fall of the Northern Kingdom in 722. The key personalities are Hosea‚ Gomer‚ and their children. Its purpose was to illustrate the spiritual adultery of Israel and God’s boundless love for His sinful people. Hosea brings God’s message to the wicked Northern Kingdom. During this time‚ they are active in oppressing the poor in slavery and worshipping idols. God through His grace sent another opportunity for Israel to repent and turn to Him. Shortly thereafter‚ the Northern Kingdom went into permanent
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Obadiah prophecies that what they have done to Judah will be done to them as well; their deeds will return upon their own heads. Obadiah then switches to an oracle of blessing of Mount Zion‚ Obadiah declares that there will be deliverance. Mount Zion will be holy and the house of Jacob will possess its
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Holocaust cut half of Jewish population. Judah meaning descent of Jews. Jews don’t eat pork. Dress modestly just like Islam. Sephardic: Spain‚ Palestine and North Africa Ashkenazi: Eastern Europe and Russia Jewish Theology: Torah: Word of God. Monotheist: Belief in one God. Shema: Prayer‚ pray to One God. Orthopraxy & Orthodoxy: Ortho = Correct‚ right. Praxy = Practice. Doxy = Thought or belief/opinion. Tanakh: The whole of Hebrew bible. Exodus: Deliverance of Israelites from Egypt
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of Israel he was killed in a battle against the Philistines‚ and then David was chosen as his successor. One of David’s first acts as king was the conquest of the city Jerusalem. He named it the "City of David" and declared it the capital of his kingdom. The choice of Jerusalem despite its various shortcomings which should have made it a horrible decision and most likely led to the city being attacked were its - remoteness from trade routes‚ chronic water shortage‚ unsuitable strategic location
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First Beth Hamikdosh in the year 3328 (after creation). He succeeded Nahum in the line of prophecy in the year 3254 and became a link in "the chain of tradition" which reaches back to Moshe Rabbenu. Habakkuk’s main prophecy was directed against the kingdoms of Babylon‚ Persia and Media‚ which were later to grow into world powers‚ conquering the Land of Israel and the rest of the ancient world. Habakkuk owned several estates which he had inherited in the Land of Israel‚ where he remained even after
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migrated to Canaan Some Hebrews journeyed to Egypt and became forced laborers In the early thirteenth century‚ Moses led the Hebrews in the Exodus from Egypt Wandering in Sinai‚ the Hebrews were uplifted by belief in one God‚ Yahweh The Israelite Kingdom Wandering Israelites returned to Canaan and joined other Hebrew tribes Israelites were loosely organized into a confederation of 12 tribes under Yahweh Philistines invade in late eleventh century and dominate Israelite territory 12 tribes unite
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The Lost Tribes of Israel Catholic.com Around 926 b.c.‚ the kingdom of Israel split in two. Up to that point‚ all twelve tribes of Israel (plus the priestly tribe of Levi) had been united under the monarchies of Saul‚ David‚ and Solomon. But when Solomon’s son Rehoboam ascended to the throne‚ the ten Northern tribes rebelled and seceded from the union. This left only two tribes—Judah and Benjamin (plus much of Levi)—under the control of the king in Jerusalem. From that time on‚ the tribes were
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not entirely lose his Jewish identity. In biblical times the Jews were divided into 12 tribes: Reuben‚ Simeon (Levi)‚ Judah‚ Issachar‚ Zebulun‚ Benjamin‚ Dan‚ Naphtali‚ Gad‚ Asher‚ Ephraim‚ and Manasseh. The word Jew is derived from the kingdom of Judah‚ which included the tribes of Benjamin and Judah. The name Israel referred to the people as a whole and to the northern kingdom of 10 tribes. Today it is used as a collective name for all Jewry and since 1948 for the Jewish state. (Citizens of
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able to prove his wisdom to the king by interpreting the king’s dreams‚ and he works his way up to higher positions within Babylon (Daniel 2:18). Daniel interprets the king’s dreams to mean that God will destroy the four kingdoms‚ including Babylon‚ and replace them with his own kingdom (Daniel 2:1-43). King Nebuchadnezzar gives Daniel many gifts before making him ruler over the whole province of Babylon‚ and placing him in charge of all wise men. Daniel becomes one of the highest rulers of the land
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return‚ Jeremiah was targeted with scorn and persecution. When the people of Jerusalem were being deported‚ Jeremiah was given a choice of either staying in Judah or going to Babylon. He chose to stay in Judah‚ but was compelled later to flee to Egypt after a group of fanatics killed the Babylonian who had been appointed governor of Judah. It is believed that Jeremiah died in Egypt. There is a sense of tragedy that characterizes Jeremiah’s life and ministry. The twilight years of his ministry were
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