The Captivity of Israel from 586BC-516BC is 70 years that Israel is violently taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the land and made to settle in Babylonia. Jeremiah 29 tells us specifically that 70 years were established for them in that place, seeing the temple torn down, the city a ruin of Jerusalem. For those who valued the temple and all that it meant was like tearing out the heart from a body, the very life departing in a moment. Yet in the process of destruction and devastation is hidden a restoration that will bring God’s people into desiring “Zion” again. He … Continue reading When Captivity is a process to greater freedom and purity