Day 268: Rebuilding the Temple (2026)
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What does Father Mike say about keeping our faith alive?
We can't lose our faith the way we lose our car keys. We either give it away or we let it decay because we don't use it. Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and in my new book, Unshakable: Building a Life of Virtue in a World of Chaos, I tell faith-filled stories that inspire you to live a life of virtue that flows from the unshakable power of God. Although we're surrounded by a culture that mocks virtue, we can feed ourselves stories that that really do uphold what is good and promote a virtuous life. When we live this way, we experience freedom and joy like never before. It's my prayer that the stories in my book, Unshakable, will inspire you to fight the battle for a virtuous life and win through trust in an unshakable God.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. We are on day two of the return, so that means day two hundred and sixty-eight total. Um, we're reading Ezra chapters three and four, as well as a new book, Zechariah, the Prophet Zechariah, chapters One, two, and three, as well as Proverbs chapter 20, verses four through seven. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition.
I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit AscensionPress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast and click on subscribe. And then what'll happen is you will receive daily episodes and updates, and we will receive maybe some more ability to see on BMP's radars. I mean, people might find out. Here we are on day two sixty eight. Today might be their day one, which would be phenomenal, incredible, if you subscribe, or if you um share and comment and say how much you like or maybe you dislike this podcast and still you've persisted with us for 268 days. That's pretty remarkable. And you deserve some kudos and some credits.
As I said, it is Ezra chapter three and four today, a new book, the book of the prophet Zechariah, who is content. Temporary of Hagai, that was yesterday, chapters 1, 2, and 3, as well as Proverbs chapter 20, verse 4 through 7. A little heads up. When it comes to Zechariah, he's gonna have a bunch of dreams, uh, kind of a crazy night for the life of the prophet Zechariah. When I say dreams, I mean God-inspired dreams, aka visions, and so there's gonna be a little bit, read here a lot, of symbolic language and symbolic stuff going on in Zechariah's prophecy. But then again, he's a prophet, so we're getting after it. Again, for the third time, day two sixty eight, Ezra three and four, Zechariah one, two and three, Proverbs twenty, verses four through seven.
The Book of Ezra Chapter three Worship restored at Jerusalem. When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. Then arose Jeshua, the son of Josedak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubel, the son of Sheltiel, with his kinsmen. And they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. they set the altar in its place, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the lands, and they offered burnt offerings upon it to the Lord burnt offerings morning and evening. and they kept the feast of Booths as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinance, as each day required.
And after that the continual burnt offerings, the offerings at the new moon, and all the appointed feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of every one who made a free will offering to the Lord. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Father Mike say about keeping our faith alive?
0:01–9:40
2
How does Ezra chapter 3 describe the restoration of worship in Jerusalem?
9:40–14:15
3
What is the significance of the temple foundation being laid and the mixed reactions of the people?
14:15–17:20
4
Why do the adversaries oppose the rebuilding of the temple in Ezra chapter 4?
17:20–20:18
5
Who were the Samaritans and why did they clash with the returning Jews over the temple?
20:18–23:26
6
What are the first visions of Zechariah (the horseman, the four horns, and the four smiths) about?
23:26–26:26
7
How does Zechariah chapter 3 portray Joshua the high priest and Satan’s accusation?
26:26–29:18
8
How does Father Mike connect the “single‑day” promise to Good Friday and personal forgiveness?
29:18–29:18