Keepers
of the Covenant, by Lynn Austin
Absolutely wonderful – I love this story. Lynn Austin has written several series of
books, which include Gods and Kings and Refiner’s Fire. This is the second book in the Restoration
Chronicles. In her series books,
each book is its own story and stands alone, and does not have to be read in
any order. I really like that!
Keepers of the Covenant is a Biblical fiction
story about Ezra, a brilliant Jewish scholar who lived in Babylon
In the opening of the story, the exiled Jews receive a
decree from King Xerxes that all Jews would be annihilated on the thirteenth
day of Adar in that year. The King had
been deceived by Haman, his most trusted advisor and second in command, into
believing that the Jews were plotting against him and planned an uprising. Out of this devastating decree, God raises up
Ezra to be a leader of his people, and eventually Ezra is able to lead his
people out of exile and to return to Jerusalem
Through the lives of Ezra's family and two other families, we see that they
faced the same struggles “of faith and doubt, love and loss” as we do
today. As the story develops, the lives of the three families intersect and shows us how God amazingly works His purpose in each of us. Ezra faithfully studied the Torah
to learn as much as possible about God’s ways.
He became an outstanding leader of his people and was greatly loved, not
just in this book, but in reality – in the Bible.
Bethany House Publishers provided
this book to me for free in exchange for an honest review.
Happy New Year to one and all.
Annie
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