Bible Study 20230502 Ezr_4:1-24
Bible Study?20230502 Ezr_4:1-24??
Adversaries Oppose the Rebuilding
Ezr 4:1?Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the LORD God of Israel,?
Ezr 4:2?they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here."?
Ezr 4:3?But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers' households of Israel said to them, "You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us."?
Ezr 4:4?Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,?
Ezr 4:5?and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.?
Ezr 4:6?Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.?
The Letter to King Artaxerxes
Ezr 4:7?And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic.?
Ezr 4:8?Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—?
Ezr 4:9?then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,?
Ezr 4:10?and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the River. Now?
Ezr 4:11?this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him: "To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men in the region beyond the River, and now?
Ezr 4:12?let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.?
Ezr 4:13?"Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom or toll, and it will damage the revenue of the kings.?
Ezr 4:14?"Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,?
Ezr 4:15?so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past days; therefore that city was laid waste.?
Ezr 4:16?"We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River."?
The King Orders the Work to Cease
Ezr 4:17?Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: "Peace. And now?
Ezr 4:18?the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.?
Ezr 4:19?"A decree has been issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,?
Ezr 4:20?that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute, custom and toll were paid to them.?
Ezr 4:21?"So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.?
Ezr 4:22?"Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?"?
Ezr 4:23?Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes' document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms.?
Ezr 4:24?Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.?
Revelation From God
Author
Although the author is unknown, there is strong evidence that the authors is the Chronicler, who is also the author of the Apocrypha writings of Esdras 1 and 2. In fact one could make a?strong case that 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, 1st and 2nd Esdras, Ezra and Nehemiah are all authored by the same author. As the theological purpose are all the same and the style of writing is all the same. Also, Ezra pickes up with the exact ending of 2 Chronicles, 2Ch_36:22-23, Ezr_1:1-3. 1st and 2nd Esdras were consider canonical until Jerome made and case against 1st and 2nd Esdras and the Council of Trent 1545-1563 AD. removed them from the canon.?
Date
GLI takes a stance for an early writing of Ezra, that of the same time as Chronicles around 400 B. C. As the history related in Ezra has no later events that we are aware of.??
History/Theology/Purpose
Ezra needs to be read with less of an eye on History and more of an eye on the Theological point of the writing. Theologically the Chronicler is driving home the point of the restoration of the Church, which is also the purpose of Ezra. Ezra points all to the fact that we are all (1) in the body of Christ, YHWH the Church, YHWH Qahal, Ecclesia Gen_1:4-5, Gen_1:27-31, Gen_3:22, Exo_34:9, Exo_36:18, Lev_26:42-46, Lev_27:1-34, Deu_18:2, Deu_33:26-29, Jos_13:1-33, 1Sa_18:1-5, 1Ch_28:1-21, 2Ch_3:1-17, 2Ch_4:1-22, 2Ch_5:1-14, 2Ch_6:1-11, 2Ch_30:6-9, Eze_1:1-28, Eze_10:1-22, Eze_40:1-49, Joh_10:30-38, Joh_14:1-31, Joh_15:1-27, Joh_17:20-26, Rom_8:9-10, Rom_12:1-8, 1Co_3:16, 1Co_6:12-20, 1Co_12:1-31, 2Co_5:17-21, 2Co_6:14-18, Col_1:15-19, Eph_2:1-22, Eph_4:1-32, Gal_3:26-28, 1Pe_1:13-25, 1Jn_3:11-24, 1Jn_4:7-21, Rev_22:1-21, that all are redeemed, bought back: Luk_15:1-32, Rom_3:23, Rev_2:5, Rev_12:4-9, to the body of Christ, 1Co_12:1-31, 2Co_5:17-21, 2Co_6:14-18, Col_1:15-19, Eph_2:1-22, Eph_4:1-32, Gal_3:26-28, 1Pe_1:13-25, 1Jn_3:11-24, 1Jn_4:7-21, Rev_22:1-21 that we are purchased back by the blood of Christ Joh_1:29, Col_1:13-14, Eph_1:7, Heb_13:20-21.?
