Exile & Return | September 20, 2026

In week twelve of 'The Case for Biblical Literacy' series, Pastor Kevin Cain unpacks three profound Hebrew words — Galah (exile), Shuv (return), and Shiqquts Shomem (abomination of desolation) — to reveal that the exile of Israel was never simply about geography, but about the glory of God departing from a people whose hearts had drifted far from Him. Drawing from 1 Samuel 4, Ezekiel 10-11, Daniel, the Olivet Discourse, and Revelation; Pastor Kevin traces the glory of God from its departure through Ichabod, through 400 years of divine silence, all the way to the moment Simeon holds the infant Jesus in the temple. With penetrating clarity & deep pastoral tenderness, this sermon calls every believer to examine what sits on the throne of their soul — reminding us that it is not enough to return to church or routine, because you are only truly back when you are back to Him. The message closes with a beautiful picture of the shepherds in the field, the first to see the glory of God after nearly half a millennium of silence, as an invitation for every person in the room to let the glory of God back in — today.

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