EZRA
In Ezra He is “the Faithful Scribe.”
Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year
of the king. He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the
first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month,
for the gracious hand of his God was on him. For Ezra had devoted himself to
the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees
and laws in Israel.
Ezra 7:8-10 NIV
In Revelation 1, we
see that Christ gave “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” to John, even as He
received from the Father. Apostle John was to show this “Revelation” to the
servants of God—that is, “the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ,”
and “what must soon take place.”
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His
servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending His angel to
His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw — that is, the Word of God
and the Testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the Words of
this Prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is
written in it, because the time is near.
Rev 1:1-3 NIV
The One Who has
this Testimony is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Who has conquered and holds in
His right hand the scroll with seven seals. He alone is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll.
Then I saw in the right hand of Him Who sat on the Throne a
scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a
mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the
seals and open the scroll?" But no one in Heaven or on Earth or under the
Earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no
one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the
elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the
Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven
seals."
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in
the center of the Throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the
elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God
sent out into all the Earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of
Him Who sat on the Throne. And when He had taken it, the four living creatures
and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and
they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the
saints. And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with Your Blood You purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the Earth."
Rev 5:1-10 NIV
The Book of Ezra
reveals God’s continued fulfillment of His promise to keep David’s descendants
alive.
In Israel the
messianic promises are to be fulfilled, because they are connected with such
places as Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Zion. Christ was to be born in Bethlehem
(Mic. 5:2), not in Babylon.