Tag: Ezra

[:en]The Lord commanded the people of Israel not to intermarriage with the people there.  But they did not listen.  So Ezra prayed and confessed before the Lord and the people fathered around him also wept bitterly.  Ezra then issued a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem and make… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 9 – 10[:]

[:en]People gathered to return to Jerusalem with Ezra.  With God’s blessings, they arrived safely from their journey and sacrificed burnt offerings to God.[:]

[:en]Ezra was a teacher and well versed in the law of Moses.  He arrived in Jerusalem and devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord and to teach its decrees and laws in Israel.  King Artaxerses wrote a letter to Ezra giving permission for the Israelites to go to Jerusalem. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 7[:]

[:en]King Darius issued an order to search the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon.  A scroll was found with the decree issued by king Cyrus authorizing them to rebuild the temple.  So they continue rebuilding and was completed in the 6th year of the reign of King Darius.  The people of Israel – the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 6[:]

[:en]After prophets Haggai and Zechariah prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem,, Zerubbabel and Jeshua set to rebuild the house of God.  At that time, Tatternai, the governor of Trans-0Euphrates and its officials sent a  letter to king Darius to search in the royal archives if king Cyrus did issue a decree to rebuild… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 5[:]

[:en]When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building the temple of the Lord, they came to Zerubbabel and heads of the families and offered to help the rebuilding.  But Zerubbabel, Jeshua and the rest of the head of the families of Israel rejected their offer.  So the people around them… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 4[:]

[:en]The people assembled and the priest began to build the altar of God to sacrifice burnt offering on it.  They celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles and offered burnt offering to the Lord.  They also started rebuilding the temple and sang songs of praise and thanksgiving “He is good, his love to Israel endures forever” (v.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 3[:]

[:en]In the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia made a proclamation allowing the exiles to return to Jerusalem to build a temple for the Lord at Jerusalem in Judah.  He would provide them with silver, gold, goods, livestock and freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.    He also returned all  the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Ezra 1 – 2[:]