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The Community That Follows Gods Lead
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Wisconsin Judah
Green Bay Jerusalem
Lambeau Field The Jewish Temple
Minnesota Babylonian Empire
Minneapolis Babylon
Leader of Minnesota Nebuchadnezzar
Detroit Mesopotamia
Canada The Media-Persian Empire
Leader of Canada Cyrus
Mayor of Green Bay Zerubbabel
Packers Head Coach Joshua
Ghost of Vince Lombardi Prophet Haggai
Ghost of Mike Holmgren Prophet Zechariah
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Fall of Jerusalem 586 BC (Jews Moved to Babylon)
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Cyrus Gives Permission for Jews to Return 538 BC
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Temple is Rebuilt 520 BC to 516 BC
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With many other words he warned them and he
pleaded with them, Save yourselves from this
corrupt generation. Those who accepted his
message were baptized, and about three thousand
were added to their number that day. -Acts
240-41
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...And the Lord added to their number daily those
who were being saved. -Acts 247
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Sovereignty
Free Will
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In him we were also chosen, having been
predestined according to the plan of him who
works out everything in conformity with the
purpose of his will, in order that we, who were
the first to hope in Christ, might be for the
praise of his glory. And you also were included
in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you
were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy
Spirit. -Ephesians 111-13
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the plan of him who works out everything in
conformity with the purpose of his
will -Ephesians 111 I am God and there is no
other I am God and there is none like me
declaring the end from the beginning and from
ancient times things not yet done, saying, My
counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all
my purpose. -Isaiah 469-10
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And there has been a wonderful alteration in my
mind, in respect to the doctrine of God's
sovereignty, from that day to this so that I
scare ever have found so much as the rising of an
objection against it....I have often since had
not only a conviction but a delightful
conviction. The doctrine has very often appeared
exceeding pleasant, bright, and sweet. Absolute
sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God. But
my first conviction was not so.
Jonathan Edwards, Personal Narrative
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The Vision of Zechariah 4
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I am the LORD who says of Cyrus, "He is my
shepherd and will accomplish all that I please
he will say of Jerusalem, 'Let it be rebuilt,'
and of the temple, 'Let its foundations be
laid.'" -Isaiah 4428
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In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia in
order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by
Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king
of Persia to make a proclamation to rebuild the
temple. -Ezra 11
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So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the
spirit of Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of
the people. They came and began to work on the
house of the LORD Almighty, their God.
-Haggai 214
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(1) By the Power of Gods Spirit
So he answered me, This is the word of the LORD
to Zerubbabel 'Not by might nor by power but by
my Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts.'"
-Zechariah 46
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(2) By Gods Grace
What are you, O mighty mountain? Before
Zerubbabel you will be a plain. Then Zerubbabel
will bring out the capstone with shouts of
Grace! Grace! because of it. -Zechariah 47
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(3) By Gods Promise
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, "The
hands of Zerubbabel laid the foundation of this
temple and his hands will complete it."
-Zechariah 48-9
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(4) By Gods Sovereign Control
For who despises the day of small things? These
seven will rejoice when they see the stone of tin
in the hand of Zerubbabel. (These are the eyes of
the LORD that range throughout all the earth.)
-Zechariah 410
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(5) By Means of Human Help
So he said, "These are the two sons of the
anointing oil who serve the Lord of all the
earth." -Zechariah 414
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the church is built on the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself
as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole
building is joined together and rises to become a
holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are
being built together to become a dwelling in
which God lives by his Spirit. -Ephesians
220-22
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Don't you know that you yourselves are God's
temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? -1
Corinthians 316 ...I will build my church....
-Matthew 1618
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• Practical Applications for Christian Community
• Encouragement in our Work

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• Practical Applications for Christian Community
• Encouragement in our Work
• The Importance of Prayer for Discerning Gods Will

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• Practical Applications for Christian Community
• Encouragement in our Work
• The Importance of Prayer for Discerning Gods
  Will
• Two Questions to Ask
• What is God doing in your life?
• How can I help?

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In every visit, every meeting I attend, every
appointment I keep, I have been anticipated. The
risen Christ got there ahead of me. The risen
Christ is in that room already. What is he doing?
What is he saying? What is going on?....When I
arrive and enter the room I am not so much
wondering what I am going to do or say that will
be pastoral as I am alert and observant for what
the risen Christ has been doing or saying that is
making a gospel story out of this life.
Eugene Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant
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