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HANDOUTS for “Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?”
___________NOTES ON: CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL
Captivity into Assyria Tribe of Israel (TEN TRIBES) 722 B.C.
This is when Isaiah prophecies: Is 44:28 “even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.” 1.To Isaiah, God is the Holy One of Israel and its Maker and Zion is the place of his habitation. Through Israel is to come the Messiah and through the Messiah is to come redemption for all nations
Captivity into Babylon (Tribe of Judah) 586 B.C. – Jerusalem destroyed and Gone for 70 years
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RETURN & RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE AND JERUSALEM’S WALL
536 BCE First return: remnant returns led by Zerubbabel # II Temple is rebuilt
458 BCE Second return: led by Ezra, scribe and priest
# Ezra reads the law out loud to the people at the water gate
445 BCE Nehemiah rebuilds the wall of Jerusalem: Ezra renews the Law and purifies the Temple
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Section 3:
Research Isa 39: Merodach. King of Babylon
Hezekia shows off all his treasures
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Section 4:
Raising of the young man at Nain
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Village of Nain