Introduction to Ezra & Nehemiah

Let’s be honest, the Bible can sometimes be tough to understand. Since the Bible was written a long time ago, by people living in a very different time, who were experiencing very different circumstances from many of us -- learning to understand and apply its truths to our lives can often be very difficult. For many years I read the Bible without getting much out of it. I knew that reading the Bible was something “good Christians” were supposed to do, but truthfully I rarely understood what I was reading. With the exception of a few of my favorite Biblical Books and stories, I often struggled to connect the dots between the promises of God in the Old Testament, and the reality of those promises fulfilled in Jesus as presented in the New Testament. As we begin our study through the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, my prayer is that this small booklet will help you navigate through some of the most common issues and questions that often keep people from uncovering the great truths of God revealed in these books.