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Our scripture today is Ezra 7:6 (NRSVUE). This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the LORD the God of Israel had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him. Throughout the history …
Our scripture today is Ezra 6:3 (NRSVUE). In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices are offered and burnt offerings are brought; its height shall be sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits. God now …
Our scripture today is Ezra 3:11 (NRSVUE). And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people responded with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been …
Our scripture today is Ezra 1:3 (NRSVUE). Let any of those among you who are of his people—may their God be with them!—go up to Jerusalem in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem. Ezra documents the return of God’s people to …
Our scripture today is 2 Chronicles 36:19 (NIV). They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there. The fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple marked the failure of the people in the Promised Land. They had forgotten …
Our scripture today is 2 Chronicles 7:22 (NIV). People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’ This passage records what the Lord said to Solomon …
Our scripture today is 2 Chronicles 5:7 (NIV). The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. Solomon accomplishes what God had planned for him, and now by bringing the Ark …
Our scripture today is 2 Chronicles 3:1 (NIV). Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David. When I read passages on the construction of …
Our scripture today is 2 Chronicles 1:10 (NIV). Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours? An earlier account of Solomon’s request in 1 Kings 3:9 is nearly an exact quote: “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your …
Our scripture today is 1 Chronicles 28:10 (NIV). Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work. David has instruction to pass to his son Solomon, whom God has selected as the next king and the one to build the temple. David doesn’t …