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    The kingdom of Israel was split between the northern and southern kingdoms. Some kings like Hezekiah and Josiah tried to bring about religious reform, but idolatry continued. In 586 BC, the Babylonians invaded and destroyed Jerusalem, exiling the Jews for 70 years. This period of suffering purified the Jewish faith and led to the development of Judaism after they returned and rebuilt the temple under Ezra and without kings. The Jews continued to face conquest and hardship but maintained their hope for a promised Messiah.

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    The kingdom of Israel was split between the northern and southern kingdoms. Some kings like Hezekiah and Josiah tried to bring about religious reform, but idolatry continued. In 586 BC, the Babylonians invaded and destroyed Jerusalem, exiling the Jews for 70 years. This period of suffering purified the Jewish faith and led to the development of Judaism after they returned and rebuilt the temple under Ezra and without kings. The Jews continued to face conquest and hardship but maintained their hope for a promised Messiah.

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    The kingdom of Israel was split between the northern and southern kingdoms. Some kings like Hezekiah and Josiah tried to bring about religious reform, but idolatry continued. In 586 BC, the Babylonians invaded and destroyed Jerusalem, exiling the Jews for 70 years. This period of suffering purified the Jewish faith and led to the development of Judaism after they returned and rebuilt the temple under Ezra and without kings. The Jews continued to face conquest and hardship but maintained their hope for a promised Messiah.

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    The rest of the story

    Cliff’s Notes Version


    Kingdom is split

    •North and South


    •Idolatry
    •Prophets
    Reform and deform
    • Josiah and Hezekiah were Kings
    in Jerusalem who brought about
    reform.
    • BUT Hezekiah’s son Mannaseh
    sacrificed his own children to the
    god Molech!!!
    • Dear Lord! That’s ridiculous.
    • Josiah came after and tried to
    reform…but it wasn’t enough…
    (Gulp) So what happened?
    Babylonian invasion!!!
    600 B.C. The Babylonians invaded
    Judah and conquered.
    Worse!!!
    • In 586 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar
    burned Jerusalem to the ground
    and carried the Jews away to 70
    years of captivity!!!!
    Even Worse
    • The Temple was destroyed, the
    priesthood stamped out and the
    sacrifices were stopped.
    • The Covenant appeared to be over

    • But it wasn’t
    • This was all about
    Purification

    Suffering and loss can bring


    us back to what is truly
    important
    After 70 years
    • Cyrus, king of Persia, busted them out
    and even rebuilt the Temple (Is 44-45)
    • Ezra, t he High Priest acted as ruler,
    though he wasn’t a Davidic king. He
    renewed the Covenant and had the
    men divorce their foreign wives.
    • He republished the law and oversaw
    the rebuilding of the Temple.
    All without FEMA!!!!

    This little girl is rebuilding


    the Temple with pumpkins.
    From then on
    • With a few exceptions
    • Judah was a priestly theocracy without
    a king…no royalty.
    • “Temple Centered Religious
    Commonwealth”…which spawned
    JUDAISM.
    • They got conquered every other
    Tuesday…Babylon, Medo-Persians,
    Greeks, then the Ptolemy and Seleucid
    dynasties…until finally in 63 B.C.
    Rome
    Highs and Lows
    • The priesthood was kind of wimpy
    and there were hardly any
    prophets…
    • BUT…martyrdom and persecution
    caused conversion of heart.
    • Spiritually…this is the high point…
    at the political low point….
    • when you’ve got nothing…you
    know what you really have!
    Refined and purified for
    • All of this turmoil, amid corruption,
    politics, poverty, and uncertainty woke
    up something precious.
    • HOPE.
    • God’s plan brought them forward to
    • The fullness of time…
    • The Jews awaited a Messiah….a
    fulfillment of God’s promise to David.
    And they got one!!!!

    Not like they thought, but


    much much more!!!
    Welcome to Advent!!!!

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