Bible_Study_18 Flashcards
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Key Word of Micah
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The Violation of the Covenant
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Importance & Distinctives of Micah
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Micah was the first to predict the Babylonian Exile.
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Background of Micah
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Micah preached in the last days of the Northern Kingdom. While the other prophets had said “Judgment is Coming”, Micah said “Judgment is here.”
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Micah was a
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prophet of the common people, a defender of the poor, the downtrodden, and the exploited.
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Micah was a younger contemporary of
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Amos and Hosea and was closely associated with Isaiah.
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Micah and Isaiah began their ministries about the same time
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and preached the contemporaries for 4 decades.
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Micah and Isaiah’s primary ministries were to
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the Southern Kingdom.
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Micah was a ________________ ______________ like Amos, and spoke to the _________________ _____.
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country preacher; common man
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Isaiah was a ________________ ______________ and spoke to the ____________ ____________.
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Court preacher; King’s Court
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Micah’s first sermon is pictured as a
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courtroom drama where Israel is accused of violating her covenant with Jehovah - with the world as the jury and God as the Judge.
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Micah 5:2 predicts
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the Bethlehem birth.
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Subtitle of Isaiah
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The Messianic and Millennial Prophet
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Main Content of Isaiah
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•”From the revolt of Satan to the rule of the Savior! Here it is, as told by Scripture’s most eloquent Prophet!”♦•Isaiah is a miniature Bible in the Bible. It, like the Bible itself, is a book of Salvation and the Savior.♦•Isaiah has one chapter for every one of the 66 books of the Bible.♦•Isaiah is divided into 2 major sections, just as the Bible.♦•The last chapter of Isaiah (Isaiah 66), concludes with a prophecy of the New Heavens and the New Earth, just as does the last book of the Bible.
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Key Word of Isaiah
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Salvation. This word appears 27 times in Isaiah as compared with only 7 times in all the other books of the prophets combined.
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Key Chapter of Isaiah
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Isaiah 53
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Author of Isaiah
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Isaiah
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Date of Isaiah
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He ministered for about 60 years.
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Purpose of Isaiah
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Twofold:♦•To rebuke his present sinful generation and call them back to their covenant relationship with God. (Chapters 1-39)♦•To comfort a future exiled generation and insure them God would call them back to their covenantal land and a future Messianic Kingdom. (Chapters 40-66)
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Importance & Distinctives of Isaiah
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•Greatness: “To the Jews, Isaiah was the greatest of the prophets.”♦•Literary Merit: Isaiah was perhaps the greatest writer who ever lived. His skills and eloquence surpass Shakespeare, Milton, and Homer. ♦•It is the 3rd longest book of the Bible, surpassed only by Jeremiah and Psalms.♦•It is called the Messianic prophet, the 5th Gospel, and the Evangelical prophet. Only the Psalms have more verses about Christ. Jesus said Isaiah saw His glory and spoke of Him.♦•For years, skeptics had claimed that the Biblical text of the Old Testament had been greatly corrupted as copies of copies of copies had been made down through the centuries. Liberal professors taught what we could no longer be sure of the original text.♦•With this great manuscript find (the Dead Sea Scrolls), we had the perfect test tube experiment to prove or disprove the accuracy of the Jewish copying process. Had the text changed over the course of 1000 years - a full millennium of being copied and recopied by hand? The astounding answer is NO. Thanks to the biblical sovereign preservation of God, the Biblical text and the Bible you hold in your hand is the same as when it was first inspired by God! “…The Word of our God shall stand forever.” (Isa 40:8)
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What is the 3rd longest book in the Bible
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Isaiah, surpassed only by Jeremiah and Psalms.
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The meaning of Isaiah’s name is the same as the message of His book,
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Salvation is of the Lord.
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Isaiah was of distinguished lineage and education.
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Jewish tradition says that he was a nephew of King Amaziah and cousin of King Uzziah. He was thus of royal seed and was a preacher at the royal court.
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Isaiah was married to
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a prophetess and had 2 sons.
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Like Ezekiel, Isaiah acted out his message in unusual ways.
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God commanded Isaiah to walk barefoot and naked for 3 years to picture how Assyria would conquer Egypt and Ethiopia - this removing all hope that Judah could trust in foreign alliances and moving them to trust in God alone for safety.
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The Jewish Talmud says that Isaiah was martyred by
being sawn asunder by evil King Manasseh.
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Isaiah was a younger contemporary of the prophets
Amos and Hosea in the Northern Kingdom and ministered alongside Micah in the Southern Kingdom.
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Immanuel means
God with us.
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Isaiah 43:10 "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me." refutes:
•Polytheism - There is only ONE God!♦•Pantheism - This God is Personal, Intelligent, and Distinct from His Creation. There is a God and we are not Him!♦•Mormonism and Word Faithism - We cannot become gods and we are not "little gods".♦•Jehovah Witness's view that Jesus was an angel who became a god.♦•Armstrongism - We cannot join the God head.♦•Universalism - All men will not be saved. There is only One God and there is only One Savior.♦•Liberalism and Cultism - Since the "LORD" Jehovah declares, "beside Me there is no Savior, then every verse calling Jesus the Savior is an inspired proof that Jesus is Jehovah God!
