The Rest Of The Story
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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!!!!
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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