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THE CONDITIONS OF THE JEWS BEFORE THE NEW TESTAMENT ERA

The experiences that the Jews passed through before the Messianic era can be divided into four events, namely; 1.                    The pre-exilic events: before been taken into exile: a.        God called Abraham from the Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan b.       The Israelites sojourned in Egypt for 430 hundred years c.        Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt to the Promised Land. The Laws was given. d.       The Levitical priesthood was instituted e.       They possessed and shared the land under Joshua. f.         The time of the judges in Israel. g.        Israel asked for a king. One united kingdom from the rule of King Saul to King Solomon. h.       The kingdom divided into two under the reign of King Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. i.          The first fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 598 BC j.         Jerusalem, the Southern Kingdom fell to the Babylonian in 586 BC. Both the city and the temple were destroyed. The inhabitants wer