Captivity and Return:  The God of Second Chances

 

They lost MFN status with God

            EK 23:28-30

            2 Chr. 33:1-7 (bad sons)

            Hosea and adultery

            They trusted in Egypt

            We trust in the world

 

They would be punished, but not destroyed

            Heb. 12:5-11; Lev 26:44-45 (Ill. 53)

            2 Chr. 36:21, God got His way

                        Lev 25:1-4

                        Lev 26:34-35

                        From Solomon

            Jer. 25:11/Dan 2:39 ff.

                        Eden was in Iraq--Genesis 2:10-14

                        Adam and Eve were created in Iraq--Genesis 2:7-8

                        Satan made his first recorded appearance in Iraq--Genesis 3:1-6

                        Nimrod established Babylon and the Tower of Babel was built in Iraq--Genesis 10: 8-9 7 and 11:1-4

                        The confusion of the languages took place in Iraq--Genesis 11:5-11

                        Abraham came from a city in Iraq--Genesis 11:31 and Acts 7:2-4

                        Isaac's bride came from Iraq--Genesis 24:3-4 and 10

                        Jacob Spent 20 years in Iraq--Genesis 27:42-45 and 31:38

                        The greatest revival in history was in a city in Iraq--Jonah 3

                        The events of the book of Esther took place in Iraq--Esther

                        The book of Nahum was a prophecy against a city in Iraq--Nahum

 

God would one day restore them

            Ezra 1:1-4

v. 5, materially motivated expunged

after restoration, no false god worship

            Gal. 6:1

            Luke 15

            Lam. 3:22

            Jn. 4:29, He accepted her