Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

/ 7 7

F O U N D A T I O N S F O R C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

b. The Southern Kingdom, Judah, sent into captivity and exile by the Babylonians in 588 B.C.E.

(1) 2 Kings 25.8-9

(2) 2 Chron. 36.18

c. The seventy years of Judah’s captivity lasts from the period when the temple was destroyed (2 Kings 25.9) to the complete restoration (Ezra 6.15).

D. The bride returns to the land

2

1. Cyrus grants permission for the remnant of the Jews to return to their own land.

a. Ezra 1.5

b. Ezra 7.13

2. Many belonging to the kingdom of Israel joined this remnant under Ezra, Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah to Jerusalem (Jer. 50.4-4, 17-20, 33-35).

E. The promise for a new covenant of love

1. Hos. 2.19-20