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Lesson 4: Facing Opposition (Ezra 4 & 5, 2 Kings 17:24, Nehemiah 4 & 6) — If you read books you know that some authors do not tell the story using one continuous time line. They like to jump around. Frankly, I prefer the simple over the complex, so I prefer one continuous time line. Our study this week covers Ezra 3-6, among other texts, but Ezra is one of those writers who prefers the complex. He does not tell his story in chronological order, but rather by topic. More confusing is that some of the events we have studied in the last few weeks are in the future of our story, and some we are studying today we have already considered. Let's see what we can learn about facing opposition without getting confused about the timing! More...

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