Hopeful Home
“And these were the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not identify their father’s house or their genealogy, whether they were of Israel:...and of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, and the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name. These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled.” Ezra 2:59, 61-62 NKJV http://bible.com/114/ezr.2.59,61-62.nkjv There is an adage that says “No matter how sweet a vacation, the journey path back home cannot be mistaken”. The application of the same adage to apparently endless sojourning in a strange land is somewhat controversial. The children of Israel had spent ‘uncountable’ years in captivity, had different taste of life, and had accepted their fate as life served them in Babylon. And when ...