Thirty-three years ago in December 1989, our fifth-born child was delivered. I had some of the richest Bible studies at home with our adorable newborn son while everyone else attended the church services of that Christmas season. It was that …
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A first birthday experience with the curse brought serious contemplations.
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This doesn’t seem like it has anything to do with Messiah, but it does. Every action taken here will impact Messiah Jesus’ coming and going, His life, His lineage, and His place in society. All of this was setting the …
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On this day of Thanksgiving, imagine the sounds of loud thanksgiving, singing of praise, and of gratitude filling hearts that would have been exclaimed by this crowd of Jewish people as they dedicated the newly built temple and entered to …
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There were many attempts to end the building of the wall around the city. Nehemiah wanted to prevent that by finishing the wall.
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Xerxes and Artaxerxes determined many decisions made in Jerusalem
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Cyrus the Great releases the Jews from captivity and empowers them to rebuild the temple.
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Israel’s powerful enemies to the east wanted the Jews to learn the Law of Moses. They wanted to allow them to go home. Much of this is due to Jeremiah the prophet, who knew how to proclaim his message and …
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Even powerful kings don’t live forever. Other powerful men ascended to the throne in the capital of what was now called Persia, and these people impacted the Israelites, and so, they ended up in the Bible with more than one …
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After seventy years of captivity and much opposition, the people of Judah return and complete God’s temple.
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