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The purpose of Chapter (4) is to teach all that we are all (1) in, YHWH Ab, YHWH Bane, YHWH Ruach, YHWH Qahal, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Church, 1Co_3:16, 1Co_6:12-20, 1Co_12:1-31, 2Co_5:17-21, 2Co_6:14-18, thus we must treat all with THEOPHILUS, GOD'S LOVE, Deu_10:18-19, Deu_11:1-32, Deu_13:3, 1Sa_18:1-5, 2Sa_9:1-13, Joh_3:16, Joh_13:34-35, Rom_5:8, Rom_13:8-10, 1Co_13:1-13, Eph_5:1-21, 1Jn_3:11-14, 1Jn_4:7-21, 1Jn_5:3!!!!
Structure
Ezra and Nehemiah are not structured with chronological order in mind, some theologians make the argument that Ezra was actually written after Nehemiah and that the event are in reverse order. They would assert that because Ezra does not rebuild the temple of the Lord as mandated by King Cyrus, that Ezra failed his mission until Nehemiah comes along. However the Chronicler is not worried about the chronological order he is worried about the Theological message that is being driven home. Thus the Theological Message must be understood over all other genre.?
Please notice that the Chronicler uses the same reference material for 1st and 2nd Kings,?1st and 2nd Chronicles, just like 'The Book of Reigns', the Chronicler uses the same sources to write 1st and 2nd Chronicles, 1st and 2nd Esdras, Ezra and Nehemiah!!!! The Chronicler was a meticulous historian who carefully utilized official and unofficial documents. Please remember that (9) stand for {(3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen_1:2, Rev_22:17, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach, Joh_14:15-31, Joh_16:4-15}.
“the book of the annals of King David” (1Ch_27:24),?
“the book of the kings of Israel and Judah” (2Ch_27:7; 2Ch_35:27; 2Ch_36:8),?
“the book of the kings of Judah and Israel” (2Ch_16:11; 2Ch_25:26; 2Ch_28:26; 2Ch_32:32),?
“the book of the kings of Israel” (1Ch_9:1; 2Ch_20:34),?
“the annals of the kings of Israel” (2Ch_33:18),?
“the records of Samuel the seer” (1Ch_29:29),?
“the records of Nathan the prophet” (2Ch_29:29; 2Ch_9:29),?
“the records of Gad the seer” (1Ch_29:29),?
and others (see, e.g., 2Ch_9:29)
Lastly, we need to point out that Ezra and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Cannon is one book and was only separated into two books by Jerome and then adopted that way at the Council of Trent 1545-1563 AD.?
Chapter (4) YHWH the Church, YHWH Qahal, Ecclesia Gen_1:4-5, Gen_1:27-31, Gen_3:22, Exo_34:9, Exo_36:18. It has (1) Pericope, (Theological Idea) YHWH the Father, YHWH Ab, Gen_1:1, Exo_3:14-17, Exo_20:1-11, Lev_18:1-6, Lev_22:30-33!!!! There are (24) verses whose sum is (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen_1:3, Rev_22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen_1:2, Rev_22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia Gen_1:27-31}. (24) is the product of (4) YHWH the Church, YHWH Qahal, Ecclesia, Ezr_1:1-3, Eze_1:1-28, Eze_10:1-22, Eze_40:1-49, times (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen_1:3, Rev_22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen_1:2, Rev_22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia Gen_1:27-31}!!!!
Exegesis / Hermeneutical
Prejudice Ezr_4:1-24 :?
Pericope, (Theological Idea) YHWH the Father, YHWH Ab, Gen_1:1, Exo_3:14-17, Exo_20:1-11, Lev_18:1-6, Lev_22:30-33!!!! There are (24) verses whose sum is (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen_1:3, Rev_22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen_1:2, Rev_22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia Gen_1:27-31}. (24) is the product of (4) YHWH the Church, YHWH Qahal, Ecclesia, Ezr_1:1-3, Eze_1:1-28, Eze_10:1-22, Eze_40:1-49, times (6) {(2) YHWH the Son, Christ Jesus, Yeshua Gen_1:3, Rev_22:1-5, times (3) YHWH, the Holy Spirit, Ruach Gen_1:2, Rev_22:17, which is Man, the (6th day), YHWH the Church, Qahal, Ecclesia Gen_1:27-31}!!!!
Ezr_4:1-6 : Please see that the Jews fail to show , THEOPHILUS, GOD'S LOVE, grace, and mercy to their neighbors simple because they where not like them, they did not fit their idea of what a YHWH is, Pro_6:16-19!!!!