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Isaiah 28:9-13 implications:
•In the great chapters of the Blessings or Cursings (Deut 28-29), Israel was warned that one of the cursings for disobedience to the Covenant was to be spoken to in another "tongue" (Deut 28:49) - the language of a nation that would carry them away into Captivity. If they rejected their Sovereign King and God of the (old) Covenant, they would be spoken to in other tongues and carried into Captivity.♦•Isaiah and Jeremiah both spoke of this warning before the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities (Isa 33:19; Jer 5:15). Thus to the Jews, it was a sign of judgment by Captivity to be spoken of in another tongue/language.♦•In 1 Corinthians 14:21-22, Paul quotes from this very passage (Isa 28:11-12) to explain the purpose of the New Testament give of tongues. Tongues were a warning sign of judgment to Israel for rejecting their Messiah King and God of the (New) Covenant - Jesus. If they did not repent, they would be carried into Captivity by a fierce nation pictured by an "eagle" (Deut 28:49). The eagle was the symbol of Rome which carried Israel into Captivity in AD 70 - a captivity that lasted almost 2,000 years.♦•This passage in Isaiah (28:9-10) also instructs us concerning the proper way to teach our children God's Word. From their infancy, we are to give them simple "line upon line...precept upon precept" teachings which build one upon another.
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Isaiah 53: The Rejection of the Savior
•He was despised (counted as nothing) because of His lowly background.♦•He was rejected because of His message.♦•He was a man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief because of His earthly mission.♦•These verses answer the greatest questions raised in the mind of the Jew when confronted with the question of Christ. How could Jesus be the Jewish Messiah if He was rejected by the Jewish people, and how could an ordinary man have been the Messiah? ♦•The answer is that the Jewish Scriptures written by the greatest Jewish prophet predicted that the Jewish Messiah would be rejected by the Jewish people because He would appear to be just an ordinary man!
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Isaiah 53:4-6 - The Messiah to Suffer for our Sins
•The key word in verse 4 is "Our". Here we have the Substitutionary Atonement and Sacrifice of Christ described clearly in the Old Testament. Jesus died for our Sins. ♦•The last part of verse 4 informs us that the nation of Israel in general would look upon the cross as a righteous sentence imposed by God Himself upon a blasphemer named Jesus of Nazareth!♦•Verse 5 tells us this was done "for our transgression...for our iniquities...the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed."♦•The 2nd half of verse 6 declares that all of the guilt of ALL men was laid upon Christ. Christ died for all men. He took our Hell that we might partake of His Heaven.
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Isaiah 53:7-10 - The Messiah to Die for our Sins
•Verse 7 points out His suffering in silence as the Lamb of God.♦•Verse 8 points out that His Death was for Sin.♦•Verse 9 reminds us that His Cross was between thieves. His burial in a rich man's tomb, and of His sinless innocence.
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will
personally RULE a world wide kingdom from His spiritual capital of Jerusalem
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, Israel will be
made God's Holy people again. "He that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jersualem, shall be called holy, even everyone that is written among the living in Jerusalem". (Isa 4:3)
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millenium, the Messiah will
restore the Earth as he removes the curse of Sin from the Physical World. ♦•This will include the healing of all sickness. ♦•There will be a total healing of all the deformed. The healing of all deformity will take place at the inception of the Millennium. There will be no tragedies of mental or physical handicaps or birth defects during this blessed age.♦•There will be no natural death in the Kingdom. The life-span of man will be expanded with those in the Millennium actually living for the entire 1,000 years.♦•There will be no accidents and no disasters for a thousand years. God Himself will preserve life.
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In the Millennium, Isaiah tells us that all of mankind
will worship the true God.♦•The temple will be rebuilt at Jerusalem♦•All nations will worship there. ♦•Jesus will personally teach and judge all men.
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will usher in an age of world-wide
peace. There will finally be World peace when the Prince of Peace rules this world. There will be peace among the nations, neighbors, families, with God, and within human hearts.
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will usher in an age of unparalleled
joy.
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will usher in an age of unparalleled am age where He will
personally minister to and comfort every need.
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will usher in an age of
Holiness for all mankind.
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will usher in an age with
unprecedented, universal outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all mankind. This outpouring will take place at the beginning of the Millennium at a unique time in history when all adults on Earth are saved (the lost survivors of the Tribulation having been cast into Hell at the judgments following the Tribulation).
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Isaiah tells us that in the Millennium, the Messiah will usher in an age of perfect
Understanding as all the inhabitants are personally taught God's truth by Jesus Who is the Truth and are given understanding by the Holy Spirit, Who is the Spirit of Truth.
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In the Millennium, Isaiah tells us that the Messiah will usher in an age of perfect
Unity as all men speak a common tongue, the curse of the confusion of languages at Babel having been conquered.
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In the Millennium, Isaiah tells us that the Messiah will usher in a glorious age inhabited by
those in natural bodies and by those in glorified bodies.
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Glorified / Supernatural bodies:
The Church, Old Testament saints, resurrected Tribulation saints, the entire resurrected family of God.
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Natural bodies:
The saved survivors of the Tribulation (Jewish and Gentile) and their offspring. The lost survivors of the Tribulation will be cast into Hell at the Judgments following Armageddon.♦ During the Millennium, children will be born, just like any other time. Living saints who go into the Millennium in their natural bodies will beget children throughout the age. During the Millennium, however, these children will live without defect or sickness for the entire 1,000 years.♦ During the Millennium, people will have jobs and work, just as at any other time. The curse on man's labor will also have been lifted, resulting in unimaginable blessing and prosperity. During this glorious age, Christ will completely abolish all Hunger and Famine.
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The Final Revolt of Satan
•After the 1,000 years, Satan is loosed for a "short season" and tempts all those who were born during the Millennium, but have never been tested by temptation, to now rebel against God.♦•Millions who refused the new birth and only outwardly conformed during the Millennial Kingdom will now gather with Satan for the final revolt against God. This is referred to as the battle of Gog and Magog (named after, but not the same as the Russian invasion of Israel during the Tribulation. These rebels follow Satan to their doom and are cast with him into the Lake of Fire.
