How are we to live in light of the imminent return of Christ? What are the signs of his coming?
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Between Malachi and Matthew, four hundred years passed in the Holy Land for which we have no prophetic record. Much happened during this period that affects our understanding of the New Testament, so it is important to be familiar with at least …
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As conditions worsen throughout the world and believers face persecution, trust that Christ will return in his time.
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The priests struggle to fulfill their duties, but they’ve been cut off from priestly instruction in God’sWord.
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How does God care for His people, even as they rebel against Him?
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What examples do we see in Thessalonica that challenge us to follow in their steps?
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How were the Jewish priests impacted by the captivity in Babylon?
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Malachi, Disposition 2 continues. Malachi exposes the priests’ offenses and rebukes them for condoning these, thereby violating the Lord’s covenant with Levi. In 539 B.C. Cyrus invaded the Babylonian Empire, following the banks of the Gyndes (Diyala) on his way …
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“Babylonian Captivity, also called Babylonian Exile, the forced detention of Jews in Babylonia following the latter’s conquest of the kingdom of Judah in 598/7 and 587/6 BCE. Historians agree that several deportations took place (each the result of uprisings in Palestine), that not all Jews were forced to …
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What of the people? On March 16, 597 B.C., the Babylonian captivity began. In October 539 B.C., Jerusalem, the greatest city of the ancient world fell to the Persians. The captivity formally ended in 538 B.C., 60 years later, when the Persian conqueror of …
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