BONUS: EZRA OVERVIEW

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

5 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In today’s bonus episode, Emma Dotter gives a 5,000 foot view of the book of Ezra. Reminding us that whenever disaster or chaos falls, there is always a tiny remnant that God delivers. This is a theme still seen even in the New Testament. We also see Ezra as a model leader. He sets a realistic model for us today, seeing that although he wasn’t perfect, he sought out God’s Word more than anything else.

Additional Scriptures used in this Podcast:
Romans 11:5, “So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.”
Matthew 7:13-14, “…For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
2 Corinthians 1:22, “and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”
Ephesians 4:30, “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to Join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.
0:08.7	Thanks for joining. Today, we are taking a high-level look at the book of Ezra. But before we do, I have a couple quick announcements.
0:15.6	The first being that we have recently opened some new serving opportunities with Join the Journey.
0:20.8	If you're local to Dallas and have made Watermark your church home, we would love to have you serve with us.
0:25.5	There are spots on our social media team. We're looking for videographers, photographers,
0:29.4	graphic designers, etc. spots on our resources team. If you like studying or writing, that's for you.
0:35.1	Spots on our events and hospitality team, and even spots on our
0:38.7	editing team. If you're attentive to detail, that might be a great fit. We've got quite a few
0:43.9	openings, so if you're interested in learning more, we'll put the links in the episode description
0:47.5	for you to check out. The second announcement is that we are well on our way to meeting our
0:52.4	goal of getting 1,000 podcast reviews by the end of January.
0:56.2	To those of you who have left reviews, thank you so much. And for those of you who haven't, we'd love it if you did.
1:02.0	Leaving a review helps the join the journey team know how we can better serve you and is a neat way for us to read about what God has been teaching or showing you while on the journey.
1:10.8	All that said, today we are taking a look at the book of Ezra.
1:15.4	The key word for Ezra is return, as in this book we will see the first wave of Israelites
1:20.3	start to return home under Zarubibuble's leadership, thanks to King Cyrus, of course.
1:25.8	The book of Ezra can be outlined as follows. Temple,
1:29.8	restoration under Zerubable in chapters 1 through 6, and law, Reformation under Ezra in chapter 7 through 10.
1:36.7	Now, when it comes to the author of this book, nobody knows for sure. The book itself doesn't state
1:42.0	who wrote it. However, many believe that the prophet Ezra is in fact the author.
1:47.4	As I studied for this episode, it was interesting to find that until Ezra enters the chat or really becomes a character in the story, the book is written in third person.
1:56.7	But then once Ezra becomes a part of the story, it's written in first person, as in I did blank.
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