Ezr 7:1,5, Now after these things, IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES KING OF PERSIA, EZRA THE SON OF SERAIAH… THE SON OF AARON..
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the second wave of people returning to their homeland!
Ezr 7:6, this Ezra came up from Babylon; and HE WAS A SKILLED SCRIBE IN THE LAW OF MOSES, WHICH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL HAD GIVEN. THE KING GRANTED HIM ALL HIS REQUEST, ACCORDING TO THE HAND OF THE LORD HIS GOD UPON HIM.
This king Artaxerxes Longimanus was the son Artaxerxes found in Ezra 4:7. Whereas the father stopped the work of GOD; his son blessed and funded the work of GOD!
Ezr 7:10, FOR EZRA HAD PREPARED HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND TO DO IT, AND TO TEACH STATUTES AND ORDINANCES IN ISRAEL.
Ezra was a blessed man, not just because he knew the word of the LORD, but because he lived it! KNOWING HIS WORD AND DOING IT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS! JESUS SAID…
Mat 7:24, “THEREFORE WHOEVER HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF MINE, AND DOES THEM, I WILL LIKEN HIM TO A WISE MAN WHO BUILT HIS HOUSE ON THE ROCK:
Eph 5:15-17, SEE THEN THAT YOU WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY, NOT AS FOOLS BUT AS WISE, REDEEMING THE TIME, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. THEREFORE DO NOT BE UNWISE, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS.
IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT OUR BLESSED HOPE IS AT THE DOOR AND READY TO RETURN THEN WE MUST BE ABOUT OUR FATHERS BUSINESS, REDEEMING THE TIME! JESUS SAID THE FOLLOWING!
Mat 24:46, BLESSED IS THAT SERVANT WHOM HIS MASTER, WHEN HE COMES, WILL FIND SO DOING.
NOT JUST KNOWING HIS WORD BUT DOING IT!