THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF THE FEASTS OF THE SEVENTH MONTH AFTER THE
RETURN (EZRA 3:1).
It is probable that this is the first of the major feasts that the
arrivees had been in a position to celebrate. (Had they been able to
observe a Passover it would surely have been mentioned). Thus it
occurred possi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREPARATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW TEMPLE AND THE REACTION
OF THE PEOPLE (EZRA 3:8).
In the seventh month of the first year of their ‘coming to the house
of God at Jerusalem' the returnees had celebrated the feasts of the
seventh month. Now seven months later they would commence work on... [ Continue Reading ]