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RLJ-1878
-- SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
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THE ORIGIN STORY OF JESUS
Part 83: Pagan Wives |
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The joy of being in Jerusalem and partaking in a
thanksgiving service to the Lord did not last long when the
political leaders of Judah told Ezra that many of the men had
compromised by taking pagan wives. Ezra’s world collapsed when he
heard the bad news. He had worked diligently to prepare himself as a
priest and now the remnant in Jerusalem was already spiritually
contaminated. Being unequally yoked had proven to be a deadly
spiritual disease in the past. Would God expel them a second time?
The Holy Spirit moved upon Shechaniah, who proposed to seek God,
make a new covenant with the Lord, and remove all the pagan wives
and children from Judah. Ezra set up a tribunal and each man had to
declare if he had taken a pagan wife or lose all his possessions and
become an outcast. God was ultimately pleased that Judeans repented
and cleansed themselves from the spiritual disease which had snared
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