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Zephaniah
The great-great-grandson of King Hezekiah and therefore, of royal blood. He was like Isaiah, a prophet of the royal court.
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Subtitle of Zephaniah
The Day of the Lord - A Day of Wrath and Restoration
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Main Content of Zephaniah
Day of the Lord a Day of Judgment and a Day of Restoration.
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Theme of Zephaniah
The restoration of Israel in the Day of the Lord.
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Key Word of Zephaniah
The Day of the Lord. This phrase is found more often in Zephaniah than in any other book. Zephaniah speaks of this Day as a time of Judgment and Justice and of Judgment on Sin and Restoration of God's People. The restoration of Israel in the Day of the Lord.
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Author of Zephaniah
Zephaniah
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Destination of Zephaniah
The Southern and Sole Surviving Kingdom of Judah
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Background of Zephaniah
The Northern Kingdom of Israel had already fallen to Assyria by the time of Zephaniah. In the south, the 55 evil years under wicked kings Manasseh and Amon had a profound effect upon Judah, from which it never fully recovered. Zephaniah's prophecies helped bring about a temporary revival in 621 BC under King Josiah, but it was far too little and far too late! After Josiah's death the people quickly turned back to their sin.
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Importance & Distinctives of Zephaniah
•Zephaniah mentions the prophetic Day of the Lord more than any other book.♦•Zephaniah predicts the reversal of the curse of Babel during the millennial Kingdom of Christ.
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Subtitle of Habakkuk
The Doubting Thomas of the Old Testament
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Main Content of Habakkuk
•"The sighs, the cries, and the whys, as uttered by the doubting Thomas of the old testament!...It is a book of deepest doubt. His doubts centered around 2 painful problems. How could God allow the sins of Israel go unpunished? God then tells him Judah would indeed be punished by the Babylonians. How, then, he asks, could God justify allowing a godless nation to punish Judah, which at least believed in God and had some good men left?♦•Habakkuk looks around at the sin of his nation and the cruelty of wicked oppressors and asks the age old question "Why does God allow the righteous to suffer and sinners to prosper?" God answers these questions with His Justice, his Timing, and His Glory.
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Key Word of Habakkuk
Why?
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Author of Habakkuk
Habakkuk
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Background of Habakkuk
Habakkuk prophesied to the sole surviving kingdom of Judah during the death throes of a nation.
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Importance & Distinctives of Habakkuk
•Style: In addition to being a prophet, Habakkuk was one of the Levitical Choristers (singers) and wrote in a style more akin to the poetical wisdom literature than the prophets. In fact, the final verse reveals this book was actually a song.♦•Habakkuk sees one of the greatest manifestations of God's glory in Scripture, thus turning his doubts into shouts♦•Habakkuk is the author of the great theological declaration, "the just shall live by his faith" (Hab 2:4), as quoted in Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38.♦♦Habakkuk was the final prophet given to Judah before the Babylonian Captivity just as Micah (who ministered to both kingdoms) had been the final prophet to given to Israel before the Assyrian Captivity.
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Habakkuk's 4 Questions to God
1. Why doesn't God hear my prayers?♦2. Why doesn't God solve my problem?♦3. Why does God allow the wicked to prosper?♦4. Why does God allow the righteous to suffer?
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Habakkuk's Main Questions to God - Why does God allow suffering and injustice?
1) God has chosen to judge wicked men at the hand of wicked men. ♦2) God can use the Wicked: Habakkuk's Faith in the Everlasting God. Habakkuk first proclaims his faith in the everlasting covenant of his Everlasting God, declaring that Israel will not be annihilated, but that Babylon is merely God's tool to discipline, not destroy Israel for her sin. ♦3) Habakkuk anticipates and receives God's answer: God will judge the wicked and correct all injustices according to His "appointed time". The man of God is told to..."...Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time...though it tarry, wait for it: because it will surely come..."♦ ♦"For Habakkuk, the message was clear. Stop complaining! Stop doubting! God is not indifferent to sin! He is not insensitive to suffering. ...He is in control. IN His perfect time Yahweh will accomplish His divine purpose."♦ ♦For us, the message is just as clear. There is a time to silence our questions and trust our God!
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The Joy of Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:17-18: "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation."♦ ♦Once we have truly been in the presence of God, we can truly learn to have joy in the Lord in any circumstances! This is certainly one of the greater passages of hope in the entire Bible!♦ ♦As was the case with Job, once we truly see God in His Glory, all of our questions are replaced with total trust in His power, His wisdom, and His love!
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The Strength of Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3:19 "The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments."♦ ♦The Presence of God gives us the strength to stand in the midst of the Valley or upon the mountain top!
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Subtitle of Nahum
The Destruction of Nineveh
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Main Content of Nahum
♦Nahum is a warning about the danger of spiritual erosion. It reveals the horrible danger of failing to pass the faith along to the next generation.♦♦Over 2,700 years ago, an ancient prophet gazed down at the mightiest city on earth, capital of the greatest empire the world had ever seen. It was built by Nimrod. The city was prepared to withstand a 25 year siege. It was set along the Tigris River. The moat around the city walls was 150 feet wide and 60 feet deep.
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Background of Nahum
Assyria and its capital city of Nineveh was a bitter oppressor of Israel and Judah, often placing both nations under bondage and tribute. Assyria carried the Northern Kingdom into captivity in 721 BC. At this time they also invaded Judah, capturing 46 cities and besieging Jerusalem. Only direct intervention by God and the death of the 185,000 Assyria troops in one night prevented the fall of Judah.
