Ezra

The rebuilt house and the rebuilt heart: Cyrus's decree, the temple finished under Darius, and Ezra's own return — the scribe who prepared his heart to seek the law, do it, and teach it (7:10).

The full story of the outpouring — what led up to it, how it broke out, and what it left behind.

The priest's Bible-in-miniature for a people rebuilding a house: Solomon's glory-filled temple, the seek/forsake ledger of Judah's kings, Manasseh's worst-sin-then-deepest-repentance, and the book's closing hinge into Ezra.

A burdened cupbearer prays, is sent, and rebuilds Jerusalem's wall in 52 days under mockery and conspiracy — then, with Ezra, leads the city into the Word, a signed covenant, and a watch that does not outlast his absence.

She'erith across the canon: Elijah's seven thousand who have not bowed, Isaiah's Shear-jashub sign, Micah and Zephaniah's humble refuge-takers, Ezra's escaped remnant — to Romans' remnant according to the election of grace.