The first return is a trip into the fog. They do not know exactly what will greet them. They do not fully know the condition of the land. The journey of hundreds of miles will take them weeks to complete. Yet they go because they have a higher purpose in mind. They go to rebuild God’s holy temple and to reestablish the true worship of God in God’s chosen city of Jerusalem. They go also to replant the land given to their father Abraham.
This is a story of deliverance from leprosy and is a picture of salvation. It is also a story of how God uses many people to get one person healed.
Whereas most of Proverbs deals with a father speaking to his son, this chapter contains a mother’s wisdom that she gives to her son.
A Doctrinal and Historical Study of Baptism
College Notes of David Reagan as taught in Scripture Baptist College. These notes cover the doctrine of the Bible.
