Marriage, Race and the God of Reconciliation

Ezra 9-10

Imagine a single passage that touched upon the most painful and personal “hot-button” issues in existence: marriage and divorce, separation of parents and children, racial and religious tensions. These sort of passages (especially in the Old Testament) have led some people to believe that the God of the Bible is a bigoted and backward deity. While some religious persons have been led by wrong interpretations to take stances that are themselves bigoted and backward. Christian must face these challenges head-on. So today we turn to Ezra 9–10 to ask what we might learn regarding marriage, race, and the God of reconciliation.