I'm sure many of you are familiar with Barnabas, of New Testament fame. His very name means "son of a prophet," according to my sources. If that's accurate, his father must have been a great man, godly to the core. And very learned in the art of … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THE “RIGHT” WAY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
His name is Shechaniah. Watch him in action. "And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, WEEPING OVER SIN
As we have discovered (in Ezra chapter 9), there is "sin in the camp!" (Read it again: "The princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, WHAT HUMILITY!
Once Ezra and his compatriots arrived back home, they found things "worse" than they had ever imagined! The sin of intermarriage (the Jews with the heathen all around them) was rampant! Apparently idolatry was still in vogue, as well. The … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, A GREAT PRAYER!
Ezra chapter 9 is basically a prayer, at least its last two-thirds, from verse 6 until the chapter's end, verse 15. In fact, it is a GREAT prayer! (Something interesting about the Bible, Daniel chapter 9 is such a prayer. As is Nehemiah chapter 9! … [Continue reading]
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