2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 38
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1. Prophetic Authorship: Who Wrote 1st and 2nd Esdras and When?
1st and 2nd Esdras both identify their writer as the Prophet Ezra, or in Latin Esdras as
an eyewitness or relating a fairly recent era in his time around 400 B.C. It does not do so
in speculation but even identifies the exact Ezra to whom it refers with detailed lineage.
In modern scholarly circles, many hold to the paradigm that somehow those in Qumran
just wrote whatever they wanted and called it scripture claiming they wrote in the name
of a prophet in fraud. The fact that they do not even realize they are undermining the
actual Levite Temple Priests who cared for and curated scripture with their very lives,
demonstrates the paradigm is illiterate of the Biblical keepers of scripture up until the
time of Messiah. They did not write scripture arbitrarily, they kept it copying it over for
many centuries in order to preserve it.
The prophet would typically employ the assistance of a Levite scribe to write his
words down but they did not just make up whatever they wanted nor add to it nor wait
centuries to write. That is not established and irresponsible. It is certainly not scholarly
to claim they just made up texts and attributed them to the prophets just because they
wanted to teach the people a lesson. This would undermine their authority in every
sense and such practice is not recorded anywhere among the Temple Priests nor would
it be acceptable in any sense then nor today. It is unthinkable anyone calling themselves
a scholar would even enter such false paradigm.
This demonstrates a disrespect from the scholarly community for scripture and it’s
writers and keepers. If a text says Ezra or Moses wrote it, then, either they wrote it, at
most with the assistance of a scribe, or the whole thing is a lie. If it is a lie, then there
is little to be learned from it. This vets very easily by merely reading the content as
such research will reveal whether the writing offers truth or not. Notice, you will not
learn this from reading a blog and scoffing. Does it align with scripture? Is it quoted in
scripture? As we executed with The Book of Jubilees, it is time to apply The Torah Test
to 1st and 2nd Esdras. Many may be surprised at what we find.
The Qumran/Bethabara exiled Temple Priests are the only documented source for
scripture as to what was in the Old Testament and what was not up until the time of
Messiah. Anything found there should be assessed with literacy and not by such scoffers.
Anything not found there, should also be examined as to whether it should even qualify
as scripture. Every book of the Old Testament canon was found in Qumran with the
exception of Esther which tells us much. Esther must be examined as well. Notice too,
Maccabees of similar Zionist tone to Esther also was not found among these Temple
Priests. These are questionable and must be vetted. This is not a new thought. We will
show you Martin Luther’s comments on this topic.
Ezra wrote these two books that bear his name as they not only test as scripture in
theme and content but they are quoted in the New Testament and by Messiah Himself.
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