The Prophets - Part II

Earlier Prophets

Content

Amos

God’s justice

His Time

His Time


His Time


Amos

Amos


Amos


Amos


Amos


God and the nations

Amos 1:3–2:3 - the sins of the nations

The sins of Judah and Israel

The sins of Judah and Israel


The sins of Judah and Israel


The sins of Judah and Israel


The sins of Judah and Israel


The sins of Judah and Israel


The grounds for condemning the nations

“to be chosen”

To be chosen


“to be chosen”


The Day of the Lord

Amos 3:4–8

Justice or Mercy?

Prepare to meet your God

Punishment, encounter, restoration

Conclusion

Conclusion


Hosea -
God’s love

Introduction

Introduction


His Times

Problems

Problems


Like a husband deserted by his wife

Like a husband deserted by his wife

Like a husband deserted by his wife


Like a husband deserted by his wife


  • And yet, the people were and are fascinated by the cult of Baal and Astarte. What made them so attractive?
    1. They are more comprehensible than the invisible God.
    2. They are more easily approached and appeased.

    Like a husband deserted by his wife


  • God is hurt so He will fall upon them like a lion (Hosea 13:4–8).
  • He waited for their conversion (Hosea 5:15). The prophet invites people to conversion (Hosea 6:1–3).
  • He wanted to show them mercy, but His hope was fading (Hosea 6:4–5).
  • The broken heart of God

    Longing for reunion

    Longing for reunion


    Hosea - the betrayed husband

    Hosea - the betrayed husband


    Hosea - the betrayed husband


    Symbolic names of the children

    Symbolic names of the children


    Symbolic names of the children


    Symbolic names of the children


    You do not know your God

    Examples for “yada”

    Examples for “yada”


    Examples for “yada”


    Examples for “yada”


    Examples for “yada”


    Examples for “yada”


    Conclusion

    Conclusion


    Conclusion


    Isaiah

    Chapters 1–39 - I saw the Lord

    Introduction

    Prosperity and Power

    Isaiah and the Northern Kingdom

    Isaiah and the Northern Kingdom


    Historical Background

    Historical Background


    Problem we all face

    Surrendering to Assyria

    Surrendering to Assyria


    A covenant with death (Is 28:15)

    A covenant with death (Is 28:15)


    Jerusalem rejoices; Isaiah is distressed

    Jerusalem rejoices; Isaiah is distressed


    Jerusalem rejoices; Isaiah is distressed


    Jerusalem rejoices; Isaiah is distressed


    Jerusalem rejoices; Isaiah is distressed


    Against Alliances

    Against Alliances


    Against Alliances


    Against Alliances


    The mystery of faith

    The mystery of faith


    Assyria shall fall. How?

    Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah

    Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah


    Judah’s Sins

    Judah’s Sins


    The anger of the Lord

    Divine Sorrow

    Divine Sorrow


    Isaiah’s empathy for God

    Isaiah’s empathy for God


    Isaiah’s empathy for God


    Isaiah’s Vision (Is 6)

    Spiritual blindess

    Spiritual blindess


    How sick they are!

    A remnant

    A remnant


    Conclusion - to Isaiah 1–39

    Micah - Contemporary of Isaiah

    To declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin

    Introduction

    Jerusalem will be destroyed

    Jerusalem will be destroyed


    Loneliness

    Micah’s great insight

    1. How to bear and accept the anger of God?

    Micah’s great insight


    2. The way of true worship.

    Conclusion

    Nahum

    How the mighty has fallen.

    Time

    Time


    Nineveh shall fall

    The Lord of cosmos and history

    The Lord of cosmos and history


    The Lord of cosmos and history


    Zephaniah

    The day of wrath

    Time

    Time


    Time


    God’s judgment

    Sins - the cause of God’s anger

    Sins - the cause of God’s anger


    Sins - the cause of God’s anger


    The humble of the land


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