THE ASSYRIAN CAPTIVITY: ISRAEL & JUDAH
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Assyrian Captivity
a) Of all the Times of Israel, the seventh — EXILE AND SCATTERING — is probably the saddest. We have seen the kingdom divided, and that was sad. But worse still, we now see the beginning of the captivities — as the larger kingdom (Israel) falls to Assyria and its people are taken away to foreign lands.
2. Israel And Judah
a) When Assyria was a world power, Israel was captured and its people exiled northward to the area whence Abraham had come so long ago.
b) Hezekiah was then the king of Judah, a good king who listened to Isaiah, God's prophet, so the kingdom of Judah was spared and only Israel, the ten tribes, were taken. But when the Babylonians came to dominate the world, Coniah was the king in Judah. He was evil, so it was Judah's turn to be conquered. The people were exiled in Babylon. Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed. The king Coniah became like a shattered jar as Jeremiah had prophesied, and none of Coniah's descendants could reign any more on David's throne in Judah.
c) We learn from this story that God is merciful and long-suffering, but when people persistently depart from his word they will reap what they sow.
The End ...
1. The Assyrian Captivity a) Of all the Times of Israel, the seventh — EXILE AND SCATTERING — is probably the saddest. We have seen the kingdom divided, and that was sad. But worse still, we now see the beginning of the captivities — as the larger kingdom (Israel) falls to Assyria and its people are taken away to foreign lands.
2. Israel And Judah
a) When Assyria was a world power, Israel was captured and its people exiled northward to the area whence Abraham had come so long ago.
b) Hezekiah was then the king of Judah, a good king who listened to Isaiah, God's prophet, so the kingdom of Judah was spared and only Israel, the ten tribes, were taken. But when the Babylonians came to dominate the world, Coniah was the king in Judah. He was evil, so it was Judah's turn to be conquered. The people were exiled in Babylon. Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed. The king Coniah became like a shattered jar as Jeremiah had prophesied, and none of Coniah's descendants could reign any more on David's throne in Judah.
c) We learn from this story that God is merciful and long-suffering, but when people persistently depart from his word they will reap what they sow.
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