Truth Revealed

The Bible says, “We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.” Ezra 4:16 (KJV)

John was driving home late one night when he picked up a hitchhiker. As they rode along, he began to be suspicious of his passenger. John checked to see if his wallet was safe in the pocket of his coat that was on the seat between them, but it wasn’t there! So, he slammed on the brakes, ordered the hitchhiker out, and said, “Hand over the wallet immediately!”

The frightened hitchhiker handed over a billfold, and John drove off. When he arrived home, he started to tell his wife about the experience, but she interrupted him, saying, “Before I forget, John, do you know that you left your wallet at home this morning?”

Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, write an accusatory false letter to Artaxerxes the king,

They sought to destroy the reconstruction project at Jerusalem. However, the tables were turned and instead of hoodwinking the king, they were told they were to augment the reconstruction. What they sought to do surreptitiously was not only thwarted but they had help in the work.

Have you ever been falsely accused or have accused someone mistakenly? Know for certain there will come a day when all shall be revealed and all will have to give an account: some being cleared and exonerated and some proven guilty and paying the penalty!

         Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Ezra 4-6; Psalms 137