they built and what they did with it.

• List the next step taken in the reconstruction of the Temple.

• List the musical instruments used to praise the Lord.

• Write out the song the Levites sang with praise and thanks in verse 11.

• list the different reactions to the rebuilt Temple foundation and why.

Ezra 4:

• Draw a vertical line down the center of the page. Label the left column "Enemies" and the right column "Tactics."

• From the information in today's reading, list the different enemy groups that opposed the rebuilding of the Temple and the tactics they used in the appropriate column.

Ezra 5:

• List the prophets to Judah and Jerusalem at this time.

• List the answer the leaders of the Temple reconstruction project gave when asked who gave permission to rebuild.

John 20:

• List the people who first discovered the empty tomb.

• List what the people found in the tomb.

• List what Mary saw.

• List what Jesus told his disciples.

• List what Thomas needed to see in order to believe.

• Write out Jesus's words in verse 29b.

• Write out verse 31.