Resources on the exile and return

Michael Kinch

I am studying the exile and return to Jerusalem. Do you have any suggestions of resources that cover this period? How would you approach this study?

David Betts

This is a tremendously misunderstood topic that requires focus, continual prayer, honesty, and commitment to discover the truth no matter “what it may cost.”

If you want to begin your studies with the opinion of others, search for relevant resources on logos.com.

If you prefer to do your own digging first, and then compare, Logos is a wonderful program that I use for hours every day. Here are highlights of what I have done:

    [This is a time commitment that may take months so ‘set your own pace’].

1) Create a layout titled (e.g.) Exile & Return, or what is meaningful to you.

2) Make Notes titled:

     Captivity Exile

     Gather Scatter

     Gather.Scatter.Bring/Turn Back.Repent.Return

     Captivity Exile-s Bondage Prisoner

3) Search (“systematically”) for words noted above; right-click to add them to appropriate Note.

4) Right-click on a word, go to Bible Word Study and use whatever study methods you have discovered in Logos. Do NOT trust “Strong’s” alone, as it is 1890 “scholarship.” (As M. Heisler of Logos says, “It’s not what a word means - it’s ‘what does this word mean here’ ”).

5) The “return” is not just to Jerusalem, but to ALL The Land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (This may be a separate study in itself, but forum rules prevent further comment).

These are vital to understand this Study:  1) Promise to Abraham. Gen12   2) Covenant to back up the Promise  Gen15. (Abraham “believed,” but wanted “proof” of the Promise   3) Oath because of obedience Gen22

 

Disclaimer: My heart is according to Jude 3. Those “saints” referred to are not “the early church,” but point to (all) those listed in Hebrews 11.

Dav!d

     ..fellow traveler on The Journey..