Return from the Babylonian exile
194Hadassah, Queen of Persia
27 May 2024
6:33¶ 28
“The world will look at this and say, “You’ve got people, you’ve got money, you’ve got stuff, just get going with your religious stuff.”…”
11:36¶ 39
“Because the restoration era in many respects is an era of greater glory and greater grace. Messiah is at hand and the streams of…”
11:16¶ 37
“The interesting is that once the prophet pointed it out they did, and that’s one of the great glories of the restoration. So many…”
193Cyrus, King of Persia
20 May 2024
19:23¶ 63
“Let’s take a moment and look at what’s happening in Israel. Cyrus releases God’s people. He makes it a decree, but it is one…”
19:57¶ 64
“He does not know how many people this will be, from wherever they are to this little land in the corner of Palestine, but…”
20:22¶ 65
“So God’s people begin well, but as is so often the case, especially when reigniting the covenant, they don’t continue well. The book of…”
170Marriage and Culture
31 Jul 2023
0:25¶ 2
“In the time of the Restoration there were some problems with marriage, and it’s one of those weird situations where there was actually resolution…”
19:42¶ 51
“God’s people lost sight somehow of what they were doing. I haven’t thought this through so I’m just throwing this out, and feel free…”
20:20¶ 52
“There’s a parallel here. The temple and the city are God’s bride. Israel is God’s bride. In both cases we’re trying to build into…”
166Prayer and Work
26 Jun 2023
45:03¶ 172
“Again, this is the big thing about the restoration era. God’s people are learning to walk by faith, and faith means reading the Bible,…”
3:10¶ 11
“They also apparently tried to take out Jerusalem, and so word has reached him that things are not going great there. The walls and…”
160First Things First
3 Apr 2023
3:23¶ 20
“The children of Israel have been in captivity. We’d like to think that during that time they laid aside all their idols, ignored all…”
5:51¶ 26
“When the children of Israel returned from captivity, there’s no record that anybody said, “Okay, I’ve been working on this book for the last…”
7:19¶ 30
“They found houses and built houses and started farming and gardening and raising food.”
159The Restoration Era
20 Mar 2023
5:52¶ 16
“So when we come here we see what is in effect a second exodus, arguably a third. Abraham was brought out of Ur of…”
6:16¶ 18
“Yeah, they’re sent all the way back to where Abraham was, not simply back to Egypt, but all the way back to Mesopotamia, to…”
21:39¶ 70
“God has scattered his people throughout the world, and now he’s bringing them back, but here’s the thing, not everybody goes back. In fact,…”
158Daniel in the Lion's Den - A Resurrection Story
6 Mar 2023
36:35¶ 138
“There is a further preaching of the gospel here. The fiery furnace and the lion’s den both point to the exodus that Cyrus is…”
50:53¶ 188
“As a Mede he fulfills the prophecy of Jeremiah that the Medes would destroy Babylon, and as Cyrus he fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah,…”
51:57¶ 192
“How did Cyrus know that God had charged him with this? The obvious thing is someone walked up to him with a scroll of…”
155The Lord is There
30 Jan 2023
35:50¶ 106
“Yes, exactly. This is the background for the restoration, when they rebuild the temple and then the city walls in Nehemiah. They sanctify it…”
36:27¶ 107
“It had only been called that I believe once, maybe twice in all scripture, but now it is that because the whole thing has…”
36:57¶ 108
“This is more than just an image, it’s a movement in that direction, as God is preparing for the evangelization of the world. The…”