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This may be easy to skip over, but I don't want us to miss the statement's import. The people of God, by their sinful behavior, can give rise to the taunts of the enemies of God. David caused God to be mocked by his sin with Bathsheba, Aaron caused God to be mocked by the crafting and worship of the golden calf, the Babylonians mocked God as they took from Jerusalem the captives and burned the temple of the Lord, and the Jews made a mockery of God by proclaiming the righteousness of the Law but walking in rebellion.

Christian, be sure of this: when we walk in life contrary to the truth of Jesus our Savior, we give rise to the mocking of this great God we know and love. Our righteousness before God is indeed settled on account of the blood of Jesus by our faith. Still, our disobedience serves as fuel for the fire of those seeking opportunities to mock our God and Savior. We ought to care so much about the glorification of our Maker that it brings our lives into conformity with the work of the Spirit in us. We serve not our own reputation but the reputation and glory of God.

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Nehemiah was a wise man, a person of integrity, and even had a mind for warfare. The image of the laborers carrying the work with one hand and carrying a sword in the other hand is striking. Here is a bit of trivia for you: Based on this text, Charles Spurgeon started a publication in 1865 called "The Sword and the Trowel." It was a monthly publication meant to bolster the work of the faithful followers of God. It is still being produced today and has a wide readership. Other ministries have used this name as well, but Spurgeon was the one who kicked it off. That little trivia won't make you love Jesus more or know him any better, but I still find it interesting, and the name is brilliant.

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Ezra doesn't go to Jerusalem until chapter 7 of his short book. Even when I was recording these videos for you, I defaulted to my faulty view of Ezra and had to record a correction later. It is easy for any of us to assume that Ezra since he is the author of this book, has been present for all of these events. But we see here in the seventh chapter the care with which Ezra came to Jerusalem and the care with which he served and honored God.

One of my all-time favorite verses is found in this section: "Ezra set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel." I have long endeavored to be the kind of man who sets his heart to study, practice, and teach the things of God.

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We must be careful not to fold this forward on ourselves as a manipulative way to tell people to be in church. It might be used maliciously in our days like this: "You are suffering lack because you don't give enough money to the church, you don't go to church enough, or you aren't honoring the church correctly." This would be a terrible way of applying this text in Haggai. Our church buildings are not comparable to the temple of the Old Testament. We don't believe that God's presence resides in the pulpit like it once did in the Holy of Holies. We don't think the pastor is the only one who can come before God, like the Old Testament High Priest. We don't imagine we need sacrifices for our sins any further, having been sanctified now by the blood of Jesus. Haggai is operating and prophesying according to the Old Covenant; please don't try to fold it forward on the New.

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The opening lines of Ezra are identical to what we found in 2 Chronicles 36:22-23, but the prophet Isaiah had already spoken of the work King Cyrus would do for the nation of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. (nearly 200 years earlier, by the way)

Pay special attention to Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Joshua) throughout these pages of the prophets. They were instrumental in rebuilding Jerusalem. Zerubbabel was the governor of Jerusalem (since they were under Persian rule, they were no longer allowed to have a "King"). Jeshua, also called Joshua, was the priest of God.

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I love the repetition in Zechariah's visions, but making too much of the numbers is inappropriate. Jewish numerology is not quite as old as the Jewish people but is a relatively modern discipline. It isn't right to assign meanings to the numbers born from later Jewish tradition and not Biblical teaching.

My favorite chapter of this segment is the third chapter, wherein we find Joshua, the High Priest, cleansed of his sin and set before God in holy attire. Joshua and his friends serve as signs before the people of "The Branch," which we already know to refer to Christ.

I encourage you to delight in the prophecies as you read through this book and see how they beautifully point to the last days and the coming of Jesus, our Priest and King.

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We already know from Jeremiah's extensive book that the people of Judah were wayward and had abandoned the Lord, so nothing in Zephaniah really surprises us. The people succumbed to the gods/idols of the Philistines and even adopted their practices and traditions, like leaping over the threshold.

But like the prophets before and after him, Zephaniah ends with an encouraging word to the people that God will rebuild the nation and bring about justice and peace in the earth. Again, this has nothing (or at least very little) to do with the physical nation of Israel and everything (or at least mostly) to do with the spiritual kingdom of God and the New Jerusalem.

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Who is the audience?

What is the intent?

These words sound very similar to those spoken by other prophets to Israel and Judah, and it would be easy for us to skip over the first verse and read this as a rebuke to God's rebellious people.

We are reminded that God is slow to anger and great in power. It is another nod to the name by which God introduced himself to Moses in Exodus 34.

Remember also that Nineveh is the capital city of Assyria and historically has been the enemy of God and his people.

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