The exiles have returned!  What joy must resounded through heaven! The Altar was reestablished according to God’s command, and the foundation for rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem was being completed.  Life should just go perfectly from here on forward.  Yet as it is in our lives of faith, God hasn’t promised a perfect journey this side of heaven.  Road blocks came up for the children of Israel, and put a stop to the rebuilding.  A 14 year halt to construction! What did God promise to the His children?  The song writer Alfred B.......

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We have been studying the book of Ezra.  The context is the history of the children of Israel and gives us a marvelous view of our God whose promises are sure and steadfast.  He doesn’t change His Word, not then in the 5th century B.C., nor at this time in history!  In the scriptures our lives are described as being a vapor, or as the grass that flourishes and then fades away.  But that doesn’t in any way diminish the value of any individual that has ever been, or ever will be......

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Last Wednesday in beginning our study of Ezra we reviewed the history of Israel.  The history of Israel is the history of our Salvation.  God has moved through the ages in preparing and presenting the work His Son Jesus Christ would fulfill for all of mankind.  Many writers have used the example of how this has been woven like a beautiful tapestry.  To fully appreciate His handiwork we spend a lifetime examining it, to find we have only begun.  There is coming a day when we will be able to rejoice in......

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We have been looking at the Minor Prophets in our Sunday morning Bible Study.  We started with Hosea last spring and completed up to the 11th chapter.  Next Sunday we will review and move to chapter 12.  The 12 Prophets that have been termed the “Minor Prophets” are not minor in content, but have been grouped together because of the length of their writings. Hosea was a contemporary with Isaiah, Amos, and Micah.  He was a prophet to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, but his appeal to return to worshiping the one......

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