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Importance & Distinctives of Nahum
♦Nahum is one of the only 2 Biblical books given over completely to the destruction of a heathen nation. The other is Obadiah which describes the destruction of Edom.♦♦Nahum is a classic example of the Justice of God and of a fulfillment of Genesis 15:16, "For the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full." The terrible sin of Nineveh at the time of Jonah had returned and was now terminal!
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Nineveh is first mentioned in
Genesis 10:8-12.
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Nineveh was first built by
Nimrod, who also built the Tower of Babel and the city of Babylon. He was also the founder of the world wide false religious system of Mystery of Babylon.
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Nineveh represents the
Apostate Gentile Religious System as Babylon represents the Gentile Political System.
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Nineveh is distinguished from all other ancient Gentile cities by the fact that
it knew God under the preaching of Jonah, but had now completely apostatized into paganism.
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Nahum 2:6,8 predict that Nineveh will be destroyed by a "flood" when the "gates of the rivers" are opened and that the one hundred foot stone walls and massive stone palace will literally "dissolve"!
♦Deserters fled to the Babylonian army and informed them of the celebration within the walls.♦♦The locks and gates to an already flooded reservoir which was now overflowing from the massive rainstorm, were suddenly opened, sending a gigantic wall of water down the bed of the Tigris River, which flowed under the walls of Nineveh.♦♦The walls then collapsed as the sun dried brick literally dissolved (just like God said!).
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Subtitle of Jeremiah
The Weeping Prophet with a Wrathful Message
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Main Content of Jeremiah
•The Message of Jeremiah was a message of Judgment at Judah's final hour. Jeremiah is the "Weeping Prophet with a Wrathful Message". He was the prophet to Judah's terminal generation, "the generation of His [God's] wrath." (Jer 7:29)♦•Because of Judah's gross sin, God was sending Babylon to conquer Judah and carry them into Captivity. Judah was to repent and submit to God's judgement by unconditional surrender. Needless to say, Jeremiah's message was not popular!♦•A note of application is important here: Often when we supposedly "repent" of sin, we are upset with God if consequences still follow. Genuine repentance, however, feels that it deserves and therefore submits to punishment or consequences!♦•"A heartbroken prophet with a heartbreaking message, Jeremiah labors for more than forty years proclaiming a message of doom to the stiff-necked people of Judah. Despised and persecuted by his countrymen, Jeremiah bathes his harsh prophecies in tears of compassion. His broken heart causes him to write a broken book..."
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Key Chapter of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 31 - The New Covenant
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Author of Jeremiah
Jeremiah, aided by his secretary, Baruch.
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Dates of Jeremiah
Jeremiah's ministry lasted almost 60 years.
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Importance & Distinctives of Jeremiah
Jeremiah is this 2nd longest book of the Bible (after Psalms). In fact, it may technically be considered the longest actual book in the Bible, since Psalms is actually a collection of 150 individual songs rather than a regular book. In fact, Jeremiah is about 1/3rd longer than all the minor prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos Obadiah, Jonah, Micah Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi) combined.
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Jeremiah is known as the Weeping Prophet.
His name means "Jehovah hurls down" or "Jehovah establishes a foundation".
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Jeremiah was the most persecuted of all the Old Testament prophets.
He was hated by his countrymen because they wrongly saw him as a traitor because of his message that Judah would be defeated because of God's judgment and therefore should surrender to Babylon to avoid their own destruction.
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It is believed that not only did Jeremiah pen the book of Jeremiah and Lamentations,
but also that he compiled 1 & 2 Kings.
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Jeremiah penned the
2nd greatest amount of Scripture of any Biblical Writer. Moses is the first.
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721 BC
Assyria (dominant world power) conquers Israel and then is prevented from conquering Judah only by the miraculous intervention of God in answer to the prayers of Isaiah and King Hezekiah.
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605 BC
1st Babylonian Invasion of Judah. Daniel is carried captive to Babylon. Judah becomes a vassal kingdom to Babylon.
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597 BC
2nd Babylonian Invasion of Judah. Ezekiel is carried captive to Babylon. Babylon had marched against Egypt itself and suffered a major defeat. Judah had then switched allegiance to Egypt and was punished with this invasion.
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Subtitle of Lamentations
The Wailing Wall of the Bible OR Jerusalem's Funeral
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Main Content of Lamentations
It is a mute reminder that sin, in spite of all its allurement and excitement, carries with it heavy weights of sorrow, grief, misery, bareness, and pain. It is the other side of the 'eat, drink and be merry' coin.
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Author of Lamentations
Jeremiah - This weeping prophet is a picture of another weeping prophet who would also weep over this same city some six centuries later (Christ).
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Dates of Lamentations
The siege of Jerusalem lasted from 588-586 BC. The city fell on July 19, 586 BC and the city and the temple were burned on August 15, 586 BC.
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Recipients of Lamentations
Lamentations was written to the captives in Babylon to show that as God had faithfully delivered the Covenant Curses on Israel for their sin, even so, He would faithfully fulfill His promises of Restoration for their Repentance.
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Importance & Distinctives of Lamentations
•The book is composed of 5 elegies, dirges, or funeral songs, all lamenting the tragic destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.♦•A different Hebrew letter begins each of the 22 verses in chapters 1, 2, and 4, using each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet successfully.
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Background of Lamentations
Tradition says that Jeremiah sat weeping outside Jerusalem's north wall as he wrote this book, under the knoll called Golgotha.
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The promise of a New Covenant guaranteed that
the Old Covenant (and the Law), would pass away.
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The New Covenant was inaugurated at the death of Christ,
but it will see its fulfillment in the complete restoration of the Jews as God's covenant people in the Millennium.
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The New Covenant
is unconditional, unchangeable, unending, enabling, and atoning.
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The New Covenant gives
new hearts (rather than new rules) through the regeneration of the Spirit.
