Daily DEVOTIONAL

Ezra 6: A Joyful Ending

August 4, 2024

Ezra 6,  Proverbs 4,  Luke 14:1-14,  1 Timothy 3:1-10   Ezra 6:   Search is made in the records, and it is found that Cyrus had indeed issued a decree concerning the rebuilding of the house of God in Jerusalem (6:1-5)! Darius, therefore, bound by the precedent of his forebear and the law of the land,…

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