1.0Auckland Park Theological Seminary Bloghttps://www.ats.ac.za/blogProf Leonard Marehttps://www.ats.ac.za/blog/author/mare/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vIDBeaA47i"><a href="https://www.ats.ac.za/blog/hope-in-the-midst-of-exile/">Hope in the midst of exile</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ats.ac.za/blog/hope-in-the-midst-of-exile/embed/#?secret=vIDBeaA47i" width="600" height="338" title="“Hope in the midst of exile” — Auckland Park Theological Seminary Blog" data-secret="vIDBeaA47i" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The Book of Lamentations contains the thoughts of the people of Judah trying to make sense of their experience of exile after the fall of Jerusalem. Before the exile they believed that God’s presence in the temple on Mount Zion was unconditionally guaranteed. They also believed that there would always be a Davidic descendant on […]