After their time of exile, God was faithful to His word and brought His people back to their homeland in three phases over a period of 100 years. Though they came back to live in the land that was now ruled by others, they were home.
Once again God restored His children that they might enjoy a dynamic relationship with Him and be the people through whom the world would be blessed. And once again He called them to trust Him and follow His ways.
Return
BIG IDEA
God graciously brings His people home again.
Bible Book
Ezra, Nehemiah, EstherHaggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Main Cast
Zerubbabel, Ezra, Esther, Nehemiah
# of Years
100 years
Key Verse
Jeremiah 29:14 – “I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity… to the place from which I carried you into exile.”