WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:15.359 Hey everybody, it's Friday, Friday. Yeah, Fridays are good. We're 5 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:18.239 the Bible Guys. This is Chris and Kyle because and 6 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:19.600 by the way, I don't know if you if you're 7 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.640 watching on video, look it says the Bible Guys with 8 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:25.280 Kyle and Chris. 9 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:28.719 With either sure gray hair or very blonde here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 10 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:29.239 I appreciate it. 11 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:30.000 Yeah on video. 12 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.759 Good job Desiree for doing that. So Jeff's out of 13 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:35.880 the country. So that's what Kyle's with us today. We're 14 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.560 the Bible Guys, and today we have an exciting chapter 15 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.600 Ezra or excuse me, me and Maiah, chapter number seven 16 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.240 and eight. We're gonna be talking about Ezra joining the 17 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:51.679 crew and reading the law and healing the people, not 18 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:56.000 just protecting them physically, but protecting them spiritually. So before 19 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.280 we dive into that, however, we have a segment today, Kyle, 20 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:00.280 do you want to introduce. 21 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.719 Yeah, Actually, this one is one I've heard people say 22 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:07.840 is a fan favorite. It's called what made Chris Mad 23 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.319 This week. Now, before we even get into this because 24 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:12.239 I'm gonna le Chris think about this for a quick moments. 25 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.359 One of the things that Desrey pointed out is that 26 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:17.040 that I was the one It says that obviously Kyle 27 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:20.799 was the mastermind behind everyone's favorite segment, which I think 28 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:21.480 is quite a. 29 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:22.640 I don't know mastermind. 30 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:24.040 I don't know if I would say that, but I 31 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:26.079 will say for anybody who wants to understand even how 32 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.480 this podcast came to be, Jeff Forster actually had a 33 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:31.640 vision for it a few years ago, pulled together a 34 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:33.680 creative meeting and we tried to thinking of some segments 35 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.599 that would be a fun you know, to kick off 36 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.560 the podcast. And I remember, you know, there's a bunch 37 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.079 of different things that were thrown out. There's some that 38 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.159 are currently still going. Like I know one of the 39 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.200 masterminds behind but I don't know if it was Jeff 40 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:47.920 or his DESIREE had the Babylon b which I think 41 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:49.719 people love that as well. Reading some of those that 42 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:51.760 would you rather thinks. But I remember one of the 43 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.959 things that stood out is that Chris, the more I 44 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:56.040 got to know him and work with him, is he 45 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.519 would sometimes come into meetings or he would come into 46 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.879 a situation, and then's the things that would bother him, 47 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:06.480 like about just everyday things were always just very precise, very. 48 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.400 Detailed and very it was like superlative. Yes, very well, 49 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:10.400 that's a part of it too. 50 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.479 And I remember just being like honestly enamored with how 51 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:15.840 like the things that I almost just took for granted 52 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:17.159 and a negative like I was just like used to 53 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:19.560 certain things, like you could point out every little detail 54 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:21.639 about what bothered you. And I remember just thinking, what 55 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:24.280 if we just said, like what made Chris mad this week? Like, yeah, 56 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:26.520 let's try it one week, and then I've heard of 57 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:29.000 people and then to your demise some of it, they 58 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:30.599 keep on bringing stuff up and messing with you. 59 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:32.560 But also I think it's it's it's great. A lot 60 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.560 of good laughs over the years. 61 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.639 Yah yeah, yeah, yeah, I've definitely gotten good and bad 62 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:41.280 food back from it. Got a bad rap, but nevertheless, 63 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.039 as soon as but you know, this is the reason 64 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:46.680 why it is a good segment, because as soon as 65 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:48.439 I thought what made Chris mad this week? 66 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:50.240 It took me about five seconds. 67 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:50.639 That's all it took. 68 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:52.800 And I thought, I thought, oh, yeah, I was mad 69 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:55.080 this week at something, and here it is. You ready 70 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:55.400 for this. 71 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:00.039 I walked into a restroom at a public restaurant and 72 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:03.319 I realized that first of all, it was not clean, 73 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.039 and uh and and and I won't get it of 74 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:09.360 the restaurant, right, Yeah, I'm not gonna mention the name restaurant. 75 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:09.639 What is it? 76 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:09.879 Right? 77 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:13.800 But it was but it was in Shelby Township. 78 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.840 And which is a local place, you know locally here 79 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:18.599 people understand that in Michigan. 80 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:22.080 But uh, I'm not going to say it was. It 81 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:22.919 was off of Van Dyke. 82 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:28.560 But listen, the point is is, uh, this restaurant, No, listen, 83 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:34.000 this restaurant, it was not Italian, had really bad bathrooms 84 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:35.680 and I'm not going to go into it because it's gross. 