September 30, 2011 – Ezra 10

What a wonderful image of Ezra kneeling and in the repentance and then slowly a mass of people surrounding him and joining in the sadness. It just has the sense of a movie scene.

Ezra has a period of fasting for the sins of Israel. Wouldn’t that be neat to set aside a day for us to fast for the sins of our country. A show of sorrow and repentance and prayer for the decisions our county has made that have led to destruction and sin. What an amazing act of humility and surrender to the Grace of God to try and move our country in a new direction.

The list doesn’t seem that long. And this really isn’t a very satisfying end to the book of Ezra. It just stops with the list. I guess if it is considered in conjunction with Nehemiah, that may make a little more sense.