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Seventy Years?! (Jeremiah 25:11)
That is a long time. Was this chosen as an exact number to coincide with the number of years the Jews didn’t give the land its Sabbath rest (2 Chronicles 36:21). Maybe, it was it was at least part of it. Was it a rounded number to show God’s perfect completion/harmony? That may have had part of it also. I lean towards the idea that both are true. It was to give the land rest after the years the Children of Israel didn’t, and it was also to show God’s perfect (7) completion/harmony (10).
One thing is certain once God sets a time he fulfills it (Daniel 9:2). However, I can’t help but notice that after God’s work of perfect harmony(completion), the Children of Israel never served false God’s as they had in the past. It was a long time, but clearly, it was what was needed.
I can’t help but think that sometimes waiting is God’s way of making things perfectly complete.
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