TRUTH LESSONS—LEVEL ONE

LESSON TWELVE

A KEY VIEW OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

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FROM THE CAPTIVITY TO THE RETURN

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1. The prophet during the captivity and in captivity— Jeremiah:
   1. Rebuking the kings and the people for their sins:
      1. Forsaking God and disobeying His word.
      2. Worshipping idols and committing fornication.
      3. Speaking lies, deceiving others, and committing iniquity.
      4. The kings scattering God’s people and not caring for them.
   2. Warning concerning captivity and destruction.
   3. Weeping for the stiff-necked and unrepentant people.
2. The prophets in the land of captivity:
   1. Daniel:
      1. With his three friends being overcomers in captivity from their youth.
      2. Praying for the holy city and the holy temple of God until they were recovered.
      3. Interpreting the image in chapter two and seeing the visions in chapters seven through twelve of his book.
   2. Ezekiel seeing the visions in the land of captivity concerning the spiritual recovery of God’s people:
      1. The vision of the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum in chapter one of his book signifying the spiritual revival of God’s people.
      2. God reviving His people and giving them a new heart and a new spirit in chapter thirty-six.
      3. God’s people as the dry bones being revived and formed into God’s army in chapter thirty-seven.
      4. The rebuilding of the holy city and holy temple in chapters forty through forty-eight.