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Man on his face before God

Man before the throne of God

Man receiving instruction from God

Man looking for satisfaction in life

Man in a loving relationship

JUDAH

ISRAEL

Shechem

Penuel

Bethel

Dan

Elijah & ElishaIsaiahHosea

Amos

Jonah

Micah

Joel

ASSYRIAASSYRIA

ISRAELISRAEL

721 B.C.721 B.C.

ASSYRIAASSYRIA

JUDAHJUDAH JeremiahNahumObadiahHabakkukZephaniah

BABYLONBABYLON

JUDAHJUDAH

Nobility (Included Daniel & his

friends)

Tradesmen (Included Ezekiel)

Ezekiel 10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from

the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the

temple was filled with the cloud, and the court

was filled with the brightness of the glory of the

LORD.

Ezekiel 10:18-19 Then the glory of the LORD departed from

the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. 19 When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in mysight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD's house. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

Ezekiel 11:23And the glory of the LORD went up

from the midst of the city, and stood over the mountain which is east of the city.

BABYLONBABYLON

JUDAHJUDAH

586 B.C.

1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. 3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,

Psalm 137:1-4

And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." 4 How can we sing the LORD's song In a foreign land?

BabylonBabylonPERSIAPERSIA

JUDAHJUDAH

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia - in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah - the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom... (2 Chronicles 36:22).

2 Chronicles 36:23

"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!'"

CyrustheGreat

BabylonBabylon

Three Deportations

Nobility (Included Daniel & his friends)

Three Returns

Tradesmen (Included Ezekiel)

General Population

1st Return Zerubbabel

2nd Return

Ezra

3rd Return

Nehemiah

"Behold, I am

going to send My

messenger, and

he will clear the

way before Me.

And the Lord,

whom you seek,

will suddenly

come to Histemple; and the messenger of the covenant, in

whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the

LORD of hosts. (Malachi 3:1).

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he

shall speak to them all that I command him (Deuteronomy 18:18)

A Prophet

A Priestly Sacrifice

But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was

crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging

we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5).

A King

And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the

peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve

Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will

not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be

destroyed. (Daniel 7:14).

But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah,

From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.

His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.

(Micah 5:2)