Zerubbabel Window

Who is Zerubbabel? At the request of Cyrus the Great of Persia, Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, returns from exile to oversee the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians. Ezra 3:7-12

Who are the other people represented in this window?  They all play a part in the return to Jerusalem from exile.

(L) Ezra, the priest, leads the Israelites in their return to Jerusalem from exile. He must help them restore both their temple and their community. “Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,” Ezra 7:11-27

(L) Nehemiah rebuilds the walls of the Temple in Jerusalem and challenges the people to return to following the Law of Moses. “. . .but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts are under the farthest skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place at which I have chosen to establish my name.” Nehemiah 1:1-11

(R) Haggai prays for the for the well being of the people. “On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you, says the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:13-23

(R) Zerubbabel receives his commission to return to Jerusalem from Cyrus the Great of Persia. “The heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—got ready to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.” Ezra 1:1-2 and Ezra 2

In memory of Esther, George H. and Pauline Johnson by their sister Mulkena E. Fox, 1959