Ezra read the Law before the men and women Israel who gathered before the Feast of Tabernacles. The Levites stood by and explained the readings to the people. The people worshipped, but also wept and mourned as they heard the law.
Every reading of scripture is an encounter with God; it is God speaking.
The Word must be the center of what the church does. Acts 2:42 tells us the earliest church devoted themselves to the Apostle’s teaching.
Paul instructed Timothy not to neglect the public reading of the Word.
The Word was also explained by the Levites. (8:17)
they read it clearly; explaining the words;
they gave the meaning of the text, explaining it clearly.
The Word brings repentance.They wept upon hearing it.
Obedience to the Word brings joy. They were instructed to celebrate the feast with rejoicing.
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