Encouragement for Courageous Women in Christ
No. 18 of Returning Home (Reignited) After King Darius confirms the late King Cyrus’ edicts to rebuild Judah’s temple. He gives more instruction to Tattenai his governor. 6 “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates the governors who are…
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No. 17 of Returning Home (Reignited) After receiving an explanation from Judah’s leaders, Tattenai wrote to King Darius to confirm what the people of Judah had told him. This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River…
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No. 16 of Returning Home (Reignited) God stirred up the people to return to building the temple through three encouragements. The first two were the hard words of Haggai and Zechariah (see First Priority for more). The third encouragement was the support of a Persian…
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No. 15 of Returning Home (Reignited) During the reign of Cambysses II work stopped on the temple because the people of Judah were discouraged by their adversaries. By 522 BCE, when Darius I came to reign over the Persian Empire, the people of Judah had…
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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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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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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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No. 11 of Returning Home “Worship should be done decently and in order!” quotes a Christian lady after a child runs into her legs, almost causing her to fall. And she’s right. God has a pattern of worship He wants us to follow so that…
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No. 10 in Returning Home Do you long for close communion with God? At the same time, are you allowing your heart to be breached by the influences of this age? Do you let your heavenly treasures from God be taken and used for worship…
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No. 9 in Returning Home “When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.” – Ezra 3:1ESV Tishri is the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar. The first day of Tishri was…
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