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]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, THAT FIRST (POST-CAPTIVITY) PASSOVER
Yes, the Temple has been completed! And as God would have it, the time of the year the Building's dedication coincided with Passover month! "And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. For the … [Continue reading]
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