Ezra – Pieces of the Mosaic

Ezra 4-6

by elizabethsnowThrough the Bible January 3, 2023No Comments

So I read this passage, and the first thing that came to mind was “ain’t always the way?” They get back to Jerusalem after a a pretty gruesome time of it and start rebuilding. Folks start rubber necking and wander over, offering to ‘help.’ Now, I reckon they probably had some fairly sinister intentions from …

Ezra 1-3

by elizabethsnowThrough the Bible January 2, 2023No Comments

I have two things to say. First, they built the altar before they even started on the foundations of the temple. They had their priorities. They immediately, upon returning to the city from exile, rebuilt the altar so they could practice the sacrifices God required. The altar wasn’t seen as the crowning glory of the …