“Return, Rebuild, and Remember”

Ezra 1–2 begins a new chapter in Israel’s history.Second Chronicles ended with Jerusalem destroyed, the Temple burned, and the people living in captivity in Babylon.But God had not forgotten them.The seventy years of judgment prophesied by Jeremiah were reaching their appointed conclusion.Then God did something nobody in exile could have arranged for themselves:He moved the heart of a king.Ezra 1–2 teaches us:God keeps His promises.God can move powerful people.God calls His people to respond.Restoration requires sacrifice.And rebuilding begins when ordinary people are willing to leave comfort behind and obey God.Welcome to EveryDayWord — the daily podcast of Derrick J. Dawkins Evangelistic Association! Here we open the Bible from Genesis to Revelation — reading it, breaking it down, and praying it through — all in a powerful 60-minute journey through God’s Word.Because as Scripture declares:“All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.” — 2 Timothy 3:16So grab your Bible, open your heart, and let’s get into the Word!