INTRODUCTION:
The 12 tribes that entered the promised land would suffer many years then a
division that resulted in the Northern Kingdom "ISRAEL" and its capital would be
Samaria and the Southern Kingdom "JUDAH" (Judah and Benjamin) whose
capital would be Jerusalem.
The Northern Kingdom would have 19 kings and the Southern Kingdom would
have 19 kings and a queen.
The Northern Kingdom by 721 BC was invaded and ravaged by the Assyrian
Empire and the inhabitants were brought to Mesopotamia.
The Southern Kingdom 135 years later was devastated by Nebuchadnezzar and its
inhabitants lived in exile to Babylon for 70 years.
Later Cyrus the Great King of Persia was an instrument of God to defeat the
Babylonian empire and was used by God to authorize the rebuilding of the
Temple in Jerusalem and later those in captivity were able to return to Jerusalem
to live and worship.
The church with this Pandemic and quarantine went into a kind of exile and
captivity, but like the Jews they were able to return to Judah and as such they
were able to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple to sacrifice and worship
and later managed to rebuild the walls and the city ...
In the same way the church by edict of the king (the President) has decreed that
the Lord's church retake its opportunity to return and celebrate in unity ... and
therefore we must evaluate what the Pandemic has damaged and how we should
recover as a church. This applies to your secular life, employment, company, etc.
Today’s topic has a title:
The Time of Return