As a modern believers the solution for the sin of intermarriage to which Ezra and the people of Israel agreed rubs me the wrong way. Yes the people under the law were excluded from marrying those who were not in covenant. Yes this was the same first compromise that Solomon had made that led to the corruption and downfall of Judah. But can the wrong of divorce make this sin right? But isn’t this a picture of what Jesus said in Luke 24:26 – If you don’t hate your wife you cannot follow me. I wonder if there was a way for the wives to surrender their idolatrous faith and enter covenant with the God of Israel? Rahab and Ruth had both make such a move. Their faith was set forth as an example to future generations of believers.
Stuart
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