 okay throughout human history god has always had a remnant that's isaiah 6 that there is a remnant there is the and god hears this he hears the grumblings from these people in exodus chapter 14 and god declares he says that choices moses successor ecclesiastes summed it up this way and joshua 24 15 when in ezra chapter 2 and chapter 3 you read the lord told john
ezra chapter 2 verse 2