Exile and Return
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Exile and Return
A two-page visual framework for studying and teaching exile and return.
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10 matchesIsrael moves from judges to monarchy through Samuel's ministry, Saul's rise and fall, and David's anointing and exile.
Open pathway 02Old Testament · History · 25 chaptersProphets warn two declining kingdoms until Samaria falls to Assyria and Jerusalem falls to Babylon.
Open pathway 03Old Testament · History · 36 chaptersSolomon builds the temple; Judah's kings are measured by worship, prophetic response, reform, and the road to exile and return.
Open pathway 04Old Testament · History · 10 chaptersReturning exiles rebuild the temple and renew covenant identity amid opposition, compromise, and dependence on God's hand.
Open pathway 05Old Testament · Major Prophets · 52 chaptersA weeping prophet announces covenant judgment and Jerusalem's fall while promising a righteous Branch, return, and a new covenant.
Open pathway 06Old Testament · Major Prophets · 5 chaptersFive poems grieve Jerusalem's destruction, confess judgment, protest suffering, remember mercy, and plead for restoration.
Open pathway 07Old Testament · Major Prophets · 48 chaptersAmong the exiles, Ezekiel sees divine glory, enacts Jerusalem's judgment, announces responsibility and restoration, and beholds renewed presence.
Open pathway 08Old Testament · Major Prophets · 12 chaptersFaithful exiles serve under empires while visions unveil God's sovereignty, beastly kingdoms, judgment, deliverance, and everlasting dominion.
Open pathway 09Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 14 chaptersNight visions, prophetic signs, and future oracles call returned exiles to rebuild while looking toward a cleansed priesthood, humble king, pierced figure, and universal reign.
Open pathway 10New Testament · General Epistles · 5 chaptersA scattered people are reborn into living hope and called to holy, honorable, suffering witness as God's priestly household.
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3 matchesPriest-prophet among the exiles who sees glory, judgment, new heart, restored people, and renewed presence
Open pathway 02First appearance · Daniel 1:6Faithful exile, court wise man, interpreter, intercessor, and recipient of apocalyptic visions
Open pathway 03First appearance · Ezra 7:1Priest and scribe devoted to studying, practicing, and teaching the law in the returned community
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2 matchesEVENTS
3 matchesConflict, exile, encounters, family growth, wrestling, and return transform Jacob into Israel.
Open pathway 02Exile · 2 Kings 17Assyria captures the northern capital; the narrator interprets exile through long covenant rebellion.
Open pathway 03Exile · 2 Kings 24–25; Jeremiah 39; 52Babylon breaches Jerusalem, destroys temple and palace, deports the population, and leaves a wounded remnant.
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2 matchesBanishment from Eden, covenant exile, diaspora faithfulness, return to land, spiritual homecoming, and city-to-come hope form a recurring movement.
Open pathway 026 passage pathways · 7 connected booksMovement across land and sea makes calling, exile, pilgrimage, mission, danger, hospitality, and providence geographically visible.
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A two-page visual framework for studying and teaching exile and return.
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A mapbook for tribal regions, united and divided kingdoms, imperial pressure, exile, return, and prophetic settings.
28 pages · PDF · Both TestamentsPreview + Buy