Exile

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Exile

• 2 Kings 17, 2 Kings 24-25, Jeremiah 31, 33-34
  Daniel 1-7, Ezekiel 34

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Timeline Information

• Narrative Book
• 2 Kings
• Supplemental Books
• 2 Chronicles
• Lamentations (sadness)
• Jeremiahs lament over Jerusalem

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Timeline Information

• Exile
• The eighth time period
• A time of punishment through exile
• Gods Family Plan
• No development
• Action
• The Land of Canaan to the Northern Countries

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Timeline Information

• Time Period
• 722 BC (Northern Kingdom Exile)
• 605 BC (Southern Kingdom begins Exile in three
  waves)
• 722 540 BC
• World Power
• Assyria and Babylon
• Secular History
• Buddha 563-483 BC
• Confucius 551-479 BC

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Jeremiah

• Jeremiah (Lam 1 1-22)
• Warns Judah who did not keep the Jubilee
• A year-long celebration of YHWHs forgiveness of
  sin (debts forgiven, slaves freed). A
  re-enactment of Exodus every 50 years
• Judah doesnt keep the Jubilee
• How can YHWH forgive those who will not forgive
  others?

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Jeremiah

• Writes over the ruins of Jerusalem (Lamentations)
  (44)
• Speaks of the Lord and his helpers as Good
  Shepherds (Jesus)
• Rachel is weeping for her children quoted by
  Matthew (Holy Innocents)
• Speaks of the New Covenant I will write my law
  within them and I will write it on their hearts
  so they will all know the Lord
• At the Last Supper, Jesus takes the cup of the
  New and Everlasting Covenant

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The First Deportation - 605 BC (45)

• The Prophet Daniel (46)
• Daniel pg. 1114
• A young man, carried into exile, is trained for
  King Nebuchadnezzars service and can interpret
  dreams
• The Five Kingdoms (47)
• Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a statue with
• Head of gold, Chest and arms of silver, Belly and
  thighs of bronze, Legs of Iron, Feet of Iron and
  Clay
• Daniel the prophet interprets the dream for him
• Represents the four empires (Babylon, Persia,
  Greece, and Rome)
• A rock smashes the foot of the statue
• The rock is the 5th and final Kingdom of God with
  the Messiah awaited by the Jews
• David also gives the earliest Old Testament
  teaching of the resurrection

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• Ezekiel God strengthens
• Ezekiel is of a priestly family and was exiled to
  Babylon
• He predicts that the people will return to Judah
  and compares Israel to the resurrection of dead
  people dry bones (48) - (also a popular song!)
• The Messiah will seek out the lost sheep and
  they will be cared for by the shepherd his
  servant David
• This refers to the Messiah being from the line of
  David

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Return

• Ezra 1-6, 9-10, Nehemiah, Esther

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Timeline Information

• Narrative Books
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Supplemental Books
• Two Prophets
• Zechariah
• Haggai

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Timeline Information

• Time Period
• 3 Waves starting in 538 BC and continuing until
  167 BC
• Gods Family Plan
• No development
• Action
• Northern Countries to the Land of Canaan

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Timeline Information

• World Powers
• Persia and Greece
• Secular History
• Plato 427 BC
• Death of Socrates 399 BC
• Aristotle 384 BC
• Alexander the Great 336-323 BC
• Septuagint written in Alexandria, Egypt 283 BC
• The Great Wall of China built 214 BC

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Return Foretold

• Isaiah
• Prophesied that God will send a king named Cyrus
  to (49)
• Rebuild Jerusalem
• Set the exiles free to return home
• The exiles return (50)
• Immediately offer sacrifices to God
• Re-dedicate the altar
• Ezra (prophet) insists on making the Torah the
  way of life (51)
• for Israel so that they may remain set apart
  and await the Messiah
• Rebuilds the temple (52)
• Samaritans are not invited to rebuild the temple

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Maccabean Revolt

• 1 Maccabees

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Timeline Information

• Narrative Book
• 1 Maccabees
• Supplemental
• 2 Maccabees
• Wisdom of Solomon
• Sirach
• Gods Family Plan (Covenants)
• No development
• Where the Action Is
• The Land of Canaan

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Timeline Information

• Time Period
• 167 BC - 0
• World Power
• Greece and Rome
• Secular History
• Dead Sea Scrolls - 100 BC
• Julius Caesar - 100 - 44 BC
• Pompey captures Jerusalem - 63 BC
• Herod the Great - 37 - 4 BC
• Virgil writes the Aeneid - 30 BC

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Background Information

• After Cyrus of Persia allowed the Jews to return
  to their land, they lived in relative peace for a
  century. Around 336 BC, Alexander the Great
  swept across Asia, conquering nations and
  extending the rule of a new power, Greece. He
  aimed to unify the world under Greek language and
  culture -- a process known as Hellenization that
  required people to abandon their religions and
  allegiances and submit to him. The Jews refused.
  In 332 BC, Alexander came to Jerusalem intending
  to punish them. Impressed by what he saw, he
  instead allowed them to keep their own laws.

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Background Information

• Alexander died suddenly in 323 BC and the Greek
  empire was divided among his generals. During
  this time Hellenization continued and the Jews
  began to feel pressure to conform. In 175 BC,
  Antiochus Epiphanes came to power and began a
  policy of radical Hellenization under which he
  determined to eradicate the Jewish religion.
  This sets the scene for the events described in
  Maccabees.

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Maccabees

• A New Threat
• The Greek King Antiochus Epiphanes
• Antiochus desecrates the Temple (53) and builds
  a fortified tower for the army, and orders the
  Israelites to conform to Greek customs and
  religion
• Many Israelites are killed or go into hiding

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Maccabees

• Maccabees lead the rebellion vs. the Greeks
• They fought joyfully and trusted God
• They prayed
• Gentiles will know that there is One who redeems
  and saves Israel

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Maccabees

• Purification of the Temple (54)
• After defeating the enemy, they re-consecrate the
  Temple on the anniversary of its desecration
• They celebrate for 8 days as the candles remain
  lit despite a lack of oil -- Hanukkah
• 2 Maccabees 1238-46 speaks of the resurrection
  of the dead and the offering made so that they
  might make atonement for the dead that they
  might be freed from this sin.
• This is the first indication that the afterlife
  with God involves a cleansing of minor separation
  from His will -- Purgatory