Exile and Return in the Bible

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This paper discusses how throughout the Bible, in both the New and Old Testaments, a major recurrent theme is that of the cycle of exile and return in the forms of creation and destruction, and renewal of the covenant between God and humans. It looks at how, in the books of "Genesis", "Exodus" and "Luke", analysis of the variations on this theme and God's wide-ranging role in its implementation may elucidate the role of exile and return and all its variations between texts, and how this speaks to the believer.

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"Genesis, which literally means "in the beginning", repeatedly illustrates the theme of creation, destruction and recreation. In the beginning, God created man in His likeness in the form of Adam, and his wife Eve (Genesis 1:1-28). Adam and Eve did not have knowledge of good and evil, and thrived in the Garden of Eden unaware of their blissful ignorance. When they ate of the tree of knowledge, against the word of God, He punished them, destroying their innocence and ignorance that he had created. He said to them, "You shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:19). Thus, man, who had been created from dust, was made mortal, destined to be destroyed and returned to dust. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• The Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version. New York: Penguin Group, 1974.

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