Babylonian exile
191Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah, and Daniel
29 Apr 2024
9:31¶ 25
“We often speak of the captivity, and if we don’t know the Bible very well we get the idea, “Well, Nebuchadnezzar just came, destroyed…”
9:59¶ 26
“His first guy, Jehoiakim, was not really getting the picture, so he gets taken back and is there for Nebuchadnezzar’s coronation, and somewhere in…”
9:15¶ 24
“Nebuchadnezzar defeats Pharaoh Necho at Carchemish and thus gained a free hand to subdue all of Palestine. Twice Jerusalem rebelled against him. Twice he…”
149The Peace of the City
19 Dec 2022
5:42¶ 20
“The first phase of captivity had taken place. That’s why we’re jumping in here. Daniel and his friends had already gone. Jehoiakim had gone…”
9:18¶ 28
“That brings us to what you were talking about earlier. God tells Jeremiah, “Look, let’s get this straight and let’s let people on the…”
12:00¶ 36
“Yes, God has a plan. It’s a good plan. It’s a plan for your welfare, but the part that you’re interested in isn’t going…”
146To Gain the Whole World
28 Nov 2022
7:32¶ 19
“But more to the point, of course, was that Nebuchadnezzar was the king who had come against Jerusalem, who had laid siege to it,…”
7:49¶ 20
“In fact, Daniel is one of those. Daniel has been taken by force from his community, his family, the people he knows and loves,…”
8:33¶ 22
“This is the king who’s making nice-nice with Daniel, and Daniel and his friends say, “We’re not okay with this. We understand that Jerusalem…”
145Faith and Despair
21 Nov 2022
16:13¶ 58
“Maybe now is the time to pull back the veil a little to what Habakkuk does not know and is not exactly told. “So…”
16:51¶ 59
“At the end of that time I’m going to bring a lot of you back, but by no means all. A lot of you…”
17:14¶ 60
“You guys are just going to keep spreading out all over the place, and many of you will never come back to Israel, but…”
143The Point of No Return
7 Nov 2022
47:37¶ 148
“Jeremiah looks back and he really sees no serious interruption of Judah’s faithlessness. “From our youth till now we have sinned,” and he doesn’t…”
48:08¶ 149
“The story is not over. Judah is going to lose her temple and her autonomy, her political independence, and some of the outward props.…”
48:36¶ 150
“And yet even standing here at the death of Josiah, if you could be there and mourn Josiah’s death you could say, “Surely this…”
137Unto Us A Child Is Born
26 Sep 2022
10:19¶ 40
“Israel is already on its way out. Judah is going to join them in a short time. The land is going to be desolate.…”
12:01¶ 46
“No, captivity is really what you guys need. It’s going to be the best solution all around for what I need done, and you’re…”
22:47¶ 83
“The captivity will be long, as Jeremiah says, a full generation, 70 years and more before God’s people will be back, and they will…”