Israel's existence as a kingdom was coming to an end, although it would not be the end of their existence as a nation.
There would be a series of three deportations, beginning in 605 B.C., which included Daniel and his three friends.
Despite warnings from the Lord through the prophet Jeremiah, the hardened hearts of the king, his officials and the people were not inclined to repent and turn to Him.
Jehoiakin, the last legitimate king to be seated on the throne (until Christ, the Messiah King) was taken with 10,000 of the people in the second deportation in 597 B.C.. This group included Ezekiel the prophet whose ministry would begin about five years into the captivity. The poor and unskilled were left in the land and Nebuchadnezzar appointed a 'puppet' king, to rule over them - but he was not in the official kingly line of David. In 586 B.C. the third and final deportation took place, at which time Jerusalem was burned and plundered.
Sadly, Israel as a nation remained unwilling to accept the events that happened to them as discipline from the Lord and learn from it.
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In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...