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“So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent...So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.” ‭‭Jonah‬ ‭3:3, 5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jon.3.3,5.nkjv Without a privileged interaction with God, man cannot fathom the basis of the divine interest in man’s relationship. The depravity of sin brings total corruption to the expected response of man to God’s benevolence, irrespective of man’s understanding of God’s grace. Both Jonah the righteous and Nineveh the wicked have responded badly, and needed a re-awakened touch of heaven, in order to respond appropriately to the call from heaven. However, it is amazing to note that while it took Jonah to respond to God after the second call. Nineveh responded almost without a call to repentance: “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown”. Just the obedience of Jo...

“Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service, and to bringing the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times. Remember me, O my God, for good!” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭13:30-31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/neh.13.30-31.nkjv One of the evils of promoting the riches of diverse cultural heritage in North America is the challenges of purging Christian homes from participating in the celebration of Halloween. Just as Christian parents are losing the battle against mixed multitude in their ward’s schools and heighbourhood, Christian singles are getting entangled in the carnal attractions of mixed marriages. Where many are always tempted to only focus on the apparent riches in diversity, Nehemiah could not ignore the consequent defilement of the priesthood by the products of mixed marriages. The problem of pagan patch has nothing to do with the benefits or otherwise of social and cultural interactions. The primary ai...