Ezr_4:7-24 : Because of the Jews' pride and prejudices they failed to show?THEOPHILUS, GOD'S LOVE, Deu_10:18-19, Deu_11:1-32, Deu_13:3, 1Sa_18:1-5, 2Sa_9:1-13, Joh_3:16, Joh_13:34-35, Rom_5:8, Rom_13:8-10, 1Co_13:1-13, Eph_5:1-21, 1Jn_3:11-14, 1Jn_4:7-21, 1Jn_5:3, and the temple of the Lord, His body failed to be completed,?YHWH Ab, YHWH Bane, YHWH Ruach, YHWH Qahal, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Church, Gen_1:4-5, Gen_1:27-31, Gen_3:22, Exo_34:9, Exo_36:18, Lev_26:42-46, Lev_27:1-34, Deu_18:2, Deu_33:26-29, Jos_13:1-33, 1Sa_18:1-5, 1Ch_28:1-2, 2Ch_3:1-17, 2Ch_4:1-22, 2Ch_5:1-14, 2Ch_6:1-11, 2Ch_30:6-9, 2Ch_36:22-23, Ezr_1:1-3, Eze_1:1-28, Eze_10:1-22, Eze_40:1-49, Joh_10:30-38, Joh_14:1-31, Joh_15:1-27, Joh_17:20-26, Rom_8:9-10, Rom_12:1-8, 1Co_3:16, 1Co_6:12-20, 1Co_12:1-31, 2Co_5:17-21, 2Co_6:14-18, Col_1:15-19, Eph_2:1-22, Eph_4:1-32, Gal_3:26-28, 1Pe_1:13-25, 1Jn_3:11-24, 1Jn_4:7-21, Rev_22:1-21!!!!?
Conclusion
Chapter (4) is to teach all that we are all (1) in, YHWH Ab, YHWH Bane, YHWH Ruach, YHWH Qahal, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Church, 1Co_3:16, 1Co_6:12-20, 1Co_12:1-31, 2Co_5:17-21, 2Co_6:14-18, thus we must treat all with THEOPHILUS, GOD'S LOVE, Deu_10:18-19, Deu_11:1-32, Deu_13:3, 1Sa_18:1-5, 2Sa_9:1-13, Joh_3:16, Joh_13:34-35, Rom_5:8, Rom_13:8-10, 1Co_13:1-13, Eph_5:1-21, 1Jn_3:11-14, 1Jn_4:7-21, 1Jn_5:3!!!!
Bible Study Question
Is there someone that you have denied God's love , grace, and mercy to, simple because they where not like you, they did not fit your idea of what a Christian is, they looked weird, smelt funny, where lazy, not intelligent, foul mouthed, rude, disrespectful, quick tempered??Maybe they did not run their business the way you thought they should? I could go on but I believe you get God's point!
To often we allow our pride, jealousy, ignorance, bull headedness to effect the way do live, instead of living as Christ would live and looking to save and serve every soul, we place qualifiers on who we will help! They do not belong to our church, they believe in dispensation, they believe in the rapture, We can not help other ministries, they believe in sprinkle baptism, they do not believe in Christ, the list can go on and on to the point that we fail to help a single soul come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. I believe that Christ commands us first to love God with all our hearts, souls, minds?and strengthen, then to love our neighbors as ourselves.?Next he commands us to go and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and teaching them in all the ways I have command.?If we live this out, don't you think we would do a whole lot less judging and a lot more serving. Think of your community who can you apply the love of God too and lift them up instead of tearing them down or do nothing to support them? Who can you come along side and help in their walk instead of being a hinderance to their walk?
For me I need to show THEOPHILUS, GOD'S LOVE, Deu_10:18-19, Deu_11:1-32, Deu_13:3, 1Sa_18:1-5, 2Sa_9:1-13, Joh_3:16, Joh_13:34-35, Rom_5:8, Rom_13:8-10, 1Co_13:1-13, Eph_5:1-21, 1Jn_3:11-14, 1Jn_4:7-21, 1Jn_5:3, to all no matter what and I fail miserably at this. Join me hold me accountable when I fail to show God's love, grace, and mercy let me know and hold my feet to the fire. In YHWH Yeshua's name I pray Amen!!?