Oh, how God moved on the Kings of Persia ... leading them to help the Jews as they returned to their homeland, to what we now call Israel. For example, today's verse is essentially a "blank check!" Read with me these words spoken by King … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
I think that's one way to term it, "discretionary spending." When one has paid all his obligations, and has a little left over, surplus. I am discussing this term because of a verse in Ezra chapter 7. "And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THE KING AND HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS
Ezra 7:14 merely mentions them, "the king, and his seven counsellors." This would be King Artaxerxes of Persia. Who gave the Jews plenty of help as they returned from captivity, going back from Babylon to Judah. Do you remember? "Silver and … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THREE “KEY” VERBS, A SUMMARY OF A GODLY MAN’S LIFE!
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]
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