For one thing, during the seventy years in Babylon most of the exiles had come to consider it their home (cf. ... About two years later (536) they completed the foundation amid great rejoicing (Ezr. 3:8 "11). ... The paneled houses in which they lived describe quite luxurious homes. ... It appears likely that the restoration Jews had used this superior wood to build their own homes instead rather than to rebuild the temple. ...

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After learning about the Holocaust, I've asked myself many times how this could have happened. ... THE DAYS ARE COMING SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE HOUSE OF JUDAH. ... Jeremiah was one of the Jewish prophets who warned, blamed, and lectured all who would listen about the sins of their people, the punishments God gave them, and what they had to do to be in God's good graces. ... James Rudin about Christian attitude during the formative years of the Church. ... This didn't stop him, he went on preaching about his ideas. ...

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• Grade Level: High School