(RNS) Feeling increasingly alienated and even persecuted, some Christians are adopting a favorite image from Scripture -- that of the Babylonian captivity. (RNS) From the moment they set foot on North ...
This is Dutch artist Jacob van Loo’s depiction of Judean Gov. Zerubbabel showing King Cyrus the Great of Babylon his plan to rebuild Jerusalem. Van Loo lived from 1614-70. (Courtesy Photo) The ...
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After decades in Babylonian exile, Judeans returned home under Persian rule to rebuild the temple and restore Jerusalem’s life. Leaders like Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah guided both physical ...
The return to the homeland after the Babylonian captivity was not easy. Seventy years had passed in a foreign land, far from the Promised Land. The people of God returned to the ravaged Jerusalem and ...