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Captivity Introduction 1

Series: Captivity

 

Period: Captivity

Scripture Limit: Daniel & Ezekiel

  • Jeremiah/Lamentations
  • II Kings 24-25 & II Chronicles 36

5 Things:

  1. Babylonians Captivity in 3 Waves
    • 606 –Daniel and others taken captive to Babylon
      • Under King Jehoiakim (Daniel 1:1-7)
    • 597 – Ezekiel & Others (10,000) taken captive
      • Under King Jehoichin (Ezekiel 1:1-3) Look at Ezekiel 33
    • 586 – Jerusalem & Temple Destroyed; remaining people taken captive
      • Under King Zedekiah
    • WHY Captivity?  Jeremiah 44:2-6
  2. 70 Years & A Future Hope
    • II Chronicles 36:21 (70 years until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths)
    • Jeremiah 25:1-14 (v12 is where we read of 70 years)       1st - 606 w/ Jehoiakim’s Captivity
    • Jeremiah 29:1-14 (v10 is where we read of 70 years)       2nd – 597 w/ Jehoichin’s Captivity
    • Ezekiel 37:21-28 (future hope of the Messiah)
    • Daniel 9:1-19 (Daniel lived thru the 70 years)
  3. Prophets – Daniel & Ezekiel
  4. Medo-Persians (Cyrus)  conquer the Babylonians & the Return Begins
    • Isaiah 44:24-45:7 (over 150 years before Cyrus)
    • II Chronicles 36:19-23 – Summary of Judah Alone, Captivity, & Return
    • Ezra 1-2:1
  5. Return in 3 Waves – Zerubabbel & Joshua (536), Ezra (458), Nehemiah (445)

 

WHY? Unfaithfulness: Promise of Captivity

  • Leviticus 26:3, 9-13… BUT, 14-17, 31-33… BUT, 40-45
  • Deuteronomy 28:15-16, 58-68… BUT, 30:1-6
  • (Solomon) I Kings 9:6-9
  • (Hezekiah) II Kings 20:12-19
  • (Manasseh) II Kings 21:10-16
  • (Josiah) II Kings 22:8-13, 14-20
  • (Jeremiah) Jeremiah 44:2-6

 

70 Years & A Future Hope

  • Jeremiah 25:1-14 (v12 is where we read of 70 years)
  • Jeremiah 29:1-14 (v10 is where we read of 70 years)
  • Ezekiel 37:21-28 (future hope of the Messiah)
  • Daniel 9:1-19 (Daniel lived thru the 70 years)

 

Cyrus: Captivity is Over

  • Isaiah 44:24-45:7 (over 150 years before Cyrus)
  • II Chronicles 36:19-23 – Summary of Judah Alone, Captivity, & Return
  • Ezra 1-2:1
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