As I noted yesterday, Ezra chapter 2 is the longest in the Book. Yet (I noticed earlier this morning) it begins and ends with the same note, probably a clue to one of the facts the Holy Spirit is therein emphasizing. Let me show you. I will … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, NOT JUST NAMES
Ezra chapter two, the longest chapter in the whole Book (by far) with 70 verses, is basically a list of names! Essentially so, names and titles! Here's the opening line: "Now these are the children (all Jews) of the province that went up out of … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, SHESHBAZZAR
His name is foreign. Although he is a Jew. "Sheshbazzar" literally means "worshipper of fire." A Babylonian derivation, looks like to me. Some believe he is identical to Zerubbabel, but based on Ezra 5:11 I do not think that is the … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, VESSELS OF GOLD!
I nearly entitled this Lesson "Stealing from God!" That's precisely what King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had done decades earlier, when he sacked and burned Jerusalem, destroying its Temple in the process. Second Chronicles 36:7 tells us: … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF EZRA, FINANCES!
Once King Cyrus (of Persia) had given the Jews their "release" from the 70 years of captivity (foretold by Jeremiah the Prophet) ... he further made possible their trip back home by helping finance such a difficult endeavor! Yes, the King ordered … [Continue reading]
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