The time of restoration and fulfillment of God's plan would undergo certain changes and a reconfirmation of the faith of the Jewish people. The time tested by their loyalty and commitment would bring new challenges. God's purpose for the return of the Jews was tested through the test of continued and faithful worship despite the overwhelming obstacles that stood in the way of God's covenant. The restoration would consist of God's restoration reasoning, the tasks of the prophet, prophetic interpretations and Christian applications. Restoration Questions What was God's purpose in bringing the Jews back to Judah? From the time of Judah's exile, God had a plan of restoration and His goal was to restore the kingdom of David and preserve the lineage of the coming messiah Jesus Christ. This is what He promised in His word through the prophet Micah, we find these words. “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, although you are small among the clans of Judah, from you will come for me the one who will reign over Israel, whose origin is from ancient times, from ancient times (Micah 5:2-NIV). As we look to the past and reflect on the wilderness with Moses, God always had a way of weeding out the bad seeds and encouraging and strengthening the faithful prophets raised by God in exile who would not bow to the pagan God nor would they submit. for the foreign worship of Baal, these were events of encouragement for the weak souls and weak minds of the Jews. God is a jealous God and he declares: “You shall have no other God before me.” For this goal, to restore his people, is to give him worship and praise, in the land he had promised them and their ancestors, and to reestablish his alliance with his people. Which tasks were most important and which...... middle of paper. .....ions, through the slavery of exile on the paths of our faith, can be established in a true form of obedience and worship to the one true God. He sent and established prophets to administer his word and lead his people in the path of righteousness. God's promises have been proven and tested to be genuine. God that our redeemer would come to the tribe of Judah and his protecting hands were upon their chosen during the exile and guided the restoration of a nation that would obey his covenant and worship with a pure and undefiled heart. Today we can rejoice in the fact that God's word can be trusted and that trust in His spirit is a constant beacon of hope for all who believe. A Historical Study of the Old Testament'pg.300The Life Application Study Bible-NIV (Zondervan Grand Rapid Michigan and Tyndale House Publishers, Inc..)