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Ezra: The Prepared Heart Scribe
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Ezra: The Great Return

  • Prophecies Relative to Ezra


  • Jer. 25:11-12  (70 years)


  • Isa. 44:25, 45:1 (Cyrus, God’s Servant)
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Ezra, The Studious Scribe

  • Ezra was both a scribe and priest (Neh. 12:26,36, Zadokite).


  • He is believed to have written Ezra, Nehemiah, Psalm 119, and Chronicles.


  • Ezra 7:10 is the key to Ezra’s character.
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Ezra, The Studious Scribe

  • He was a man of moral courage (Neh. 8).


  • He was a man of prayer and confession (9-10).


  • His greatest work was restoring the Word.
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Ezra, The Studious Scribe

  • Ezra’s name means “help”.


  • He caused the spiritual, moral and social restoration.
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Living Messages of Ezra
  • God always keeps His Word (1:1-2).


  • Thankfulness (3:11).


  • Bible preaching makes for a prosperous environment (6:14).


  • The power of prayer and penitence (8:21)
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Living Messages of Ezra
  • Laws concerning marriage (9-10).