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Reply To: Analyze one of the supplementary Bible passages in light of the course content. Do you see evidence of the Hebraic map? Did anything about the passage surprise you? Was there any part of the passage that stuck out to you in particular?

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AvatarBryce Timmons
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I appreciate you expounding on the story of Esther, which I agree strongly supports the lesson of “Wielding Power and Spirit in Exile.” There is a tension to statesmanship in “exile,” in this current state of being pre-return. Like the lesson stated, governments are focused on limiting the effects of sin in the world, but only the church can promote redemption properly. Anytime the state is used to pursue utopian ideals it fails miserably. In the same way, faith cannot be imposed through power.