Ezra 8-10
A dangerous journey ladened with
treasure and children, a cold and rain-soaked remnant repent and dozens of
marriages are dissolved. A very
rich passage of the trials and sufferings accepted by a small group of
believers who have determined in their heart to follow God. We can often read the Bible as detached
individuals reading a required text whistling by the graveyard as if somehow
God will suspend His commands when He considers our culture and us. I am convinced, after reading the Bible
through multiple times, that I as well as everyone who has ever lived will be
held accountable for every moment of our lives. That is why we should all cling to “Yet it was our
weaknesses he (Jesus) carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a
punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins. But he was pierced for our
rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed
away. We have left God’s paths to
follow our own. Yet the Lord laid
on him the sins of us all.” Isaiah
53:4-6
Hold on, it might get rough!!!
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