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]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THE “JOY” OF THE LORD!
We often reserve that phrase for the great Book of Nehemiah, "the joy of the Lord." (Nehemiah 8:10 ... "For the joy of the LORD is your strength." So true!) Yet that's exactly what I have titled today's Lesson, "the joy of the Lord." But based … [Continue reading]
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