85 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:37.280 Uh So that part was gross. 86 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.800 But then I go to wash my hands and I 87 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.560 realized that water was everywhere, like everywhere, like like like 88 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:44.360 all over the counter. 89 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:45.120 I'm like, what's going on? 90 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.000 And then I walked I looked over and I realized 91 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:50.639 that there was no paper towels, and so I get 92 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.360 these wet hands and then I go over to the 93 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:55.479 to the air dryer and it doesn't work. And so 94 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.520 literally I looked over and I realized there are no 95 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.879 paper towels, and and there's no hair dryer, which means 96 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.319 or there's no hand dryer, which means the people who 97 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.840 own the restaurant, they obviously know that the handwriter doesn't work. 98 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:09.159 Might as well just put out of order on it 99 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:09.599 or something. 100 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.719 So but but it then forces you to make certain 101 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:15.719 that there's always paper towels. 102 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:17.480 So we've run out of paper towels. 103 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:19.240 And I can tell that it's been a while because 104 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:23.720 there's water everywhere. Right, So I thought to myself, this 105 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:27.319 is unacceptable, right, And I'm telling you, if you have 106 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.519 a place of business and you can't keep the bathroom clean, 107 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:35.800 then then close it down, buddy, Like close it down, 108 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:40.240 like this is not acceptable. Bathrooms are one of the 109 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.040 worst things to be a part of while you're in 110 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.639 public anyway. Right, if you have to go to the 111 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:47.920 restroom in public, it's like it's a big deal. 112 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.079 Yeah, right, it's almost like alarming. 113 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:51.680 Like when you go into a place, especially if it's 114 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.519 I'm assuming you read a nicer restaurant, you go into 115 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:55.800 a bathroom and when it's like catches you off guard, 116 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:58.160 when it just feels like nobody's even thought about it. 117 00:04:58.319 --> 00:04:59.759 And then on the other end, when you find out 118 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:01.959 a place super clean or like put together, it makes 119 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:02.759 you like the place. 120 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:03.120 Yeah. 121 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.519 Well, like like you ever travel long distances going to 122 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:07.120 the South and. 123 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:09.600 You see BUCkies. BUCkies are amazing and they're known. 124 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:12.879 For they say clean, best bathrooms, best best restrooms, that's 125 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:14.920 what they're known for. And they'll literally advertise it. Then 126 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:15.680 you walk in and then. 127 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:17.319 And you're like, how could they be that that good? 128 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.240 Then you walk in and you realize. 129 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:20.040 There's eighteen. 130 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.439 Amazing and it's like you're actually enamorate with the with 131 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.360 the restrooms and everybody wants tom sit and you know, 132 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.800 clean places or being clean places. 133 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.319 So here's here's my here's my confession. 134 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.480 And by the way, I don't normally get this vulnerable 135 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.759 on the Bible guys, but I'm gonna I'm going to 136 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.560 tell you something negative that I do that I should 137 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:45.040 not do. Okay, uh Now, I've made a statement before 138 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.079 about people who do not return their buggies in. 139 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:49.720 Parking lotscha, gotcha. 140 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:53.839 When people don't return their buggies, I do not retaliate. 141 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.439 I do not like take the buggies. I've seen videos 142 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:58.959 where people put it behind the cars, right, and they 143 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:00.920 do things which is hilarious. 144 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:03.480 I love it. But I've never done that. I've never 145 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:04.720 gotten angry enough. 146 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:08.959 Okay, but I do this thing when I come across 147 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.120 a restroom in a public place that is not serviced, 148 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.000 and it is horrible. I do this thing where I 149 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.560 should not do. So I have these wet hands and 150 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:24.160 instead of like drying them on my pants and getting 151 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.439 my pants wet, what most people probably do is just 152 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.839 shake them, right, But what I do is I shake 153 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:31.680 them on the mirror. 154 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:32.959 Okay. 155 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.879 Now again, it's not a horrible thing because it's gonna 156 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:37.600 you know, it's eventually the water is just gonna go 157 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.079 away anyway, right, So it's not. 158 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.680 Like they're gonna come in and go, oh my goodness water, right, 159 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:42.560 They're not going to do that. 160 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.399 But what I do is I do it on the 161 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:50.000 mirror to send a message to anybody who might happen 162 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:53.639 to walk in, or the people that come after me, 163 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:55.199 so that they walk in. 164 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.800 And go what is going on in this place? 