捕囚時代

-586 紀元前 — -538 紀元前

バビロン捕囚——持続的な偶像崇拝と不正義に対する神のユダへの裁き。神殿は紀元前586年に破壊された。預言者ダニエルとエゼキエルが捕囚民の中で仕え、回復への希望を支えた。

主要な出来事

Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian army breaches Jerusalem's walls, burns Solomon's Temple, and carries the people of Judah into exile. The darkest hour in Israel's history — yet the prophets maintained hope.

Daniel, taken captive as a young man, serves faithfully in the Babylonian and Persian courts. God delivers him from the lion's den and grants him apocalyptic visions of world empires and the coming Kingdom of God.

燃える炉

~586 BC

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden image and are thrown into a blazing furnace. God delivers them unharmed — a fourth figure 'like a son of the gods' walks with them in the flames.