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Rebels and Exiles: A Biblical Theology of Sin and Restoration (Essential Studies in Biblical Theology | ESBT) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Deep within the human psyche lies a sense that we were made for something more than this broken world. We all share an experience of exile—of longing for our true home. In this ESBT volume, Matthew S. Harmon explores how the theme of sin and exile is developed throughout Scripture. He traces a common pattern of human rebellion, God’s judgment, and the hope of restored relationship, beginning...

and dedicated (Ezra 6:13–18). Shortly afterward the people celebrate by keeping the Passover festival (6:19–22). The temple is now rebuilt, but it clearly does not measure up to what the prophets had foretold. Besides the obvious discrepancy in the dimensions of the temple itself, two additional observations in particular make this clear. First, the celebration marking the rebuilt temple pales in comparison to the one celebrating Solomon’s temple. Whereas Solomon’s temple was dedicated with the sacrifice
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