Day Of Atonement by David A. deSilva
Kregel Publications |
Like any time of civil war, this is a complicated period. People change allegiances as quickly as they change their garments. It reminded me of America's Civil War during the Nineteenth Century. It's brother against brother in one household. Day of Atonement by David A. deSilva brings alive a time of brutal revolution. It is a time when people show courage and loyalty to their God or become like cowards.
It moved me emotionally to read about the physical and emotional pain experienced by the different characters. Here is an example. "'Miryam staggered forward from the herd of prisoners into the middle of the courtyard. She stood silently, looking at what remained of her three sons.....she collapsed to the ground released the wail that had been building within her....'"kregel.com/fiction/day-of-atonement/
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