Ascetical Parallel
Definition
God’s educative and corrective dealing with His people — the Captivity as a school in which Israel learns that Yahweh can be worshiped anywhere and that fidelity to His Word is the bond of the covenant.
Episodes
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Biblical References
- Genesis 5; 10; 11:10-26; 25:1-18; 36 — This is the record of the family line of Adam.When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” When Ad
- Numbers 7:4-9 — Then the Lord spoke to Moses: “Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.” So Moses accept
- 1 Chronicles 17:1-2, 11-15 — When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 — An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16-27; 22:1 — David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down wi
- 2 Chronicles 1:7-13 — That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Tell me what I should give you.” Solomon replied to God, “You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place. Now, Lord God, may you