Dictionary of Bible Themes A small group of people who remain faithful to God, despite widespread unbelief or faithlessness around them. God preserves a remnant in order to ensure a renewed and restored people in the future. Genesis 7:23God preserves a remnant of his people See also Noah and his family Genesis 6:7-8,18; 7:1,7Genesis 45:7 See also Joseph and the sons of Israel Genesis 50:201 Kings 19:18 Seven thousand faithful in Israel 2 Kings 19:4Survivors of Assyria's invasion of Judah See also 2 Kings 18:13pp Isa 37:4 2 Chronicles 11:14; 15:9; 31:6; 34:9Survivors of the destruction of Israel People from the northern kingdom of Israel who had moved to Judah and so escaped its destruction by Assyria: 2 Kings 17:18Judah as the remnant of God's people 2 Kings 21:142 Chronicles 34:21 After the fall of the northern capital, Samaria, Judah was regarded as the remnant of all Israel: 2 Kings 25:11Survivors of the fall of Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 36:20Those taken as exiles into Babylon: 2 Kings 25:12Those left behind in Judah: 2 Kings 25:22-23Jeremiah 40:11-12,15; 42:2; 43:5 pp Jer 39:10 Ezra 9:8See also Those who returned after the exile Ezra 2:1-2; 9:13Nehemiah 1:2 Haggai 1:12-14 Luke 2:25,38 John 1:12 Those waiting for Jesus Christ's coming Deuteronomy 4:27The remnant as the few who escape judgment See also Isaiah 10:22Romans 9:27 Jeremiah 6:9; 44:14,28 Ezekiel 5:12 Ezekiel 9:8; 11:13 Ezekiel 17:21 Ezekiel prays that Israel's destruction will not be total: Amos 3:12; 5:3Isaiah 11:1 God's promise of hope and restoration See also Hope for a remnant seen in the coming of the Messiah Isaiah 6:13Jeremiah 23:5 Zechariah 3:8 Isaiah 4:2-3 See also God's promise that survivors will remain Isaiah 1:9Romans 9:29 Isaiah 17:6; 37:31-32 Ezekiel 14:22 Joel 2:32 pp 2Ki 19:30-31 Isaiah 27:12-13Themes associated with the remnant Zephaniah 2:7-10The land restored to the remnant of God's people Zechariah 8:6-12; 10:9Isaiah 4:5-6; 10:26; 11:11,15-16; 31:5 Jeremiah 16:14-15 A second exodus Isaiah 10:20-21See also Restoration of the people Isaiah 11:12; 28:5; 35:8-10; 46:3-4Jeremiah 31:7 Jeremiah 23:3 See also Micah 2:12Isaiah 60:21-22; 61:4-6 Further promises associated with the remnant Joel 3:1The promise of future hope Micah 4:6-7; 5:7-9Jeremiah 50:20 See also God's promise of forgiveness to the remnant Isaiah 33:24Jeremiah 31:34; 33:7-8 Micah 7:18 Jeremiah 24:5-7; 32:37-40 Zephaniah 3:12-17 A renewed relationship with God Isaiah 1:19Jeremiah 42:6-10; 44:7-8 The need for faithful obedience Ezra 9:14Jeremiah 31:2 The remnant as heirs of God's new covenant Jeremiah 31:31-33The promise of the new covenant is made to the surviving remnant of Israel Romans 11:5See also A faithful remnant among the Jews Luke 1:16; 12:32Romans 11:7,15,23,25-26 James 1:1 Isaiah 56:6-8 Zechariah 14:16 A faithful remnant from among the Gentiles John 10:16Acts 15:17 Amos 9:12 Jesus Christ's other sheep are believing Gentiles who will be gathered with the believers of Israel Romans 11:17Ephesians 3:6 Matthew 19:28 God's new Israel includes all believers Galatians 6:161 Peter 1:1; 2:9 pp Lk 22:30 Deuteronomy 3:11Other references to a surviving remnant Joshua 13:12Og, king of Bashan, only survivor of the Rephaites: Judges 20:46-472 Chronicles 18:16 survivors from the tribe of Benjamin Isaiah 16:4the scattered remains of Israel's army under Ahab Isaiah 21:16-17fugitives from Moab See also few survivors from Kedar 1352 covenant, the new6654 forgiveness, Christ's ministry 7135 Israel, people of God 7140 people of God 7215 exile, the 7227 flood, the 8148 revival 9165 restoration 9210 judgment, God's |
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