2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 73
book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which
were written in the books, according to their works.
Even the judgment of Babylon and its harlot are first foretold in 2nd Esdras long
before Revelation was published.
2nd Esdras 15:44 (Judgment on Babylon)
They shall come to her, and besiege her, the star and all wrath
shall they power out upon her, then shall the dust and smoke go
up unto the heaven: and all they that be about her, shall bewail her.
Revelation 18:8 KJV
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and
mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire:
for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the
earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously
with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall
see the smoke of her burning
There are so many more examples. However, we feel we have enough here to
determine that 2nd Esdras was quoted by Messiah and the Apostles as they were aware
of the book and use it as inspired scripture for significant doctrine. There is far too
much here to ignore and even for those who just do not wish to add it into their Bibles,
they should at least be mindful of the messages contained in this book. Messiah used it
and that pretty much settles it.
1st Esdras cross-references with the Old Testament especially the Book of Ezra and
Nehemiah who are the same author. These cross-references are noted throughout. It
does not become the origin however, of Old Testament passages as 2nd Esdras does
for the New. Though we do not see it in the New Testament as we do 2nd Esdras, it’s
content is very consistent with scripture in the stories of the return from Babylon and the
rebuilding of the Second Temple. Much is shared with Ezra and Nehemiah especially.
We do find however, Josephus even quotes the story of the 3 bodyguards directly from
1st Esdras so he read it and used it in about 90 A.D. as well which also dates 1st Esdras
well before the Rabbis have attempted in claiming an Egyptian Jew wrote it in the 2nd
Century. That is illiterate and you would think they would know Josephus at least.
“After the slaughter of the Magi, who, upon the death of Cambyses, attained the
government of the Persians for a year, those families which were called the seven
families of the Persians appointed Darius, the son of Hystaspes, to be their King.
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