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The New Covenant brings
the forgiveness of brsins.
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Theme of Hosea
The Prostitution of Israel
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Theme of Micah
The Transgression of Israel
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Theme of Isaiah
The Salvation of Israel.
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Memorize Isaiah 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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Memorize Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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Isaiah 9:6-7
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
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Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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This verse teaches that the earth is round.
Isaiah 40:22
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This verse predicts the Bethlehem birth.
Micah 5:2
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Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
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Jeremiah 29:13
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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Ahaz (732-716 BC)
He was Judah's 2nd worse king, even sacrificing his own children to idols. God offered him a sign that his kingdom would be delivered from the Syrian-Israeli alliance. In unbelief, he rejected God's offer, but was graciously given Isaiah's prophecy of the Virgin Birth.
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Hezekiah (716-687 BC)
This son of the wicked Ahaz became the second best king of Judah. He organized the greatest Passover celebration since Solomon. He also helped organize the books of Psalms and Proverbs.
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Rabshakeh
The Assyrian spokesman who blasphemed God when the Assyrian army surrounded Jerusalem.
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Sennacherib
The Assyrian General who besieged Jerusalem and saw his army defeated by the prayer or Hezekiah.
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Cyrus
The future king of the Persian Empire who Isaiah predicted would command the return of the Jews to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. Isaiah made this prophecy and called this king by name 200 years prior to his birth.
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Zephaniah
The great-great-grandson of King Hezekiah and therefore, of royal blood. He was like Isaiah, a prophet of the royal court.
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Habakkuk
Means "embrace". He was the final prophet called to the Southern Kingdom before its fall to Babylon. He was not only a prophet but also a Levitical Chorister in the Temple choir.
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Nebuzardan
The chief-of-staff of Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar and was instructed to treat Jeremiah with kindness after the Fall of Jerusalem
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Pashhur
The chief temple priest who had Jeremiah whipped and put in stocks
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Hananiah
The false prophet who opposed Jeremiah declaring God had broken the yoke of Babylon
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Josiah
The final righteous king of Judah and led the nation's last revival.
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Johoiakim
The oldest brother of Jehoahaz and son of Josiah. He was appointed as vassal king by Pharoah Necho. ♦♦He was violently opposed to Jeremiah and took a pen knife to the scroll of the book of Jeremiah, burning the Word of God one page at a time. ♦♦He suffered the first Babylonian Invasion and became a vassal of Babylon when Egypt was defeated in 605 BC.
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Zedekiah
He saw his sons slain before his eyes and was then blinded and deported to Babylon.
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Johanan
He ruled as Governor after Gedaliah, and against Jeremiah's warnings, attempted to flee with a Jewish remnant to Egypt taking Jeremiah with them as their prisoner.
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We must study the doctrine of Satanology confidently.
•Knowing that when we submit to God and resist the Devil, he must flee from us. (James 4:7)♦•Knowing that "greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world". (1 John 4:4)♦•Knowing that the Devil must kneel and ask permission of God before he can even approach a believer (Job -2)
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When we submit to God and resist the Devil,
he must flee from us. (James 4:7)
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The Devil must kneel and ask permission of God
before he can even approach a believer (Job -2)
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We must study the doctrine of Satanology carefully - recognizing 2 opposite dangers.
•Ignorance - We should be aware of our enemy's devices "lest Satan should get an advantage of us". (2 Cor 2:11)♦•Interest - One of Satan's devices is to draw our attention away from God and to himself, even if that focus is for the purpose of fighting against him. (Luke 10:20)
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Three Chapters that refer to Satan's Fall
Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28, Revelation 12
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Lucifer is not an Eternal Being
Though he will exist for all of Eternity Future, he has not existed for all Eternity Past.
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Lucifer was created by God: (Ezekiel 28:15)
Lucifer was created in perfection & holiness. He only became sinful after he fell into sin as an act of his free will.♦♦He is not as powerful as his Creator - not even close! Satan loves to exaggerate his own power in his longing for glory, worship, fear and equality with God.
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Lucifer was created as an angel of God: (Ezekiel 28:14)
He was an "anointed cherub".♦♦He was originally the chief cherub.
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Lucifer was created in absolute Holiness
He was the height or pinnacle of perfection, perhaps the most perfect creation of God - "...Thus saith the Lord God, Though sealest up the sum".♦♦He was "full of wisdom". Satan uses this wisdom against men today. False intellectualism, pseudo-science, and vain philosophies (secular and religious) have always been favorite tools of our subtle and sinister foe.♦♦He was created with built in musical instruments. Music was designed for the worship and glory of God. It appears that Satan may have been given charge over the music and worship of God in heaven.
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Note the famous five "I Will's " in the Fall of Lucifer:
♦I will be in the Place of God - Heaven♦♦I will rule the Angels of God - "stars"♦♦I will rule the creation of God♦♦I will possess greater glory than God♦♦I will have the Power of God
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Contrast of Satan's "I Wills" and Jesus' Will
♦Five times in Glory, Satan declared, "I Will"♦♦Three times in Gethsemane, Jesus declared "Not my will, but Thine be done."
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Notice that the desire for Godhood was at
the heart of Satan's fall and at the heart of the fall of man.
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Lucifer was lifted up and fell because of the pride of his heart over his beauty.
The sin of pride is therefore one of his chief tools which he uses against us today. The essence of all pride is taking glory to one's self that belongs to God.
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Lucifer retains the appearance of his original creation as an Angel of Light.
It is important to realize he still utilizes this attribute to deceive and that his preachers also appear as ministers of righteousness.
