Better Than Ezra

Published: July 14, 2019, 5:30 a.m.

Years after their exile, the Israelites/Judeans return to their promised land to rebuild and restore for a new generation. In our ongoing cycle of creation and destruction, God's temple must go back up, and the Law of Moses must be proclaimed. Enter Ezra, who first throws a fit about his wayward people and their troubling lack of purity.