Old Testament Studies Mid term 2017
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Old Testament Studies
February 2, 2017 Minor Prophet Research Paper
We know that there are twelve’s Minor Prophets that are mention in the Old Testament Studies in the book. They are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. In the Old Testament part of the Bible books are broken down into twelve’s books that can also be refer to as the twelve traditional authors of the books. The first prophet is Hosea: of the books in the Hebrew Bible that really stands among the Twelve Minor Prophets. Hosea prophesied during the history of Israel, which was during the 8
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Century fall of Northern Kingdoms. Hosea focus was on God’s unfailing love towards the sinful Israel. The second prophet is Joel: he had a prophetic gift to all God’s people, and the safety of God’s people in the face if cosmic cataclysm. Third prophet: Amos was the older of the commentary of Hosea and Isaiah. Fourth prophet is Obadiah: Obadiah is an oracle concerning the divine judgment of Edom and the restoration of Israel. Fifth prophet: The book of Jonah deals with the religious and social issues of the late centuries. Jonah deals with a passive man and God, his name carries with it an element of passivity. Jonah was sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh but he tries to escape the divine mission that God had for him to. Sixth prophet: Micah was a prophet from the village of Moresheth in Judah. Micah is centered on the judgment against the nations and their leaders, restoration of Zion, and God’s lawsuit against Israel and expression of hope. The seventh
prophet was Nahum: he believes that his prophecies are to be referred to the latter half of 1
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the reign of Hezekiah. The eighth Habakkuk plays important role in Christian thought, its
background marched around the Babylonians against Jerusalem. The important theme of Habakkuk it was trying to grow from faith of perplexity and doubt to the height of absolute trust in God. Habakkuk is unique among the prophets in that he openly questions
the wisdom of God. The ninth prophet was Zephaniah whom is the son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Zephaniah. Zephaniah is reminiscent in the creation and of Noah’s flood, it was also drawn upon the emerging idea that Yahweh is quite different from the regional or may even the tribal gods of the surrounding nations. The tenth prophet was Haggai, who helped lead the Jews in their return to the land. Haggai is centered on the command to rebuild the Temple, the coming glory of the Temple, blessings for a defiled people and Zerubbabel chosen as a Signet. The eleventh prophet was Zechariah- his ministry took place during the reign of Darius the Great. We know that Malachi was the last of the twelve Minor Prophets. Malachi was really written to correct the lax religious and social behavior of the Israelites, even after the restoration to the land and to Temple worship that the people’s commitment to their God began to wane
it was referred to as Malachi delivering his prophesy. The mission of the books was to encourage disobedient people to repent from sin; to encourage wayward people to return to God; to encourage the people to remember that
God will triumph and God’s people will be vindicated. The Minor Prophets used two methods to fulfill the mission: the prophets preached or proclaimed the Word of God; the prophet’s prophesized. The Minor Prophets follow a pattern: (1) there was a warning of impending judgment because of sinfulness. (2) the prophetic warning is often followed by an identification and description of the sins. (3) the prophets announce and describe 2
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coming judgment. (4) call for repentance (5) proclaims a promise of future deliverance and/or restoration.
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Jonah, Amos and Hosea are the Prophets of Israel. Obadiah, Joel, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah are the Prophets of Judah. Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are the Prophets of Postexilic. The Prophets of Israel minister to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The utterances of the prophets, for the most part, centered around four main points in history: (1) their own times (2) the threatening captivities and eventual restoration (3) the coming of their Messiah and (4) the reign of the Messiah as King.
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The restoration was important for so many different reasons: it helped us to know that God didn’t forget his promise he made to Abraham and also the restoration was directly related to the life and ministry of the coming Messiah, in the renewal of the Messianic promises.
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In conclusion, this was a great experience for me to learn about the Twelve Minor
Prophets in the book. They played many different roles in the Bible. The mission of the books was to encourage disobedient people to repent from sin; to encourage wayward people to return to God; to encourage the people to remember that God will triumph and God’s people will be vindicated. The Minor Prophets used two methods to fulfill the mission: the prophets preached or proclaimed the Word of God; the prophet’s prophesized. Christ is centered in all the Twelve Minor Prophets as preaching and teaching, exploring preaching is governed through the thoughts and purpose of the preacher and they first must apply to their lives and the truth is then applied to the lives of
the hearers.
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Chisholm, Robert B. Jr., Interpreting the Minor Prophets, Zondervan Publishing House, 1990
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Jensen, Irving, L., Jensen’s Survey of The Old Testament, Moody Press, pg. 396
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Jensen, Irving, L., Jensen’s Survey of The Old Testament, Moody Press, pg. 454
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Chisholm, Robert B. Jr., Interpreting the Minor Prophets, Zondervan Publishing House, 1990
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Chisholm, Robert, B. Jr., Interpreting the Minor Prophets, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1990
Jensen, Irving, L., Jensen’s Survey of The Old Testament, Moody Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
www.en.wikipedia.org
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