The Restoration of Israel
Questions for Study 23
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MAP OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE IN 500 B.C.
MAP OF THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL
MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS
TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN CONTROL OVER ISRAEL
I. Write a Book Jeremiah (30:1-4)
1. What did the Lord command Jeremiah to do? (1-2) How does verse 3-4 help explain why? Who and when are these words for and why is that significant in understanding the meaning behind them? How does this show the importance of Bible study? (John 6:63)
II. In That Day I Will (30:5-24)
2. How desperate will even the strongest be? (5-6) Who will be save out of that dreadful day? (7) What will the Lord Jesus do for his people? (8-9) Who is their leader? What good news of comfort does the Lord give his people? (10-11)
3. What desperate situation does the Lord's people have? (12-14) Why have they come to this place and will they be delivered from it? (15-17; and 2 Corinthians 1:9-10)
4. What hope was given the Lord's people? (18-19) What does it mean when a community is established before the Lord considering a relationship with him? (22-22; Matthew 11:28-30; John 6:44-47) How will he rescue us? (23-24; and 1 Corinthians 15:20-28)
III. I Have Loved You (31:1-22)
5. What kind of relationship does the Lord seek to have with his people? (1) What will he give his survivors? (2) How can we find rest, even in a desert? (John 7:37-39, 14:26-27)
6. How is the Lord unique? (3) How does this affect his people? (4-6) When will these words be fulfilled?
7. Who are the remnant of the Lord? (7-9) How is life under the rule of the Lord, the Shepherd? (10-14; Mark 6:34; John 10:11-18)
8. Why can God's people restrain from weeping? (16-17) Why was Ephraim, Rachel's grandson weeping and what can be learned of the Lord's shepherd heart? Who does Ephraim represent? (20-22; Genesis 48:3-7; Romans 11:13-24)
IV. The Message (31:23-40)
9. What will happen when the Lord brings his people back from captivity? (23-26) How does verses 27-30 point to the Messianic age? What is the old and the new covenant? (31-34; Luke 22:20; and 2 Corinthians 3:3-6)
10. How does the Lord ensure we understand he means what he says? (35-36) What does he promise all Israel? (37; Romans 11:25-32) What does the Lord say about Jerusalem? (38-40)
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