Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are reading Nehemiah 3. In chapter 3, Nehemiah paused his first-person narrative and inserted an archival record of the Jerusalem wall project.…
Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are reading Nehemiah 2. We left off with Nehemiah on his knees, praying and fasting as he prepared to speak directly to…
Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. We finished Ezra and we are now launching our study of Nehemiah. Remember that in the Septuagint and the Masoretic text, Ezra and Nehemiah were…
By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are finishing the book of Ezra which ends with a resolution to the remnant’s intermarriage crisis. In chapter 10,…
Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! Or subscribe to our YouTube channel Only four months after Ezra’s arrival (458 BCE), Judean officials reported to him that the returnees had a serious intermarriage problem. These informants were quite possibly the judges Ezra appointed when he set up a judicial system for the province…
Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are studying chapter 8, the continuation of the Ezra memoir. Before the caravan of returnees sets out, Ezra recruits volunteers to join…
Be sure to follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts (like Apple) or subscribe to our Youtube channel! Ezra is divided into two parts: Chapters 1-6 and Chapters 7-10. The first half recaps the initial return of the exiles to their national homeland under the leadership of Zerubbabel and other founding members. The…
Follow Bible Fibe wherever you listen to your podcasts (like Apple) or subscribe to our channel on YouTube The Persian officials diligently sought documentation to validate the Israelites’ assertion that they possessed authorization from the late King Cyrus to reconstruct their temple. Ezra’s narrative suggests that the Israelites harbored no resentment towards Tattenai’s inquiry; they…
Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are continuing our study of the book of Ezra, diving into chapter 5. After the plotting and scheming of Judah’s oppositional neighbors,…
Subscribe to your YouTube channel or Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! The first three chapters of Ezra cover the two-year honeymoon period for the returning Judeans. King Cyrus, captor turned liberator, permitted their return to Jerusalem to rebuild their nation and temple. Not only that, but the Persians insisted on flooding…