TOUGH LOVE, TENDER MERCIES3 short stops in the Minor Prophets
on the road with
Lisa Harper
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Tough Love, Tender Mercies
Copyright © 2005 by Lisa Harper. All rights reserved.
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Dav
id—
Jess
e’s
son
who
w
as a
noin
ted
by S
amue
l to
be
God
’s c
hoic
e fo
r Is
rael
’s k
ing
befo
re h
e ev
en r
each
ed p
uber
ty,
who
kill
ed t
he g
iant
G
olia
th w
ith
one
ston
e fr
om h
is s
lings
hot,
and
who
was
bes
t fr
iend
s w
ith
Saul
’s s
on,
Jona
than
—be
com
es t
he
seco
nd k
ing
of I
srae
l. H
e w
as h
uman
ly fl
awed
, but
a
gre
at k
ing. K
ing
Dav
id d
ies
and
his
son
Solo
mon
ass
umes
the
th
rone
of I
srae
l. H
e is
the
th
ird
and
fi nal
kin
g of
a
unifi
ed I
srae
l.
Solo
mon
die
s an
d Is
rael
sp
lits
into
tw
o ki
ngdo
ms
soon
aft
er.
Jud
ah—
the
sout
hern
ki
ngdo
m—
is c
onqu
ered
by
the
new
est
wor
ld
pow
er, B
abyl
on,
whi
ch is
led
by K
ing
Neb
ucha
dnez
zar.
His
ar
mie
s co
mpl
etel
y de
stro
y th
e T
empl
e in
Jer
usal
em a
nd a
ll so
uthe
rn J
ews
are
exile
d to
Bab
ylon
.
All
exile
d Je
ws
who
w
ant
to h
ave
retu
rned
to
the
ir h
omel
and
and
cons
truc
tion
of
the
seco
nd T
empl
e is
co
mpl
eted
in J
erus
alem
.
The
Rom
an k
ing,
Her
od,
conq
uers
Jer
usal
em,
and
rest
ores
the
sec
ond
Tem
ple
(whi
ch h
ad b
een
plun
dere
d an
d da
mag
ed
in v
ario
us G
reco
-Rom
an
batt
les
wit
h th
e Je
ws)
in
ord
er t
o in
crea
se
his
polit
ical
favo
r w
ith
Jew
ish
cons
titu
ents
.
Solo
mon
bui
lds
the
fi rst
T
empl
e in
Jer
usal
em;
fulfi
lling
the
vis
ion
God
ga
ve h
is d
ad.
Isra
el—
now
the
nor
ther
n ki
ngdo
m—
is c
lobb
ered
by
the
wor
ld p
ower
, w
ar-m
onge
ring
nat
ion
of A
ssyr
ia a
nd c
ease
s to
exi
st.
Pers
ia is
now
the
mos
t po
wer
ful c
ount
ry in
the
w
orld
and
the
Per
sian
ki
ng, C
yrus
, dec
rees
th
at J
ews
livin
g in
exi
le
be a
llow
ed t
o re
turn
to
Jud
ah (n
ow c
alle
d P
ales
tine
).
Ale
xand
er t
he G
reat
co
nque
rs J
erus
alem
, an
d Ju
dah
falls
und
er
the
yoke
of t
he G
reek
E
mpi
re.
Jesu
s C
hris
t, Im
man
uel,
is b
orn
in B
ethl
ehem
. W
e ca
n’t
be s
ure
of
the
exac
t da
te o
f Jes
us’
birt
h be
caus
e a
Rom
an
mon
k, n
amed
Dio
nysi
us
Exi
guus
, mis
calc
ulat
ed
the
reig
ns o
f Rom
an
empe
rors
, the
reby
co
min
g up
wit
h th
e er
rone
ous
birt
h ye
ar
of C
hris
t an
d th
row
ing
our
enti
re c
alen
dar
off a
fe
w y
ears
.
1100 B
C1
BC
1032 B
C
Saul
bec
omes
the
ver
y fi r
st k
ing
of I
srae
l. H
e’s
basi
cally
the
“pe
ople
’s
choi
ce”
for
a ki
ng a
nd
isn’
t a
very
goo
d on
e.
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