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The 5 Chief Sins of Satan
1. Pride♦2. Jealousy♦3. Self-will♦4. Rebellion♦5. Coveteousness
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We Are To Be Aware and Be Wary of the Devices of the Devil
♦Satan gains a foothold of control in our lives through unforgiveness.♦♦We are to be "vigilant" - constantly alert to the dangers of temptation and attack.♦♦Our response should be to remain steadfast in the faith by:♦♦Resting in and accepting how greatly God loves and cares for us and then casting our ♦ cares upon him.♦♦Knowing that, contrary to Satan's lie, we are not the only ones suffering this badly.♦♦Knowing that God will supply grace though and bring good out of our trial.
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Why Did God Allow Satan to Tempt Man
•God granted this because of His Own holy nature.♦•God granted this because of His loving desire to have voluntary love and fellowship from man.♦•God allowed man to be given a choice in Eden because of His Sovereign Wisdom in that He is able to bring greater good out of the events that have followed the fall. One example of this is the teaching of Paul in Romans 5 that believers have gained far more in their salvation through Christ than they lost in their fall with Adam.
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In order to deceptively imitate God, Satan appears as an angel of light.
Entire false religions have been founded by men who claimed to have been given their revelations by an angel of light.
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Satan's most dangerous guise is always his appearance, not as evil, but as good.
Few will embrace overt evil. It must be hidden or twisted into appearing as good.
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Satan takes the Scriptures
out of context
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Satan makes sure the Scriptures are
misinterpreted or misapplied.
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Satan leads men to
overstress certain doctrines.
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Satan leads men to understress certain doctrines.
Even doctrines which we believe rightly may be so underemphasized in our thinking or living that, practically speaking, we live as if we rejected that truth.
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We should be aware of Satan's most dangerously subtle attack on the Scriptures.
He takes the true Words of God rightly believed, and tempts men not to apply them.
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The Devil's Role as the Opposer of God
•Satan attacks the family♦•Satan hinders the work of God. ♦•Satan afflicts men physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually. ♦•Satan is the source of some, but not all affliction and sickness.♦•Satan blinds men to the truth of the Gospel.♦•Satan accuses Christians before the throne of God.♦•Satan tempts men.♦•Satan deceives men.♦•Satan provokes wars. This is indicated by the end of wars when he is bound and their return upon his release.♦•Satan stands against Israel - the chosen people of God.♦•Satan casts doubt upon God's Word - "And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said...?"♦•Satan changes or corrupts God's Word - "Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"♦•Satan completely denies God's Word "...Ye shall not surely die".
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The Temptation of Eve
•The Devil attacks with doubt - "And he said unto the woman, Yeah hath God Said Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"♦•Satan takes our God-given desires and perverts them into evil desires.♦•The Lust of the Eyes - "...an that it was pleasant to the eyes..."♦•Satan fell through pride and caused man to fall through pride. Men have never learned and have been falling prey to this same tactic for centuries. How many lives, marriages, friendships, and churches have all been destroyed by pride.
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The Temptation of Job in Uz
•Satan is not all present. He came before God from the earth where he had been wandering to and fro. The Devil can only be in one place at a time.♦•He is not all knowing. He had no idea how Job would respond or that his entire plan would end in failure.♦•He is not all powerful. He has much power, but was so conscious of his inability to overcome God's power that he did not even attempt to do so♦•He is not Sovereign. He can't tempt a believer except by God's permission.♦•God knows exactly how much we can bare.♦•God will not allow Satan beyond this point.♦•God only allows temptations to strengthen and to purify us.
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The Temptation of Christ
•No one is immune from temptation♦•Satan strikes at times when we are most susceptible •After our mountain top experiences - Jesus had just been baptized and publicly announced as the Messiah by John & the Father. The evil strikes when we are glad and therefore are not expecting or preparing for an attack.•During our valleys - Jesus has fasted for 40 days. The Devil strikes when we are sad, mad, in need, struggling with powerful desires, in weakness, or more tempted to be dominated by our emotions.•Before our service - Jesus was about to begin His public ministry. The old serpent wants to disqualify you from serving God or reaching others.♦•We can prepare for temptation. Jesus was filled with the Spirit and had His heart filled with memorized Scripture before He faced temptation.♦•Satan tempts us to act independently from God.♦•Satan often attacks in areas of our strengths and therefore potential overconfidence and lack of confidence upon God.♦•Satan tempts with the lust of the eyes. We defeat this by a heart and eyes so focusted on worship and Christ that the world holds no appeal. ♦•Satan tempts us to believe that he can give us all that we desire, but that God will not.
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Resources For Battling Satan - We must stay:
♦In The Word♦♦In The Spirit♦♦In The Church♦♦In Submissive Surrender to the Lord♦♦In God's Presence♦♦In Contrition (Humble Repentance and Confession)♦♦Out of the World♦♦Out of the situations that make provisions (give opportunites) to the flesh
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What Does it Mean To Resist the Devil
♦It means to submit to God - Satan wants you to rebel.♦♦It means to draw near to God - Satan wants you distant from God.♦♦It means to humble yourself - Satan wants you proud.♦♦It means to confess and genuinely repent of sin - Satan wants you to deny your sin and continue in your sin.
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Theistic Evolution teaches that God created man
by process of millions of years of suffering, agony, and death.
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Theistic Evolution denies that death and suffering were the penalty of man's sin and teaches instead
that they were created by God and were the tools he used to create man.
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Theistic Evolution assaults God's character by making him
the author of evil.
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Theistic Evolution destroys the entire basis of salvation through the death of Christ.
If Death came before sin, then it cannot be the wages of sin. If death is not the penalty of sin, then the death of Christ did not pay the penalty of our sins.
