The time of the restitution and the fulfillment of the plan of God would undergo certain changes and reconfirmation of faith the Jewish people. The proven time of their faithful and commitment would bring new challenges. God’s purpose for the Jews return has been tested through the trial and testing of continued and faithful worship in spite of the overflowing odds that stood against God’s covenant. The restoration would consist of the reasoning of God’s restoration, prophet’s tasks, prophetic interpretations and Christian applications.
Restoration Questions
What was God’s Purpose in Bringing the Jews back to Judah?
From the time of Judah’s exile God had a plan of restoration and His purpose was to restore the kingdom of David and to preserve the lineage of the coming messiah Jesus Christ. This He promised in His word through the prophet Micah we find these words. “ But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will rule over Israel, whose origin are from of old, from ancient times (Micah 5:2-NIV). As we take a look in the past and reflect on the wilderness with Moses, God has always had a way to weed out the bad seeds and encourage and strengthen the faithful God raised prophets in exile that would not bow to the pagan God nor subject themselves to the foreign worship of Baal this was the events of encouragement to the faint of heart and weak spirits of the Jews. God is a jealous God and he states that “Thou shall have no other God before me”. For this purpose of restoring His people is to Him worship and praise, in the land which He had promised them and their forefathers and to reestablish His covenant with His people
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...ions, through bondage of exile for the trails of our faith may be established in true form of obedience and worship to the one true God. He has sent and established prophets to administer his word and lead his people in the path of righteousness. The promises of God have been proved and test to be genuine. God that our redeemer would come to the tribe of Judah and His protecting hands was upon His chosen through the exile and has guided the restoration of a nation of people that would obey His covenant and worship with a pure and undefiled heart. Today we can rejoice in the fact that God word can be trusted and the reliance of His spirit is an ever beacon of hope to all that believe.
Works Cited
Eugene Merrill; An Historical Survey of the Old Testament’pg.300
The Life Application Study Bible-NIV (Zondervan Grand Rapid Michigan and Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)
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