Category: Ezra

The book of Ezra ends with Ezra arriving to a situation requiring substantial discipline on the people of Judah. Once again Israel has followed after the gods of the surrounding people groups and became “unequally yoked with unbelievers” they intermarried and had children… all causing the people to drift away from their fellowship with the…

When the surrounding adversaries cause the building of the Temple to stop, it remains stopped for years! Until prophets of God declare that God’s direction supersedes that of earthly authority. In fact, He moves on the hearts of earthly authorities to accomplish His will, and the building resumes!

As God had promised through Jeremiah the captivity in Babylon has come to an end. The new King Cyrus of the Medo Persian empire released all Jews who are called by God to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild. A remnant take up the offer and begin the long journey of rebuilding the Temple and…