1. Ezra 4:1–24 (ESV)
  2. Application

Revelation of God the Father

Ezra 4:1–24 (ESV)

1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Israel,

What does Ezra 4 reveal about who God the Father is?

Ezra 4 does not specifically tell us who God is. There is no place where we are directly told who God is in this chapter. The one thing we are told about God is that he is the God of Israel. The people of Israel are his people, and the people living in the land around Jerusalem are not. They are the enemies of Judah and Benjamin. As a result, we can say that Ezra 4 reveals to us that the Lord is the God of Israel and that there are people who are his enemies.