Dictionary of Bible Themes Established firmly in the land under David and Solomon, God's people ultimately began to neglect the terms of the covenant and were warned by the prophets of the consequent judgment and exile. Judges 1:19Israel's failure to take full possession of the promised land under the judges See also Judges 1:27-35; 2:1-3; 18:11 Chronicles 22:18 Israel was finally established in the promised land under David and Solomon See also 2 Samuel 7:10-111 Kings 4:21,25 pp 1Ch 17:9-10 Jeremiah 2:7The promised land and the prophets See also The prophetic condemnation of the life of God's people in the promised land Jeremiah 3:1-3Ezekiel 22:23-29 Hosea 4:1-3 Isaiah 13:9 See also Prophetic warning of coming judgment on the land and exile from it Isaiah 8:6-8Jeremiah 10:17-18; 16:10-13 Ezekiel 7:2-4 Amos 7:17 Jeremiah 30:3 See also Prophetic assurance of ultimate deliverance and restoration to the promised land Isaiah 14:1-2; 60:15-22Jeremiah 24:5-7 Ezekiel 11:17; 37:11-14 Amos 9:14-15 Zechariah 2:10-12 Daniel 8:9-14 The desolation of the promised land By Antiochus Epiphanes See also Daniel 11:29-35The growing horn is Antiochus Epiphanes who tried to wipe out the Jewish faith in 168 B.C., forbidding Jewish practices and defiling the temple with pagan sacrifices and prostitution. Luke 21:20-24The help that would be received by God's people probably refers to the Maccabean revolt and the cleansing of the temple in 165 B.C., although by NT times the land would be occupied by Rome. By Rome pp Mt 24:15-21 pp Mk 13:14-19 Jesus Christ prophesies the desolation of the nation by Rome in A.D. 70. See also The promised land in the NT Acts 7:3-7,45-47Referred to by Stephen Acts 13:16-19Referred to by Paul Hebrews 11:8-10Referred to by Hebrews Hebrews 11:13-16Abraham was looking for a more permanent city than the promised land could ever provide Hebrews 3:18-4:11The concept of spiritual rest Acts 1:6-8The church looks beyond the promised land See also Revelation 5:9-10; 7:9-17; 21:9-27The apostles' concern was for the deliverance of the promised land from Roman domination, but Jesus Christ shows God's concern to be far wider, to all nations. See also 5056 rest5085 David 5119 Solomon, life of 7145 remnant 7215 exile, the 7233 Israel, northern kingdom 7236 Israel, united kingdom 7239 Jerusalem 7245 Judah, kingdom of 7270 Zion, as a place 7505 Jews, the 7772 prophets |
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