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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...

John the Baptist stepped into the explosive context of Roman rule over the land of Israel and Jewish hopes for restoration through a messiah. Around AD 29 he began wandering the Judean wilderness near the Jordan River. According to Luke 3:3, John was “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Our familiarity with a statement like this can blind us to its significance. God had promised that if Israel, while in exile among the nations, would
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