7145 remnant
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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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.

God preserves a remnant of his people

Noah and his family

Genesis 7:23 See also Genesis 6:7-8,18; Genesis 7:1,7

Joseph and the sons of Israel

Genesis 45:7 See also Genesis 50:20

Seven thousand faithful in Israel

1 Kings 19:18

Survivors of Assyria's invasion of Judah

2 Kings 19:4 pp Isaiah 37:4 See also 2 Kings 18:13

Survivors 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 Chronicles 11:14; 2 C 9; 2 C 6; 2 C 9

Judah as the remnant of God's people

2 Kings 17:18

After the fall of the northern capital, Samaria, Judah was regarded as the remnant of all Israel:

2 Kings 21:14; 2 Chronicles 34:21

Survivors of the fall of Jerusalem

Those taken as exiles into Babylon:

2 Kings 25:11; 2 Chronicles 36:20

Those left behind in Judah:

2 Kings 25:12 pp Jeremiah 39:10; 2 Kings 25:22-23; Jeremiah 40:11-12,15; Jeremiah 42:2; Jeremiah 43:5

Those who returned after the exile

Ezra 9:8 See also Ezra 2:1-2; Ezra 9:13; Nehemiah 1:2; Haggai 1:12-14

Those waiting for Jesus Christ's coming

Luke 2:25,38; John 1:12

The remnant as the few who escape judgment

Deuteronomy 4:27 See also Isaiah 10:22; Romans 9:27; Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 44:14,28; Ezekiel 5:12

Ezekiel prays that Israel's destruction will not be total:

Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13 Ezekiel 17:21; Amos 3:12; Amos 5:3

God's promise of hope and restoration

Hope for a remnant seen in the coming of the Messiah

Isaiah 11:1 See also Isaiah 6:13; Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8

God's promise that survivors will remain

Isaiah 4:2-3 See also Isaiah 1:9; Romans 9:29; Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 37:31-32 pp 2 Kings 19:30-31; Ezekiel 14:22; Joel 2:32

Themes associated with the remnant

The land restored to the remnant of God's people

Isaiah 27:12-13; Zephaniah 2:7-10; Zechariah 8:6-12; Zechariah 10:9

A second exodus

Isaiah 4:5-6; Isaiah 10:26; Isaiah 11:11,15-16; Isaiah 31:5; Jeremiah 16:14-15

Restoration of the people

Isaiah 10:20-21 See also Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 28:5; Isaiah 35:8-10; Isaiah 46:3-4; Jeremiah 31:7

Jeremiah 23:3 See also Micah 2:12

Further promises associated with the remnant

The promise of future hope

Isaiah 60:21-22; Isaiah 61:4-6; Joel 3:1; Micah 4:6-7; Micah 5:7-9

God's promise of forgiveness to the remnant

Jeremiah 50:20 See also Isaiah 33:24; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 33:7-8; Micah 7:18

A renewed relationship with God

Jeremiah 24:5-7; Jeremiah 32:37-40; Zephaniah 3:12-17

The need for faithful obedience

Isaiah 1:19; Jeremiah 42:6-10; Jeremiah 44:7-8; Ezra 9:14

The remnant as heirs of God's new covenant

Jeremiah 31:2 The promise of the new covenant is made to the surviving remnant of Israel; Jeremiah 31:31-33

A faithful remnant among the Jews

Romans 11:5 See also Luke 1:16; Luke 12:32; Romans 11:7,15,23,25-26; James 1:1

A faithful remnant from among the Gentiles

Isaiah 56:6-8; Zechariah 14:16; John 10:16 Jesus Christ's other sheep are believing Gentiles who will be gathered with the believers of Israel; Acts 15:17; Amos 9:12; Romans 11:17; Ephesians 3:6

God's new Israel includes all believers

Matthew 19:28 pp Luke 22:30; Galatians 6:16; 1 Peter 1:1; Peter 2:9

Other references to a surviving remnant

Og, king of Bashan, only survivor of the Rephaites:

Deuteronomy 3:11; Joshua 13:12 Judges 20:46-47 survivors from the tribe of Benjamin; 2 Chronicles 18:16 the scattered remains of Israel's army under Ahab; Isaiah 16:4 fugitives from Moab; Isaiah 21:16-17 few survivors from Kedar

See also

1352  covenant, the new
6653  forgiveness, divine
7135  Israel, people of God
7140  people of God
7215  exile, the
7223  exodus, significance
8145  renewal, people of God
9165  restoration
9210  judgment, God's



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