Many Israelites return to Jerusalem after the exile and face some success alongside many spiritual and moral failures. Originally written together as a single book in the Jewish Scriptures, Ezra and Nehemiah document the fulfillment of God’s promise that Israel will return home after 70 years of exile in Babylon and restore their ruined dwellings …
Monthly Archives: May 2020
38641 Overview: Chronicles
Chronicles retells the entire Old Testament story, highlighting the future hope of the messianic king and a restored temple. Like the Books of Samuel and Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles was also written as the single Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible. Many readers today, however, skip reading it when they find that it …
31051 God and You
God exists. He is the supreme personal being with intelligence and wisdom who created all things. He exists beyond our time and space. This God is absolutely good, holy, just, beautiful, and powerful. He is love. He is light. He is life! It Was Good God is the designer of all things. His creation was …