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Many of you have probably seen the movie “Castaway” where Tom Hanks is stranded alone on an island. The film does a good job of showing his intense longing for the day when he will be rescued. He has a small picture of his fiancée, which he looks at day after day, year after year. Hoping, hoping, hoping, he will see her again. Although he had never received a promise that he would.

At least the stranded nations of Israel and Judah had a promise to keep them going. They had been picked on for centuries, all the while believing they were God’s chosen people. Even...

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