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1 | Intermarriage | Ezra 9:2 | srbaegon | 115326 | ||
Hello ischus, Ezra was not wrong. The Law stipulated that the Jews were not to marry from certain nationalities. Deut. 7:1-4 (ESV) When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than yourselves, [2] and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them. [3] You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, [4] for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. Steve |
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2 | Intermarriage | Ezra 9:2 | ischus | 115328 | ||
Steve, Ezra and his contemporaries were absolutely wrong in saying this. Read the Ezra 9 carefully with me, and please read all of my comments which I will have to post in multiple parts: 1) First of all, we must decide if this text is presciptive or desciptive... is this what God was commanding, or is it a description of Ezra's interpretation of the circumstances, and his reaction to it. I would like to prove to you that it is the latter, and that God took no part in this situation and prayer by Ezra. The reason it is in the bible is to show the ignorance and misinterpretation of the people at this time, so that it would never happen again. 2) Now, let's look at the context. As you know, the people have returned from exile, and they ant to be absolutely sure that this never happens to them again. What would be the sure way to avoid exile in the future? Get rid of the Gentiles, who led them astray, and who are just like the oppressors that they have just been freed of. This is their reasoning. However, as I will now point out, it was wrong and against God's will. |
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