Day 267: Indifference and Apathy (2022)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 24 September 2022

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Summary

Fr. Mike introduces us to the books of Ezra and Haggai, explaining the Israelites' return to the promised land. He also warns us against apathy and indifference in our relationship with God, as we see Israel display towards the temple. Today's readings are Ezra 1-2, Haggai 1-2, and Proverbs 20:1-3.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a Year Podcast,
0:07.3	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture.
0:10.4	The Bible in a Year Podcast is brought to you by Ascension, using the great Adventure Bible timeline
0:14.5	will read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds
0:18.8	and how we veit into that story today. It is day 267. We are in a new time period,
0:24.1	the period of the return you might have heard, Jeff and me. Jeff and I? No, Jeff and me.
0:28.9	Jeff and me talk about this new time period we have the return. The people of Israel have been in
0:35.0	exile in Babylon and they are now going to be set free heading back to the Promised Land. Now,
0:41.2	remember that Cyrus King of Persia, you're going to hear his name today, Cyrus King of Persia,
0:46.0	they had conquered the Babylonians. And because in the book of the prophets, it talked about a
0:50.8	Cyrus would be raised up and he would send his people back to their homeland, back to the Promised
0:55.8	Land. And so Cyrus does this. So we're reading Ezra chapter one and two, which is our historical book,
1:01.0	as well as Hegai chapter one and two, which is a prophetic book. We're also reading Proverbs
1:05.2	chapter 20 verses one through three. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the
1:08.8	revised Sandra Version 2nd Catholic Edition. I'm using the great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
1:12.9	If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit AscensionPress.com,
1:16.4	slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe and then
1:20.5	you would be subscribed. As I said, it's 267. We're reading Ezra chapters one and two,
1:26.0	Hegai chapter one and two, which is the entire book, as well as Proverbs chapter 20 verses one through
1:31.0	three. The Book of Ezra chapter one, the end of the Babylonian captivity. In the first year of Cyrus
1:39.1	King of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished,
1:43.6	the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout
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