Encouragement for Courageous Women in Christ
No. 23 of Returning Home (Second Return) Ezra and the people journeying to Jerusalem carry with them the king of Persia’s treasures, earmarked for the temple. Ezra must conduct his people and the king’s riches in the safest and most expedient way. He chooses the…
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No. 19 of Returning Home (Reignited) Haggai, in support of the temple’s rebuilding, gave the people of Judah comfort by prophesying of the house of the Lord to come. For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will…
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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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The final Old Testament books, written during a hundred year period, show the people of Israel dealing with serious problems. They returned to Jerusalem excited, ready to rebuild the temple, crying and laughing with joy simultaneously (Ezra 3:12-13). Then reality hit. Crisis on crisis plagued…
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