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Dr. Christina Olson continues with Ezra and Nehemiah, tracing temple, law, and walls–and the beautifully imperfect work of becoming a covenant people again.
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TIMECODE
0:00  Part 2 - Dr. Christina Olson
2:53 Singers, porters, and Nethinims: Temple personnel
4:29 Nehemiah the cupbearer hears of Jerusalemn’s ruins
6:47 The tombs of my fathers
12:06 Anchor points: Dr. Olson’s personal story
13:51 Nehemiah’s sacrifice–leaving the palace
17:15 Prayer in times of conflict
18:38 Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem oppose the wall
22:24 Imperfect boundaries, imperfect community
24:51 Building with a sword in hand
25:17 Internal strife: debt, interest, and reform
26:43 “I am doing a great work”
29:54 Lahonti and Amalickiah
36:43 The wall is finished and Ezra reads the Law
38:11 The joy of the Lord is strength
39:42 Sukkot restored and communal worship
40:14 An unfinished ending
43:32 How scholarship changes faith
46:21 Why teach the messy stories
47:45 Non-linear worship and seasons of life
51:48 End of Part 2 – Dr. Christina Olson

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Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments.
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TIMECODE
0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson
1:48 First impressions of Ezra and Nehemiah
4:15 Dr. Olson’s bio
7:38 Come, Follow Me Manual
8:25 What these names mean
9:45 Recap the exile and archeological evidence
14:59 First and Second Temple Periods
17:54 Why rebuild?
19:00 Ezra-Nehemiah as bridge to the New Testament
23:45 Cyrus’s edict and the return home
26:04 Why Ezra-Nehemiah is such a difficult read
30:59 The pattern of an ancient temple-building account
35:43 “Strangers in a strange land” – Identity and memory
39:29 Genealogies and staking a claim
40:00 Zerubabel and Jeshua return
44:51 Weeping and joy at the temple foundation
46:13 The adversaries arrive
47:55 Exclusion and God using imperfection
52:41 How present-day conflicts get written
57:18 Letters of accusation to the Persian king
1:01:12 Tatnai’s inquiry and Darius’s decree
1:05:15 Temple dedication and Passover
1:07:52 End of Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson

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Sister Heather Farrell examines 2 Chronicles, Jehoshaphat’s reliance on God, the women who saved the faith, and her own angel-protection story.
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TIMECODE
0:00 - Part 2 - Sister Heather Farrell
3:02 “Are there good things found in thee?”
5:33 Jehoshaphat’s prayer
6:59 Jerusalem bike story and the “Angel Squad”
10:16 Family beyond the veil, believing as a spiritual gift
14:53 Athaliah seizes the throne and kills the royal seed
17:24 Jehoshaba hides baby Joash, saving Davidic line
20:16 Your family history doesn’t define you
22:25 Hezekiah restores the Passover: “Focus on the home”
25:48 Just start
27:07 Huldah and Josiah and teaching children
32:07 Huldah the prophetess and the Huldah Gates
37:24 Huldah declares the book is scripture
39:09 Temple destroyed, end of the Old Testament, Book of Mormon begins
42:23 Heather’s non-traditional journey
45:18 Why does God come to women?
48:55 The influence of women and womeninthescriptures.com
49:46 End of Part 2 - Sister Heather Farrell

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What if the most powerful religious leader in ancient Judah was the king’s mother? Sister Heather Farrell walks us through 2 Chronicles and the queen mother whose name the record keeps even when it forgets everything else, and makes the case that the covenants have always traveled through the household and through family stories far messier than we’d like to admit.
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TIMECODE
0:00 - Part 1 - Sister Heather Farrell
1:15 Why would anyone love Chronicles?
2:51 “Our eyes are upon thee”
4:01 Bio
6:40 Come, Follow Me Manual
7:49 Chronicles 101: one book, not two (and its two obsessions)
9:50 Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, and Torah
10:55 The Chronicler as Mormon
13:04 Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia–4 ways to conquer a people
16:28 The last verse in the Hebrew Bible is about the temple
17:47 Dolly, Mary, and a messy line
22:23 Why do Kings and Chronicles tell the same stories?
24:24 Solomon built two houses
26:36 The Nauvoo parallel
28:13 God accepts the dedication
31:03 The verse that became a song
33:33 The second covenant
35:43 Official religion vs. household religion
38:30 Easter happens at home (why we need fridge magnets)
40:40 Asa tears down the high places and groves
43:18 Asherah and why she is NOT our Heavenly Mother
46:35 Asa’s prayer
48:20 Worthiness to ask for a miracle
50:38 Spiritual storehouses (like grain but better)
53:03 The hard verse is descriptive not prescriptive
55:21 Asa’s mistake
58:13 The gebirah–the King’s mother
1:00:13 Bathsheba and why Kings always names the mother
1:02:39 Covenant power that transfers through a woman
1:05:13 A dynasty that runs on worthiness, not just blood
1:06:12 Jumping Jehoshaphat
1:08:37 “There is yet one man … but I hate him”
1:09:47 End of Part 1 – Sister Heather Farrell

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Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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