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This is because Ezra had determined to study and obey the law of the LORD and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel.  
Ezra 7:10

Many years later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, there was a man named Ezra. Ezra 7:1a

• The temple is completed in 515 BC.
• During the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra comes to Jerusalem in 458 BC.
• Ezra chapter 7 jumps forward several decades to the second return home under Ezra himself.
• We are introduced to Ezra through his genealogy that shows he is descended from Aaron.
• He is a skilled scribe in the law of Moses.
• God has brought His people out of Babylon, but He will use the ministry of Ezra to bring the Babylon out of His people.
• Ezra will lead the “new exodus” as the “new Moses” as God’s people return to God’s land.
• Ezra’s success shows the true King in power during all of these times- God.
• Ezra studied God’s law. He knew to listen to the words of the Creator of the universe.
• Ezra obeyed God’s law. He knew the Word should guide him in all things in life; he should live in submission to it.
• Ezra taught God’s law. He shared it with others.
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