A phrase in Ezra 3:8 has caught my attention ... "ALL they that were come out of the captivity." Here are those words again, in their context, in their proper verse setting. "Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, MAKING A “BEGINNING”
Forty-two thousand Jews, nearly forty-three thousand have returned home from Babylon, a land by then ruled by Persia. (Others will follow, this is the first returning "wave" of Israelites under the leadership of Sheshbazzar, a little known … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, (RE)BUILDING THE TEMPLE
The Temple area which the returning (from captivity) Jews located was essentially the remains of the Temple of Solomon, built hundreds of years earlier (500 years, in round numbers). Ezra 3:1-7 has already told us about the rebuilding of the … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THE ALTAR … AND THE PROPER KIND OF “FEAR” BEHIND IT
Yesterday we noticed this verse: "And they (the Jews) set the altar upon his bases; FOR FEAR WAS UPON THEM BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE OF THOSE COUNTRIES: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening." … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THE ALTAR AND ONE OF ITS INNUMERABLE BENEFITS
Today we reach Ezra chapter 3 in our course through that whole little (divinely inspired) Book of History. At least the first three verses: "And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered … [Continue reading]
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