Sermons on Ezra

Ezra 10:18-44 Ezra chapter 10 verses 18 through 44 will be our passage. You’ll notice that it’s the end of Ezra. Next week we’ll pick up in Nehemiah, which has 13 chapters. I’ve titled this message and an abrupt ending because if you’re looking at it from the end of the point of view of end of Ezra, it is the end, but the book was originally one book Ezra and Nehemiah and say it would have just carried on…

Ezra 10:1-17 Turn to Ezra chapter 10. Our passage tonight will be 10, 1 through 15. And as you flip ahead, you’ll notice there’s just one more little section we’ll look at next week, and then we’ll zip right into Nehemiah. Remember Ezra and Nehemiah were one book. And also during this period of history, a little over a hundred years, there were the prophecies of Haggai, which we looked at, and also Zechariah, which we really mentioned. But Ezra…

Ezra 9 Ezra chapter 9 verses 1 through 15 will be our passage for this evening. It pairs with chapter 10. Chapter 10 is the long-term response to what we read in chapter 9. One of the things you should take note of as we read through chapter 9 is notice how seriously Ezra, remember he’s writing his memoirs here. Notice how seriously he takes sin and twice he speaks of trembling at the words of the God of Israel.…

Ezra 8 So let’s hear God’s word together. Ezra chapter eight, beginning at verse one. These are the heads of their father’s houses. And this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia in the reign of Artaxerxes, the king. of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithmar, Daniel, of the sons of David, Hathush, of the sons of Shechaniah, who was of the sons of Parash, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150…

Ezra 7:11-28 Ezra chapter seven, beginning at verse 11. And to remember where we are, this is a new era in the life of the returnees. This is fast forward about, what, 50, 60 years since they first came back. They came back under Zerubbabel, rebuilt their houses, rebuilt the temple. They had some trouble. And now fast forward, and this is Ezra coming in. We were before at about 538 to 515. Now we’re in the 460s, I think.…

Ezra 7:1-10 Amen. Turn to chapter seven of the book of Ezra. Tonight we’ll be looking at verses one through 10, Ezra chapter seven, one through 10. Remember in the story of Ezra and Nehemiah, You’re looking at approximately 70 years after the final deportation of Judah and Jerusalem. So I think in 605, there was a deportation. And if you fact check me, I’ll admit right now, I don’t have my dates a hundred percent. Pretty sure 605, the…

Ezra 6 Turn to Ezra chapter six, verses one to 22, the whole chapter, Ezra six. As you’re making your way there, I’ll point out a thing or two by way of a reminder. Remember that Israel or Judah, the Southern kingdom, they returned from exile in Babylon in the year 537. There was the decree from Cyrus the great of Babylonia in 538. Go back build your temple build your city Get back to living for Yahweh there. It…

Ezra 5 Ezra chapter five, beginning at verse one, we’ll read all the way through 17, the whole, the whole chapter. Remember, Israel is back rebuilding and they’ve got all these enemies that are trying to stop the rebuilding of the temple. And this goes on for about a hundred years and we’re about 20 years in this antagonistic rebuilding of the, not just the altar or the temple or the walls, but the city and the houses and everything.…

Ezra 4 Well, let’s read together from Ezra chapter four, verses one through 24. And I’m going to give you a heads up as we prepare to read. This chapter is going to span about a hundred years and The way you know this is it mentions the leaders of Persia. This section of history covers a hundred years of opposition to Israel rebuilding Judah and Jerusalem and the temple and the city and the walls. And so just take…