Return of the Exiles

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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# 252 - Return of the Exiles - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Exiled Israel hears King Cyrus’s stunning decree and begins the long road home, as Zerubbabel and Jeshua rally families, priests, and Levites to return and rebuild. In Ezra 1–2, names are recorded, temple vessels are restored, and worship—more than walls—becomes the first foundation of renewal.Episode 252 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Hebrews 10:23, “Let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(02:24) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:13) Return of the Exiles(18:02) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People.
0:02.0	This wasn't just a conquest.
0:06.0	It was uncreation.
0:08.0	Genesis in reverse.
0:11.0	The undoing of Sinai.
0:13.0	It felt like the very end of the covenant.
0:17.0	The priests were slaughtered.
0:19.0	The scrolls reduced to floating flecks of carbon.
0:22.6	The temple, now just broken stone and melting gold.
0:28.6	A god-shaped hole was carved into the city.
0:32.6	In the city square, what remained of the people were bound in chains.
0:38.8	Bakers, stonecutters, scribes, poets, singers, every voice that once defined the soul of Judah
0:48.2	now herded like cattle toward a future they did not choose.
0:53.5	The God who still holds the power to reverse
0:58.0	every fate. Ash still covered Zion like a burial cloth. Bones still littered the valley.
1:05.0	The temple was still gone. The king was blind. The ark was missing. The songs were faint. But hope,
1:14.8	hope was eating dinner in Babylon. And the Lord was not done. Not even close.
1:24.1	This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human.
1:28.6	As a listener of the Chosen People podcast, you know the power of God's Word.
1:34.0	For Christians in more than 70 nations, access to the Bible is limited or even restricted.
1:39.9	More than 850,000 Christians need Bibles right now.
1:45.5	Through the Voice of the Martyrs Network of frontline workers,
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