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- Welcome to The Rapid Pull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. The book of Ezra.
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- It is about 450 BC. And King Cyrus, whether he realized it or not, is fulfilling scripture.
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- He was prophesied by name that he would send people back to the nation of Israel.
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- After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, now Cyrus sends back the first wave of people back to the land of Israel.
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- Ezra is part of that. Ezra is rebuilding the nation of Israel. He's rebuilding the area of Jerusalem.
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- He is a priest. And as a priest, he is coming about and he's looking to give the people a historical account.
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- Not just some miscellaneous historical account, but here they finally return to the land. Something that a whole generation has gone by and a whole generation has looked forward to.
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- A time they could return to the promised land. They finally get back into that promised land.
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- Here is the accounting as they're rebuilding the temple. As they're going through the difficulties of trying to rebuild
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- Jerusalem. That is the account that we end up seeing in Ezra. And as he's going through, he's giving this account.
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- He's going through and providing for people the accounting after the return.
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- This is a major event. This is kind of the second exodus. It's kind of like God gives second chances.
