And so we continue to "The Second Exodus." Yes, the Babylonian Chronicles. So intricate the - names of Nebuchadnezzar II's Captains in the Book of Jeremiah are found in the Babylonian Chronicles.
The Prison records the Judean King and sons - diet. The date of the last of the Three Roundups of Judean Nobles.
And then, like the first Exodus, the slaves felt comfortable in slavery and wanted slavery. So, as the slaves herded 70 years prior to Babylon, began to be given freedom, with the amazing Temple Tools of Moses and Solomon. The numbers of return slaves volunteering to go were not the 600,000 Children of Israel of the Exodus, but in the 40,000 willing to return Babylonian Judah slaves.
Ezra and Nehemiah -
Were not in the very first wave of slaves, called "exiles" in Babylon, round up to return. In fact, they were already into the second king releasing the slaves. Ezra did not return with compassion for the existing High Priest. He returned as High Priest when the other one had passed on. Nehemiah had a very select job and was trusted by the king.
Like Moses, they felt daunted. And afraid. And upset.
Haggai 1
Ezra 10
And Then - There is David.
So Obedient - Joyful
- God wanted His Son to be David's Son.
2 Samuel 7:18-29
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God.
You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!
20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God!
21 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
24 And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.
27 For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. 29 Now, therefore, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”
Hebrews 3:15 15
As it is said,
“Today,
if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
David Began. David Rejoiced to be Called of God Himself.
David began that day.
The Bible tells us to Rejoice in sufferings. I'm pretty sure The Lord meant us to focus on past sufferings overcome. David had overcome and in the new challenges ahead of him, he felt sure of God's Help. David was so good at taking tools to make something better, the opportunity to take a Blessing of God and make something phenomenal - was precious to David.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a quote about difficulty and overcoming:
Gandhi did also agree with the need for Challenges.
Daily. Paul understood - daily we need Jesus.
A peace I sometimes call the "nicey" peace is not lasting. A hard earned peace - discussed - put in place - is lasting with God' help.
Daily - we rise up again in Prayer.
David knew Gratitude - is the Overcoming - To be glad about what God had given you. Christmas today - being glad you have family nearby. Being glad you are in your home. Being glad to sit down to food ably fixed with healthy hands. To have care given daily. Gratitude.
To have prayer and compassion for others. The ill. The elderly. Those in crisis.
I have seen so many women left with an unplanned pregnancy. And they find the strength to believe - this is their family. Their child. The life - given of God. And they are not just blessed - these mothers are abandoned by the men - but they are Triumphant to have done the Call of God.
We have God-given Strength to do our God-given Lives. Our God Opportunity - We need to nourish and nurture the essential part of us - and it is not our mind, nor our body. We nourish our Soul. In prayer. In God's Word. In Compassion. When we Love - we are filled.
Haggai found something very important at the end of his First Chapter. The Lord stirred the people to do the Will of God. The Spirit gives Life. God gives Life. We do not exhort people and then they listen. The heart of God speaks and dwells in His people. We simply remind and nourish each other and God is the Glory.
ABBA!
Jeremiah 31:25
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
Psalm 23:1-3
A psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.
Thirst for God, Himself.
John 4:14
Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.
Lent Arrives. Jesus has always said repent and have Love. Have the Joy of the Lord.
Very fitting for Valentine's Day to be the beginning of Lent.
Repent, therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,
that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
The Joy of the Lord is my Strength.
Father, with the Help of Jesus, this is true.
Please make this true for those I love.
Please be the Joy of the people You have given me.
Expect the Goodness of our Father in all aspects of our Prayers. His Continual Love Flows.
Rejoice in the Prayers, Faith, Hope and Love, for our Father encircling His Creation daily.
We lift up all cares to the Willing Hands of Our Father. Amen in the Goodness Jesus did, is and will provide.
Amen in Jesus. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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