Ezra and Nehemiah: Uncomfortable Grace

God is totally and passionately willing to make us uncomfortable in order to build our faith.  Such was the case for the exiles returning to Judah and Jerusalem.  But alas, even the attention getter of judgment and exile has no remedy for a dead heart.  The Messiah and His Kingdom were absent; and the returning exiles, minus idolatry, can still not keep covenant with God.