How Do You Understand The Book Of Ezra In The Bible?
What is the book of Ezra all about? How can we better understand the book, and how can we make application for our personal lives? I’m no Bible expert, but I have found a few thing that help tremendously in studying this book, and discovering how the book of Ezra has wonderful application for us today. It’s like one famous christian of the past said, “I read the Bible like I shake an apple tree. First I shake the whole tree and whatever falls off I eat. Then I shake each limb, then each branch, then each twig and leaf.” Step number one: read the book through one time. See what you get out of it then read it again and dig a little deeper. One helpful hint in understanding the book is having some good back round information. The book of Ezra takes place after the Jewish captivity in Babylon. The Jews had been exiled there for 70 years and are now, under the rule of Cyrus king of Persia, returning to their home land. The book of Ezra is broken up in to two sections. Part 1: The First Retu
