Posts from February 2026

Most of us are acquainted with opposition. We know all too well what it’s like to have people against us or resisting what we’re doing. Opposition is a prominent theme in the book of Ezra. God moved heaven and earth to get His people back to Judah so they could rebuild the temple. But opposition arose. Fierce opposition. Again and again. Over and over. Perhaps you’ve…

The second plague God sent on Egypt (since they wouldn’t let His people go) was frogs. Frogs in the beds, frogs in the ovens, frogs in the kneading bowls, frogs everywhere! It was disgusting and miserable. So Pharaoh called for Moses and said, “Entreat the LORD that He remove the frogs from me and from my people. I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice…

Because of the similarities, this return of God’s people from Babylon has often been called the second Exodus. The second release. Nine hundred years after He released His people from Egypt, God felt the same way toward the exiles in Babylon: God heard their groaning, andGod remembered His covenantswith Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,…