165 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.560 Right? But I literally just spray mirror and now it's 166 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.079 covered in water droplets because I want it to be 167 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:09.959 known this bathroom needs attention by either a worker or 168 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.120 by the people who followed me, and that. 169 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.319 Is not very nice of me. 170 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:15.839 No, just mention it to the server. 171 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:16.519 Yeah. 172 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:18.639 You know, one time you and I were at lunch, 173 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.000 like a couple of years ago or whatever, and I 174 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:21.600 remember one time we're talking, you were like just looking 175 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.319 over my head the whole time, like, oh, I should 176 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:24.600 say the whole time. For a couple of minutes you 177 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.519 were like something like was behind me that you were really. 178 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:27.879 Dialed in on. 179 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.240 And then you got up and then went and maneuvered 180 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:36.240 their painting about three degrees east and straight it out, 181 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:39.360 like all right, I feel better now, Yeah, because it 182 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:39.800 was crooked. 183 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.079 Because it was crooked. Yeah, you're like, this asked me face, 184 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.560 I am. There's justice to this. 185 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.120 Place, justice to the I didn't ask anybody. 186 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:50.879 No, no, no, no, that one. You're just like, I'm fixing it. 187 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:51.360 I can't sit. 188 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.240 And the funny thing is, unfortunately, I would imagine that 189 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:55.120 was there for weeks like. 190 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.000 That, right, Oh, I'm sure just just off. 191 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:58.759 By three degrees and no one even cared enough to 192 00:07:58.800 --> 00:07:59.120 fix it. 193 00:07:59.160 --> 00:07:59.959 No, nobody cared. 194 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.759 Yeah No, that's good. So yeah, all right, make Chris 195 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:03.240 mad this week. 196 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.560 So if you ever follow behind you're in a restaurant 197 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:06.920 and you happen to see a bunch of water on 198 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:07.439 a mirror. 199 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:10.160 Just look around for Chris our bo probably just look 200 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:10.759 at the bathroom. 201 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.079 Well, I don't want that to be the takeaway. I 202 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.279 want to be that Chris is mad for the world. 203 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:17.240 Okay. 204 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:20.920 Chris is not just mad for Chris. Chris is angry 205 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:25.079 for the all the people of the world who go 206 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:29.680 into a public restroom and go, oh, this is awful, right, 207 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:33.159 especially if it's by a nice restaurant. If you're an 208 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:38.559 owner or even a worker, never underestimate the importance of 209 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.000 a clean restroom for your public. 210 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.399 Yes, okay, So go ahead and comment in if you're 211 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.440 somebody who is in the same boat you agree with 212 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:46.240 Chris gross bathrooms gross you out. 213 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:47.840 Go ahead, let us know we want to hear from you. 214 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:49.879 All right, let's hear your transition to this one, Bud. 215 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:52.919 Speaking of. 216 00:08:54.879 --> 00:09:01.519 Smelly things, I would say that, oh, I can't even 217 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:04.200 do it. I can't even do it, because there's nothing 218 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:08.360 smelly about Ezra reading the Law of Moses und twenty degrees. Okay, 219 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:13.720 I would say, speaking of attention, of maintenance and attention, 220 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:17.000 how about that on a positive side, Ezra and me 221 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:23.519 and Maiah both as as companions. What a contemporaries. They 222 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.919 recognize that the people need attention and maintenance spiritually. 223 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:27.559 That's great. 224 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.600 That's where we open up in me and Mayah seven 225 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:34.320 or actually starting in verse number seventy three B. Actually 226 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.120 we're going to go all the way to the beginning 227 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.120 of chapter eight, and it says this. In October, when 228 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.679 the Israelites had settled into their towns, all the people 229 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:45.120 assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside 230 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.360 the water gate. They asked Ezra the Scribe to bring 231 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.360 out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the 232 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.120 Lord had given for Israel to obey. 233 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:54.919 So on October eighth, Ezra. 234 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.519 The Priest, which by the way, they finished on alcober 235 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.279 second right right. So less than a week later, Ezra 236 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:01.840 the Priest brought the Book of the Law before the assembly, 237 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.399 which included the men and women and all the children 238 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:07.399 old enough to understand. He faced the square just inside 239 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:09.960 the water gate from early morning until noon and read 240 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:11.799 aloud to everyone who could understand. 241 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.440 All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law. 242 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:17.159 Ezra the Scribe stood on a high wooden platform that 243 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:21.600 had been made for the occasion. To his right stood Metatayah, 244 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:28.840 sima Anayah, Uriah Kayah and Messiah. Wow, dude, that's great 245 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.120 kids that were Maybe they're in the same family, they'd 246 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:38.440 be cool. To his left stood Padaiah, Michelle, Michael, Malkaha, Hashum, Zechariah, 247 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:46.919 and Mashula. 