I referred to Ezra 7:10 way back on December 12, 2017 ... in the second lesson of this Series of studies on the Book of Ezra. But I did not exegete the verse then, and it is of paramount importance to understanding the Book's namesake, the scribe we … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, FOUR MONTHS!
Ezra the Scribe, as did Sheshbazzar several years before him, led a delegation of (released) Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem. Essentially ending the "70 year captivity" prophesied by Jeremiah "at the Word of the Lord." Here's a one verse … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, AND THE MAN NAMED EZRA!
Ezra 7:6 is as "loaded" a biographical verse as I remember anywhere in Scripture. Honestly! "This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, CHAPTER 7, FINALLY!
Today, after 35 Lessons, we finally meet the man named Ezra! Likely the man who wrote this 10 chapter Old Testament Book, in a way ... his namesake. And we must also remember that he is a PRIEST, as well as a Scribe, a student of the Law of … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, “THE KING OF ASSYRIA”
The word I'd like to emphasize or illustrate today is "intertextuality!" It's not particularly a spiritual term, having a vast secular use as well. The dictionary defines it as: "the interrelationship between texts, especially works of literature; … [Continue reading]
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