The Restoration Period

1 : What religious and social challenges did the Jews face in exile and how did these hinder them from faithfully living according to the Mosaic Covenant

In the Bible , it is stated that the people of Israel would be hated ridiculed , scorned and exiled . This prophecy is found in Deuteronomy 28 :36-37 , where it talks about how these people will go about their lives in the coming years . This prophecy has been fulfilled a lot of times in different situations throughout the course of time . The people of Israel , who are commonly

known now as Jews , have been the subject of hatred and persecution all throughout the world , as compared to any other group of people

During the conquest of Israel , the ten tribes of Israel were forced to scatter all over the empire . These Israelites disappear for the face of history permanently , and were known as the ten lost tribes of Israel ' This has been very puzzling because they were completely being assimilated by the Assyrian culture . This is because the Assyrians scattered them in small populations all over the Middle East . The Israelites were deported by the Assyrians who did not live in the same community and were scattered , that is why they soon drop their Yahweh religion , their Hebrew names and identities

These Jews have repeatedly been driven away and expelled from their homeland by other groups of people , just as it is stated in the prophecy , that they will be exiled . These groups of...