Ezra; Nehemiah Part 1 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me

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Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments.
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TIMECODE
0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson
1:48 First impressions of Ezra and Nehemiah
4:15 Dr. Olson’s bio
7:38 Come, Follow Me Manual
8:25 What these names mean
9:45 Recap the exile and archeological evidence
14:59 First and Second Temple Periods
17:54 Why rebuild?
19:00 Ezra-Nehemiah as bridge to the New Testament
23:45 Cyrus’s edict and the return home
26:04 Why Ezra-Nehemiah is such a difficult read
30:59 The pattern of an ancient temple-building account
35:43 “Strangers in a strange land” – Identity and memory
39:29 Genealogies and staking a claim
40:00 Zerubbabel and Jeshua return
44:51 Weeping and joy at the temple foundation
46:13 The adversaries arrive
47:55 Exclusion and God using imperfection
52:41 How present-day conflicts get written
57:18 Letters of accusation to the Persian king
1:01:12 Tatnai’s inquiry and Darius’s decree
1:05:15 Temple dedication and Passover
1:07:52 End of Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson

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