248 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:49.039 Again haa haa. 249 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:51.600 Ezra stood on the platform in full view of all 250 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.159 the people. When they saw him open the book, they 251 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:57.559 all rose to their feet. Then Ezra praised the Lord, 252 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:01.200 the Great God, and all the people chanted Amen, Amen 253 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.679 as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and 254 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.240 worship the Lord with their faces to the ground. The 255 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:11.960 Leevites Joshua, Banni, Shariba jaymn Ah should have had you 256 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.360 read this chapter. A bunch of other people. Hayin en 257 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.039 Peliah then instructed the people in the law. While everyone 258 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.159 remained in their places, they read from the Book of 259 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.120 the Law of God and clearly explained the meaning of 260 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.960 what was being read, helping the people understand each passage. 261 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:28.519 Then Niamiah, the governor Asra, their priests inscribe, and the 262 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.240 Leevites who are interpreting for the people, said to them, 263 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.919 don't mourn or weep on such a day as this, 264 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.919 For today is a sacred day before the Lord, your God. 265 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.360 For the people had all. 266 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.440 Been weeping as they listened to the words of the law, 267 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.639 and Niamiah continued, go and celebrate with a feast of 268 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:49.039 rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food 269 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:51.320 with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred 270 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:54.000 day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for 271 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:56.919 the joy of the Lord is your strength. And the 272 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.960 Leevites too quieted the people, telling them, hush, don't weep, 273 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.320 for this is a sacred day. So that people went 274 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:06.039 away to eat and drink at a festival meal, to 275 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:09.240 share gifts of food, and to celebrate with great joy 276 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.039 because they had heard God's words and understood them. 277 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:14.279 Let me see that's it. 278 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.759 In October ninth, one day later, the family leaders of 279 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.200 all the people, together with the priests and levites, met 280 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.799 with ezrav Described to go over the law in greater detail. 281 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.279 As they studied the law, they discovered that the Lord 282 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:29.679 had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in 283 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:33.200 shelters during the festival to be held that month. He 284 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.600 had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their 285 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.120 towns and in Jerusalem telling the people to go to 286 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:43.799 the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, 287 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.519 and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches 288 00:12:47.559 --> 00:12:50.879 to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, 289 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:53.240 as prescribed in the law. So that people went out 290 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:55.559 and cut branches and used them to build shelters on 291 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.240 the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in their 292 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.240 courtyards of God's temple, or in the squares just inside 293 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.600 the water gate and the frame gate a frame gate. 294 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.000 So everyone who had returned from captivity lived in the 295 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:07.960 shelters during the festival, and they were. 296 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:09.080 All filled with great joy. 297 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:11.840 The Israelites had not celebrated like this since the days 298 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:14.639 of Joshua, son of None. Ezra read from the Book 299 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.240 of Law of God on each of the seven days 300 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.320 of the festival. Then on the eighth day they held 301 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:21.240 a solemn assembly as was required by law. 302 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:22.600 Wow, that's great. 303 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:28.120 Yeah, So Ezra is the same Ezra from the Book 304 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.919 of Ezra. Obviously, he is actually a descendant from Aaron, 305 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.720 Aaron the brother of Moses, and so he has the authority. 306 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:41.440 He is a scribe, and he is a person of 307 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:47.320 very much prominence. And actually he actually led I looked 308 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:53.080 this up. He actually led the second group of exiles. 309 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:53.919 Back to Babylon. 310 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:57.200 From Babylon back to Jerusalem and four fifty eight BC 311 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:00.799 under the reign of King art de Xerxes. Okay, this 312 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:04.000 was about eighty years after the first group had returned 313 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.080 under King Zarubable. 314 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:05.799 Okay. 315 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:10.080 So Ezra was therefore down in Jerusalem, right, And so 316 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:14.720 he was just a teacher of the law. He had 317 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.080 a great authority, and so him and Neemi were contemporaries. 