Day 246..."Beginning Ezra...back to Acts"

The Book of Ezra begins with the rebuilding of the temple. We also read of the first wave of returning from exile. These periods of exile vary for Israel and confuse my sense of history. I will try to produce a good resource (offering the historical periods of exile) before we are done. Isaiah sounds like he is going global with his message. Is this really in the Old Testament? We think of evangelism to the nations as a New Testament message..."It is too light a thing that you should be my servantto raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel;I will make you as a light for the nations,that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

We resume the Book of Acts today after a break for the parables during Lent. Peter will have more to resolve with the controversy of circumcism. We also have a very historic event in Acts chapter 11 (not bankruptsy) ...the name Christian is first used at Antioch. The rest they say is history!