Between the Testaments (Introduction 2) handout

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Introduction 2

Babylon and Persia

  1. Babylon,

    1. The Nation,

      1. An Old Nation,

        1. Genesis 10:10; 11:2 and Isaiah 11:11

          • Jeremiah 24:4 and Ezekiel 12:13

        2. Genesis 10:8-10

      2. Leaders,

    2. The invasion of Israel,

      1. Three sieges,

        II Chronicles 36:10-12.

      2. Recorded Biblical History of Babylon,

        Nahum, Isaiah 11 & 13, II Kings 24 & 24

        See II Kings 25:4-7 & Jeremiah 39:1-7

      3. God would only allow them to go so far,

        Daniel 2:37&38 & 47 “Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. ”…. “The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a reveler of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.”

        Daniel 3:28&29 “Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. ”

        Daniel 4:17 “This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. ”

        Daniel 4:25&26 “That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.26And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. ”

        Daniel 4:37 (The Lord punished Him by letting him be as a beast form the field, but when he came back to his right mind… “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. ”

      4. God Prophesied During Babylon,

  2. The Mede Persian Empire,

    1. The Last of the Old Testament Empires (as recorded in the bible)

      1. Split Kingdom,

        See Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; Ezra 1:1-4, 2; 2Chronicles 36:22-23

      2. The Temple Rebuilding Begins,