captivity Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/captivity/ To prepare people for eternal life. Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:49:23 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg captivity Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/captivity/ 32 32 Bible Study Guides – The Message of Deliverance from Babylon https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-the-message-of-deliverance-from-babylon/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:49:23 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13937 August 14, 2004 - August 20, 2004 - The advent of the army of Cyrus before the walls of Babylon was to the Jews a sign that their deliverance from captivity was drawing nigh. More than a century before the birth of Cyrus, Inspiration had mentioned him by name, and had caused a record to be made of the actual work he should do in taking the city of Babylon unawares, and in preparing the way for the release of the children of the captivity.

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]]> Bible Study Guides – The Babylonian Captivity https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-the-babylonian-captivity/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:03:01 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13389 October 22, 2006 - October 28, 2006 - “In calling the attention of Judah to the sins that finally brought upon them the Babylonian Captivity, the Lord declared: ‘Thou hast . . . profaned My Sabbaths.’

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]]> Bible Study Guides – Parallels for Today https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-parallels-for-today/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:44:16 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10568 May 17, 2009 - May 23, 2009 - Explain the significance of the illustration of the Rechabites, both in Jeremiah’s day and for us. Jeremiah 35:13–19. Note: “The Rechabites were commended for their ready...

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]]> Bible Study Guides – The Temple of the Lord https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-the-temple-of-the-lord/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:36:18 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10566 May 10, 2009 - May 16, 2009 - “Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.” Jeremiah 7:4.

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]]> Bible Study Guides – The Impending Judgment https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-the-impending-judgment/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:31:59 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10564 May 3, 2009 - May 9, 2009 - What calamity was predicted to come upon Judah? Jeremiah 4:5–8. What nation was identified as being the lion of verse 7? Jeremiah 50:43, 44.

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]]> Bible Study Guides – Captivity and Restoration https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-captivity-and-restoration/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:12:20 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10487 June 21, 2009 - June 27, 2009 - He had been prophesying a long period of captivity in faraway Babylon. Already advanced in years, he could never hope to receive personal benefit from the purchase he had made.

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]]> Bible Study Guides – The End of Judah’s Kingdom https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-the-end-of-judahs-kingdom/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:51:06 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10483 June 7, 2009 - June 13, 2009 - What did King Zedekiah ask Jeremiah in secret? Jeremiah 37:17–21. What lesson can we learn from the rebellious attitude of Zedekiah about God’s will?

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]]> Bible Study Guides – God’s Claims Forgotten—A Call to Repentance and Reformation https://www.stepstolife.org/article/bible-study-guides-gods-claims-forgotten-a-call-to-repentance-and-reformation/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 22:38:47 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10417 January 15, 2006 - January 21, 2006 - In his study of the causes leading to the Babylonish captivity, Ezra had learned that Israel’s apostasy was largely traceable to their mingling with heathen nations.

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]]> Babylonian Captivity, Part II https://www.stepstolife.org/article/babylonian-captivity-part-ii/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 21:55:19 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=9893 There is another Babylonian captivity coming. The church is going to see troublous times. She is going to prophesy in sackcloth. Do not let any false prophet tell you otherwise.

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]]> Babylonian Captivity, Part I https://www.stepstolife.org/article/babylonian-captivity-part-i/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:13:53 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=9855 God had not spoken peace. He appealed to the people to repent. The time came when, because of their sins, the Babylonian captivity was allowed, as the lightest punishment that could be given, and even then, God decided to make their lot lighter by telling them to cooperate with their conquerors.

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