Ezra 6:1-5 (ESV Strong's)
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored. And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record. In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits, with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place. You shall put them in the house of God.”
God Reveals Treasures
The remnant of Israelites had been released from Babylon to rebuild the temple. However, the residents of the land, out of jealousy and power, stopped the work and sent word to Darius the king to make sure he knew what was going on. In that inquiry they were trying to shut down the project. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah were trying to motivate the people to keep going on the project. No one expected what God did. In the above passage we see God’s hand reach into the archives of Babylon’s safety deposit box and find the exact document they needed to allow the work to continue. God is like this. He makes arrangements when all things seem bad and impossible. God intervenes in the smallest ways to accomplish His plans. We can rejoice that we have a God so detailed in His work. He knows the smallest things in His hands to be revealed at the last minute.
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