Episode 515 Rebuilding from the Ruins (Ezra 1:1-4 and 3:1-13)
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Episode 515 Rebuilding from the Ruins (Ezra 1:1-4 and 3:1-13)

2023-12-10
This week we’re in the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian tradition, reading the story of the people’s return from exile as told in Ezra 1:1-4 and 3:1-13. We reflect on the varying roles of the exiles in this text, some of whom return to Judea to do the hard work of rebuilding the temple while others remain in Babylon to support the rebuilding financially. We think about the resonances of this rebuilding with the story of Solomon’s original construction of the first temple, recalling the f...
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