318 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.919 And as we can see, Nehemiah is referenced as the 319 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.879 governor of the city now, right, So they had been 320 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:28.639 there long enough where they've established you know, he's been 321 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.000 there for months at this point in time, not years, 322 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.080 but months, and they've built shelters for themselves, they have, 323 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.679 you know, rebuilt the wall, and I'm sure, I'm sure 324 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:43.120 it probably took them months even to organize things, right, 325 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.639 So they finished the work in fifty two days, But 326 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:51.240 it's definitely been enough time where Nehemiah is looked at 327 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:54.200 and voted as governor of the area. And so then 328 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.240 Ezra then reads this Law of Moses, and people are 329 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:01.600 standing around thinking to themselves. Man, feel like a city again, 330 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:04.360 We feel like a community again. We feel like these 331 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.440 are the practices that are required. Remember, they they would 332 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.399 build shelters, and they would even in the times of Jesus, 333 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:13.320 they would still do that, Right, they would build these 334 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.639 temporary shelters and read the Book of Moses, and and 335 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.000 they would celebrate and worship in this way. And so 336 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:23.080 here Ezra is doing this and he reads from morning 337 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:26.879 until noon. That's a long time, right, it was a 338 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:29.399 long time. Yeah, and people couldn't read just you know, 339 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:33.519 sat there listening because they wanted to, they wanted to understand. 340 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:33.840 Yeah. 341 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.200 And just to point out because I know when when 342 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:36.960 you know you read this, it said it's about as 343 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.200 are reading the Book of Laws. It's referring that's actually 344 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:43.679 the Pentituoke, which is the first five books of Scripture. 345 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:45.840 So you got like this story Adam and Eve creation, 346 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.480 then you get into the fall of Man, you get 347 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:49.879 into some of you know, just just for anybody who's wondering, 348 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.679 like what book of law is? This is just like 349 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.519 a law book, you know. They they're trying to get 350 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:55.559 a degree like what is going on here? And so 351 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.879 it even has the whole and I imagine even for 352 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:01.000 people who are new learners of this to hear about 353 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.919 the Israelites and and God's promise for them, I imagine, 354 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.519 I mean this was this was a joyful time for 355 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.200 them to come together. So we hear about reading from 356 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.879 what you say, it goes from from morning till till noon, 357 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.679 morning till noon, ti till noon, I mean, long time 358 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.399 to be reading this, right, But at the same time, 359 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.799 this was a celebratory moment. 360 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.240 So usually when they say from morning, they're referring to 361 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.679 six am, six am, because that yeah, because because that's 362 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:23.919 when the Jewish calendar started. A day started at six am, 363 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:27.200 so six hours. Yeah, so usually it's six hours, so 364 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.080 that's when the sun would break and come up and 365 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:31.120 and uh and yeah. 366 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:32.759 But they but this would have been something that would 367 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.879 have been not a boring six hours for them. I 368 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:36.919 think this would have been a joyful time. They're reading 369 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:38.919 about where they came from. And then even it said 370 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.360 it in there, it said the Israelites had not celebrated 371 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:43.000 like this since the days of Joshua. 372 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.840 So this was this was a this. 373 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.279 Is a great moment, this festival and everything they got 374 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:47.879 to experience. 375 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:54.679 Yeah, so the first five books of Moses are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 376 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:57.120 and and uh. And a lot of those stories are 377 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:59.919 the same, but they also include some of the greatest miracles. 378 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.840 So Moses was revered and is still revered as one 379 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.759 of the greatest prophets of God. Uh. And still you know, 380 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.960 just one of the greatest deliveries. One of the greatest 381 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.039 revered miracles of the Bible was the parting of the 382 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:16.119 Red Sea, the delivery of slavery for hundreds of years 383 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:20.119 God's chosen people, uh, you know, and and all the 384 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:22.960 great miracles that God had shown up for for his people. 385 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.519 And so I think that it probably felt very emotional 386 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:30.039 for a lot of people, and they were probably connected 387 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:34.319 to their ancestral stories, right, stories that were passed down. 388 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:35.680 I mean, think about it, you know. 389 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:40.119 So, Uh, it's it's been a couple of generations, you know, 390 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.880 at least there's it's been it's been I think, I 391 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:46.839 want to say, a couple hundred years since since Daniel. Right. 392 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:51.319 So, uh, when was the Book of Daniel written. 393 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.960 Here's an answer from Christianity dot Com. 394 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.799 Yeah, sixth century, right, and so and so we're talking 395 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:04.240 about five hundred and thirty, right, and then and then 396 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:06.880 Ezra leads the second group of people down in four 397 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:11.519 hundred and forty ish. So uh yeah, so it's been 398 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:13.680 it's been one hundred and fifty years. Yeah, so think 399 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.240 about it. That's uh, that's at least a couple of generations, right, 400 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.920 that's three generations at least. 401 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.200