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Knowing the Truth

No. 14 of Returning Home The adversaries of the people of Judah created all sorts of trouble for the temple builders. Ezra pauses in the account of the temple construction to tell about how these adversaries would later show their true colors in the time…

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Facing Adversity

No. 13 of Returning Home Cyrus the Great reigned over the Persian empire until 530 BCE. His epitaph is believed to have been inscribed, “O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won…

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With Joy and Tears

No. 12 of Returning Home And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, “For he is good,     for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation…

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