THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE OPPOSED
Ezra 4:1
So long as you lead a languid and unaggressive life, the enemy will
leave you alone, but directly you begin to build God's temple, you may
count on His strenuous opposition. When we are permitted to go on from
day to day without much temptation, we may fe... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ENEMY'S SHORT-LIVED TRIUMPH
Ezra 4:11
The promoters of this letter were descendants of the heathen colonists
who had been sent into the land by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17:24. It
was written to the then reigning monarch, Artaxerxes, which Ezra seems
to have copied from the records of Persia, beca... [ Continue Reading ]