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A Trembling Heart

No. 27 of Returning Home (Renewed) Ezra grieves because of Judah’s sin of intermarrying with the Gentile nations. His first response to the news is astonishment; he is pained and refuses food. From this inward turmoil he emerges to go directly to God in the…

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A Faithful Response

No. 26 of Returning Home (Renewed) The descendants of Abraham were tainting their bloodline by marrying Gentiles, in direct rebellion with God’s law to them. Their own leaders, including the Levites, were practicing this disobedience. When Ezra learned of the crime the children of Israel…

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A People Holy

No. 25 of Returning Home (Renewed) Ezra was a great student of Moses’ law. He was a priest, and he was a scribe. He kept the records, and he kept God’s word in his heart. As a faithful follower, God gave him many responsibilities. Perhaps…

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