THE MAJOR PROPHETS Week 1: Overview
The Old Testament The Pentateuch: (Torah): Written by Moses Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Historical Books Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Ester, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, 1&2 Chronicles Ezra, Nehemiah, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes Major Prophets Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel Minor Prophets Amos, Hosea, Obadiah, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Haggai, Zechariah, Nahum, Joel, Jonah, Micah, Malachi
the PROPHETS Prophets who did not write biblical books Abraham: had visions Jacob: had visions Elijah and Elisha (in 1&2 Kings) Micaiah (in 1 Chronicles) and others Prophets who wrote biblical books Major Prophets Minor Prophets New Testament Prophets Agabus
The Times of the Major Prophets 722 ISAIAH DANIEL JEREMIAH EZEKIEL After the fall of the northern kingdom the remaining israelites were called jews after the tribe of Judah. The 10 tribes of Israel went to captivity and became 10 lost tribes
Ancient Israel
Times and Seasons Hebrew Iddan a set time/ year Zeman appointed time Greek Chronos chronological time Kairos an appointed season How do our times compare to those of the Major Prophets?
Prophets for Times of Change - Judgment Isaiah 22:1-11 Proclamation Against Jerusalem 1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops, 2 You who are full of noise, A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle. 3 All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar. 4 Therefore I said, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people. 5 For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain. 6 Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield. 7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. 8 He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest; 9 You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall. 11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls or the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
Prophets for Times of Change - Captivity Jeremiah 29:4-14 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. 6 Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters that you may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace. 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the LORD. 10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
Prophets for Times of Change - Restoration Isaiah 54: 1-8 Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman, says the LORD. 2 Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes. 3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited. 4 Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5 For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth. 6 For the LORD has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Like a youthful wife when you were refused, Says your God. 7 For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you. 8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,
Names of the Prophets Isaiah Jeremiah Yesha (save) Yahuw (Yahweh): Yahweh has saved Y (future) ruwm (to rise, be exalted) Yahuw: Either Yahweh will be exalted or Yahweh lays a foundation Ezekiel Y (future) chezeq (strengthen) I (of) Yahuw Will be strengthened of Yahweh Daniel Dan (judge) I (of) El (God)
HOW GOD SPOKE TO THEM The Word (Debar=Logos) of the Lord came to them Ezek. 12:1 Now the Word of the Lord came to me saying, Son of man, you dwell in the midst a rebellious Visions Is. 6:1 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple Signs Ezek. 4:4-5 Lie also on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity : Through Nature Jer 1:11-12 Morevover the Word of the Lord came to me, saying What do you see? and I said I see a branch of an almond tree. Then the Lord said You have seen well, for I am watching to perform My word (Note the jews called the almond the watching tree because it was first to bloom in spring)
HOW GOD SPOKE TO THEM Through Angels Dan. 9:21-22 yes while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision reached me about the time of the evening offering. And he informed me and talked with me and said Revealed Knowledge Jer. 11:18 Now the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I know it; for You showed me their doings. In Parables Ezek. 17:2 Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel, and say Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle with large wings