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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

Prophets of the Lord call the people of Judah to resume the reconstruction of the temple. Tattenai the governor asks King Darius in a letter to determine whether or not Cyrus has decreed that the temple be rebuilt.

BibleGateway: Ezra 5 ESV Text: Ezra 5 Ezra 5 (Listen) Rebuilding Begins Anew 5:1 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son… 

The returned Judeans begin rebuilding the altar of the Lord so that they may resume offering sacrifices. The Judeans lay the foundation of the new temple. The people shout for joy, but many of the older Judeans weep loudly, remembering the grandeur of the first temple.

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BibleGateway: Ezra 3 ESV Text: Ezra 3 Ezra 3 (Listen) Rebuilding the Altar 3:1 When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.… 

In a misguided attempt to comfort Job, Eliphaz reminds Job of his faithfulness in the past. He argues that righteous people do not experience suffering. Therefore, Job must have sinned in some way to have merited his present suffering.

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BibleGateway: Job 4 ESV Text: Job 4 Job 4 (Listen) Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2   “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?    Yet who can…