Age of Exiles (Sermon)
PRAY Let’s pray. Heavenly Father, we need you. Please help us as we look at the age of exiles. May we know what you desire for us who live like the Israelites waiting for what comes next. Focus our minds during this time. Inspire our hearts as we hear your Word. Speak to our ears; we are listening by the power of the Spirit, in Jesus’s name, amen. Introduction We are finishing our overview of the O.T. this Sunday, leading off our series on the post-exilic prophets. We began with a message on the Birth of a Nation (Israel). Last week, Pastor Mike shared the Age of Kings . Today, we will talk about the Age of Exile , the time God’s people were taken from their country and seventy years later free to return. This series and sermon will be more than a history lesson; we will talk about history. The New Testament says that Jesus’s followers are exiles in a sense. We are part of God’s kingdom, citizens of heaven, strangers, living in a spiritual Babylon called the world. But I am getting