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Sacred Value of Life
Because he is created directly by God, because God directly breathed the life into man, and because he is made in the image of God, man has infinite worth and sacred value from conception to death, regardless of his age, health, intelligence, or ability to contribute to society.
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God is
all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-present, and all-sufficient.
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God has no need which man was created to meet.
God was not lonely or in need of companionship, love, praise, or worship.
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The Purpose of Our Creation
•We were created to fellowship with God.♦•We were created to know God.♦•We were created to experience the Person of God.♦•We were created to experience the Love of God.♦•We were created to glorify God.
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Pelagianism View of our Fallen Nature
There was no sinful nature which was passed on from Adam. God only olds individuals responsible for their own sin. Adam set a terrible precedent and left a poor example, but that's all.
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Arminianism View of our Fallen Nature
Man's holy nature has been weakened, but not removed and man is therefore still capable of living without sin. This view of man's nature always leads to theologies that include good works as part of obtaining or keeping salvation.
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Augustinian View of our Fallen Nature
All men are born with a depraved sin nature and are therefore lost sinners from conception, incapable of true righteousness. (Biblical View)
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All men inherit the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_♦ and are thus born as sinners. I sin because I am a sinner. I do not become a sinner because I sin!
Adamic Sin Nature
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Man is guilty for three reasons. Because of:
•Imputed Sin♦•Inherited Sin ♦•Involvement in Sin
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When was the church of Corinth Established and how long did Paul teach them?♦♦Paul's \_\_\_\_\_\_\_Missionary Journey, \_\_\_\_months
2nd ♦18 months
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The Corinthian church was a ________ church in a ____________ city.
Carnal, worldly
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Because of Corinth's strategic location, it had control of both land and sea trade routes, what did this make Corinth?♦♦The _______________ center of Greece
ommercial
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What was the population of cornith?
700,000
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What temple with its 1,000 prostitutes was located in Corinth?
Aphrodite
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What does the term "to corinthianize" mean?
fornication
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What does the term "Corinthian Girl" mean?
Prostitute
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What was the main problem with the Corinthian believers?♦♦They had not gotten the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_out of themselves.
world
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Why did Paul write 1 Corinthians?♦♦Reports of division from the household of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_♦Questions and problems from the official delegation of the church
Chloe
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When and where did Paul write 1 Corinthians?♦♦In Ephesus, on his ____ missionary journey
3rd
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1 Corinthians was written to correct the problems, ♦misunderstandings, and flaws of a ________ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
local church
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How does Wilmington describe 1 Corinthians?♦♦God's ___________ journal
medical
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What is the key word of 1 Corinthians?♦♦Correction of ________ Living
Carnal
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What is the key Chapter of 1 Corinthians? ♦♦1 Corinthian 13- the ______ chapter
love
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What is the Theme of 1 Corinthians?♦♦Correcting the problems of the _________ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
local church
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1 Corinthians is the _______________ of Paul's letters?
longest
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Paul's recording secretary was _____________ ?
Sosthenes
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Who was named ruler of the Jewish synagogue after Crispus was converted, and later incited an insurrection against Paul which resulted in him being beaten by an angry Greek mob.
Sosthenes
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Who did Paul receive a letter from indicating that there were divisions in the church?
Chloe
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What three groups formed the divisions in the church?♦♦Those that followed \_\_\_\_\_\_\_♦Those that followed \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_♦Those that followed \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
Paul♦Appollos♦Peter
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What 7 areas were confusing the Corinthian church and in what chapters did Paul address them?♦♦1. Marriage♦2. Freedom in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_♦3. __________ of Men and Women♦4. The Lord's \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.♦5. _______ of the Spirit♦6. Resurrection♦7. Giving
1. Marriage♦2. Christ♦3. Roles ♦4. Supper♦5. Gifts ♦6. Resurrection♦7. Giving
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Does the manifestation of Spiritual Gifts guarantee the spirituality of the church?
no
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What does 1 Corinthians 1 refute and destroy?
Baptismal Regeneration - The need for baptism as part of the gospel
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Is baptism needed as part of the gospel?
NO
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What are 3 types of people?
1. Lost♦2. Carnal (saved but living like a lost person)♦3. Spiritual (saved and walking in the Spirit)
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What is it called when you are consciously and constantly surrendered to and dependent upon the Holy Spirit to live for and serve Christ?
Spirit Fullness
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What are three things found in the life of a carnal man?
Envy, strife, division
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What are 5 tests to know if you are carnal?♦♦1. Focused on ______ not God♦2. If you will cause __________ in the church of God over dislike♦ of or offense by a man♦3. An offense will make you stop \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_church♦4. An offense will cause you to stop \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.♦5. You are controlled by the _________ not the spirit
1. man ♦2. division♦3. attending ♦4. serving♦5. flesh
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What is the main purpose of church discipline?
To restore a brother
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What are the steps that precede the disciplining of a member?♦♦1. Tell his fault to him \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.♦2. Take \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Witnesses♦3. Tell the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.♦4.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ from him with love in order to draw him back to Christ.
1. alone♦2. 2-3♦3. church♦4. Separate
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How should the church respond when someone under church discipline repents?♦♦Receive him with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
rejoicing
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What are three reasons to discipline sin?♦♦1. stop the spread of \_\_\_\_\_\_.♦2. protect the _____________ of Christ and the church.♦3. Encourage \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
1. sin♦2. testimony ♦3. repentance
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What happens if a believers refuses to repent?♦♦He is delivered to _______ for the destruction of his flesh, but his Spirit is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
Satan ♦saved
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1 Cor 6:15-20 teaches about __________ security.
eternal
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Can a believer cease to be the Temple of the Spirit due to his sin?
No, He may die, but he cannot cease to be the Temple of the Spirit.
