Encouragement for Courageous Women in Christ
No. 6 in Returning Home Those who came on the first expedition are listed in Ezra 2. Nehemiah 7 confirms this documentation when he finds the registry after the city wall is rebuilt and the gates are closed. To summarize: Ezra numbers the returning Israelites…
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No. 5 in Returning Home Ezra records a list of the men leading the expedition to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the…
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No. 3 in Returning Home Cyrus II of Persia was known for his leniency toward religious beliefs of the peoples forming his empire. The Cyrus Cylinder in the British Museum in London gives us insight into his way of thinking. “May all the gods whom…
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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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