In The Word Read Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. So the king said to me, […]
Month: July 2015
HERE I AM, SEND ME
In The Word Read Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol, that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews […]
UNITED TOGETHER IN CHRIST
In The Word Read Ezra 9 and 10 Mixed Marriages Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the […]
A GOOD DESCISION OR A GOD DECISION?
In The Word Read Ezra 8 People Who Went with Ezra Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes: of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of […]
GOD’S LAW ABOVE ALL
In The Word Read Ezra 7 Ezra Journeys from Babylon to Jerusalem Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, son […]
THE TEMPLE REBUILT
In The Word Read Ezra 5-6 Temple Work Resumed When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them, then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak […]
OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE
In The Word Read Ezra 4 Adversaries Hinder the Work Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel, they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, […]
SHOUT FOR JOY FOR HE IS GOOD
In The Word Read Ezra 3 Altar and Sacrifices Restored Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose […]
WHERE THERE IS HIS WILL, THERE IS HIS WAY
In The Word Read Ezra 1-2 Cyrus’s Proclamation Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put […]
A MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION
In The Word Read Philemon 1:1-25 Salutation Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord […]