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Sample Exegesis Paper

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Hunter Bergstrom
Mr. Thomason
Foundations of Christianity
11 May, 2015
Exegesis Paper

The Bible is one of sdsds throughout the entire history of the world. People have always fought over true meanings and interpretations of the text and there is no way to find out the true meaning of the different passages. People spend so much time trying to find the meanings of the Bible and they don't try to form their own personal and intimate relationship with the text to try and grow in their own personal faith through reading the commentaries and other's interpretations of the text. All interpretations are useless if there is no drive or personal passion to reach a connection with God and grow spiritually. Through writing this exegetical paper I was …show more content…

After to division of Israel the Northern Kingdom was strongly influenced by the surrounding civilizations and turned away from God and resorted to worshiping false gods and idols. There is a constant pattern in the Old Testament where the Israelites abandon God and they are punished and then come back to him and are forgiven. This book is a plead for the people to turn away from the sinful things they are doing. The people who he is talking to are struggling with whether they should trust him and believe that they will be saved if they go back to God …show more content…

Verse 1-11 have a lot of relevancy behind them even though they may seem irrelevant to us. This is an army I believe symbolizes the corrupt and imperfect lives that people apart from God live. Our lives are so fragile with destruction and corruption around every corner. We have to realize that apart from God there is nothing that good for our lives and we have to keep God in our focus and live for him. Then in verses 12-17 there is the call for people to rally for God and come back to him. This shows us all that if we are all faithful to God that we will be saved. God will except us back and still love us. God's salvation is the only thing that will protect us from these trials that we would face without Him.Verses 18-27 are showing the love

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