cover of episode Day 271: Israel's Foreign Wives (2024)

Day 271: Israel's Foreign Wives (2024)

2024/9/27
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Fr. Mike explains God's command to Israelites against marrying people from foreign lands. This command wasn't about race but about preserving the covenant and their faith. Intermarriage weakened their faith and bond with God.
  • Intermarriage with foreign people weakened the Israelites' covenant with God and their faith.
  • The command to avoid intermarriage was not racially motivated but religiously motivated.
  • The word "holy" means separate, signifying the Israelites' unique relationship with God.

Shownotes Transcript

Fr. Mike discusses God’s instruction to the people of Israel not to marry women from foreign lands. He explains why God would provide this instruction and how Ezra reacted when he discovered that many prominent Israelites had not obeyed it. He also identifies the prophecies of Palm Sunday and the thirty pieces of silver found in Zechariah. Today’s readings are Ezra 9-10, Zechariah 9-11, and Proverbs 20:16-19.

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