Why study the Book of Ezra? The Book of Ezra describes the political, social and spiritual conditions of the people of God who returned to Jerusalem and Judah following the Babylonian captivity. The book reveals that God keeps His promises of restoring His covenant people although the conditions for these people were anything but easy or pleasant. They preserved under constant political and social pressures to accomplish that which God had intended for them. Continue reading Studying the Book of Ezra →