BibleChapters

The Bible - chapter by chapter!

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The path of God’s will may be long, tiresome, and there may not be clarity for a long portion, but the destination of that path is good and filled with joy.

- a takeaway from Ezra 6

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@TometoJemeto Ah, thank you! Won’t let me edit, but at least you know it’s not ai haha.

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Worried about others’ opinions?

Discouraged by others’ disbelief?

Fearful of others’ opposition?

God’s will is often harder to hear than loud voices and more difficult to see than others’ actions, but if it is His will, continue in faith.

This is at the heard of Ezra 5

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Ezra 4 illustrates the battle to do good surrounded by opposing forces. False promises of help in order to corrupt. Fear. Hurdles. Verbal attacks. Force.

The Temple construction is paused at the end of the chapter with an inkling that it won’t be stopped for long.

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Ezra 3

Before God rebuilt everything around them, He restored worship within them. The alter is built before Jerusalem is.

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Ezra 2 is mostly a list of names and numbers. Easy to skim. Easy to miss the beauty:

God is bringing His people home from exile, and He records their names.

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Babylonia, though a powerful nation, was conquered by Persia. God chose to have Cyrus, their king, publicly acknowledge Him as God and to help restore what was destroyed - starting with worship.

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God operates on timelines and in ways that may be hard to understand until looking back provides clarity.

In Ezra 1, after Babylonia destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Jews, the king of Persia declares God commanded him to rebuild the temple and that the Jews leave to do so.

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God is good and has blessed us abundantly ❤️🙏

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In the final chapter of 2 Chronicles, Judah is destroyed, the people are exiled, and then they return.

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God’s warnings are mercy before judgment, and God’s promises offer hope thereafter.

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Josiah led the greatest Passover in centuries. Then, he entered a battle God had not given him and died.

Josiah trembled when he heard God’s Word earlier. In 2 Chronicles 35, he failed to recognize It and then acted against It.

It makes you reflect: are you still listening?

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Jeremiah, who ministered around this period, gives the inner diagnosis on God’s warning that He will still bring disaster on Judah:

“Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense.” — Jeremiah 3:10

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In 2 Chronicles 34, Josiah reformed Judah; his humility and heart delayed judgement, but it does not ultimately save Judah.

His repentance and good works are met with mercy, but they don’t satisfy all the sin before or to come.

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If you believe that you are beyond God’s mercy, perhaps read 2 Chronicles 33.

Sometimes the Lord’s mercy comes not by preventing the fall, but by meeting us at the bottom when pride finally breaks.

Unfortunately, sin can leave lasting marks on the world around us.

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God won the battle for Judah - a battle no other nation with their false idols had won

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After all of Hezekiah’s faithfulness and good, Assyria came to conquer. Faithfulness did not prevent the battle. It prepared him for it.

2 Chronicles 32

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Move forward in faith

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May our weeks be blessed with the fruits of the Spirit 🙏

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This post is inspired by 2 Chronicles 31 … walk in the Spirit and let it consume you; orient your life around God; be a blessing and be blessed