Prophet
Man of God
Messenger
Watchman
Reveal the will of God to the People
Receives information – Shares the information
The receiving dictates and drives the sharing.
From God to the people
Deliver the information accurately
Exactly what God had revealed.
1 Kings 22:14 – I must speak
Jer. 20:9 – Could not keep silent.
Jonah 1:3-4 – Corrected when silent
1 Kings 13:15-24 – Judged when disobedient
General flow and message of the prophets
Warning of impending judgement due to sin
Not heeding. Not obeying God
A description of the sin
A description of the coming judgement
A call to repentance
A promise of future deliverance
850-417 B.C. (Years of the prophets)
Nation had been divided.
Israel – North
Judah – South
Neighbors
Edom, Ammon (Syria), Moab, Tyre
Super Powers
Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Persia
Pre Exile
To Israel (Fell 722)
Amos (763-755)
Hosea (755-710)
To Nineveh
Jonah (784-760)
Nahum (650-630)
To Edom
Obadiah (850-840)
To Judah (Fell 586)
Joel (835-796))
Isaiah (739-680)
Micah (735-710)
Zephaniah (635-625)
Jeremiah (627-570)
Habakkuk (620-605)
Exile
To the Jews in Babylon. 70 yrs.
Daniel (605-536)
Ezekiel (593-570)
Post Exile
In Jerusalem
Haggai (520-505)
Zechariah (520-470)
Malachi (437-417)
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