Ezra: Chapter 5-7 Ezra: Chapter 5-7 December 7, 2019 Work on Temple resumed through encouragement of ProphetsNow Rebuilding Begins AnewEzra 5:1 Then the prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.The work on the temple had been stopped,…
Year: 2019
Thanksgiving Day – In Everything Give Thanks
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Haggai: Chapter 1 and 2
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Ezra: Chapter 1 thru 4
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John 1:1-14: Jesus is the Word; The Pre-existent One
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Colossians 2:1-23 – Gnostics
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Colossians 1:1-29
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