by Amber Andrus
A 49-slide PowerPoint for the 2022 OT Lesson 107: Ezra
"In fulfillment of prophecy, the Lord inspired Cyrus, king of Persia, to allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. The Jews overcame opposition and completed and dedicated the temple. About 60 years after the temple was rebuilt at Jerusalem, Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, appointed Ezra to lead another group of Jews to Jerusalem and provided him with money and supplies to beautify the temple. Ezra sorrowed when he learned that some of the Jews in Jerusalem had married out of the covenant, and he counseled the people to repent." [Introduction from the lesson at churchofjesuschrist.org]