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Is it ok to take a brother or sister in Christ to court?
NO, it is immoral
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Is it sin to be controlled by any desire or habit?
Yes, we should only be controlled by the Spirit.
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What should guide us when deciding on questionable issues?
Love
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What three questions should we ask before attempting to apply the principles found in 1 Corinthians 8 concerning questionable issues.
1. Does the Bible address this issue in precept?♦2. Does the Bible address this issue in principle?♦3. Have I been forbidden to do this activity by my parents or another God-ordained authority?
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What does 1 Corinthians 8 address?
Issues that are not wrong on the basis of Scripture, but which have acquired a questionable reputation in the minds of some because of culture or association.
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What is the difference between a memorial ordinance and a sacrament?
A memorial ordinance is done in remembrance of what Christ has done for us. A sacrament is done in an attempt to earn the grace of salvation.
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What three things are we do to during the Lord's supper?
1. Remember how Jesus Suffered and died for us♦2. Examine our self for sin before we partake♦3. Watch for Christ's return
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What is the 2-fold penalty for wrongly partaking of the Lord's supper?
1. Physical Sickness♦2. Physical Death
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What is a supernatural ability given by Christ through the Holy Spirit to the believer at the moment of his salvation ?
Spiritual Gift
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Who was Aphrodite?
The Greek form of Semerimus.
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What were two key rituals practiced by the Corinthian mystery religions?
Ecstasy and Enthusiasm
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What was it called when a worshipper experienced an exhilarating feeling of closeness and union with their god, often expressed by a practice called "glossei" a prayer language.
Ecstasy
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What is it called when worshippers repeated a word or phrase in an effort to achieve a hypnotic state where they would experience visions and dreams?
Enthusiasm
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Why were ecstasy and enthusiasm a problem for the church?
They Corinthians were bringing their pagan practices into the church.
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If a person experiences a dream, vision, or revelation is it guaranteed to be from God?
No, we are to try the spirits
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What is the test of truth?
Scripture
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Who gives Spiritual Gifts?
The Holy Spirit
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Do some spiritual gifts make you more spiritual than others?
No
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Why does God give spiritual gifts?
For the corporate profit and edification of the church to glorify God.
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Who determines which Spiritual Gifts will be given to which believers?
The Holy Spirit
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What does 1 Corinthian 12 teach us about spiritual gifts? (6 things)
1. Each believer must use his gift or the church will suffer.♦2. No believer should envy the gift of another♦3. No believer should think their gift is the least or most important♦4. We are to use our gift in love to edify others♦5. We are not to seek a single more prominent gift♦6. We should not serve ONLY in the area of our gift, but should have a caring concern for others.
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What three classifications do Spiritual gifts fall into?
1. Convey new revelation and divine information to complete the New Testament.♦2. Miraculous sign gifts to confirm the authority of the Apostles and leaders of the early church.♦3. Service Gifts- to edify the body of Christ (will endure through the entire church age)
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What two things should we know about the gift of healing?
1. This was a temporary gift.♦2. God can still heal today, but it is at the discretion of God and you do not need to go through a faith healer.
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What are the two views on the Nature of the gift of tongues?
1. Heavenly prayer language- ecstatic, heavenly utterances♦2. Unlearned Human Languages- Can speak in the human language of which the speaker had no prior understanding.
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What is the primary purpose of tongues?
Judgement upon unbelieving Israel which was accomplished in AD 70.
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What are 9 guidelines for tongues?
1. All gifts are to be used to edify others♦2. No more than 2 or 3 are to speak in tongues in a service♦3. No 2 people are to speak in tongues or prophecy at the same time♦4. No one is to speak in tongues without an interpreter♦5. Gifts are to be judged and examined by Scripture. ♦6. Gifts are to be under control.♦7. Gifts are not to cause confusion or chaos♦8. Women are not to speak in the church♦9. Those claiming to be spiritual must test their gifts by Scripture and submit themselves to these limits.
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Which verse indicates that revelatory and sign gifts would cease with the coming of that which is perfect and that the instructors view of that which is perfect is the Bible.
1 Corinthians 13:8
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What is the Subtitle of 2 Corinthians?
The Heart of the Apostle Paul- Defense of Paul's apostolic authority.
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Who is the author of 2 Corinthians?
Paul
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Why did Paul write 2 Corinthians?
The people had be turned against Paul by false teachers. Titus was sent to straighten things out and returned to Paul with a good report. Paul wrote this to rejoice in the Corinthians change of heart.
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What is the content of 2 Corinthians?
The vindication of the apostolic ministry of the Apostle Paul.
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What is the Key Word?
Vindication of Paul's Authority
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What is the theme?
A defense of Paul's apostolic ministry and authority
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Where and when was 2 Corinthians written?
In Phillipi during the 3rd missionary journey (AD 56)
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What does 2 Corinthians reveal?
The heart of Paul
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Why was the apostolic authority of Paul vital?
1. This would have been tantamount to a rejection of Scripture♦2. Paul wrote the majority of the books in the New Testament and oversaw the writing of Luke.♦3. Had apostolic authority fallen, there would be no basis for the Early Church to accept the authority of the New Testament.
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What are the devices of Satan?
1. Unforgiveness and Bitterness♦2. Division
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What are three great blessings of giving?
1. Giving produces greater blessings from God so that we in turn can give even more.♦2. Giving produces Eternal Rewards♦3. Giving produces Spiritual Growth and a closer walk with Christ.
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What are the 16 principles of giving from 2 Corinthians 8-9?
Giving is...♦1. INitiated by God♦2. to come from our Joy in Christ♦3. abounds most out of Need not abundance♦4. is to be generous♦5. to be sacricial♦6. to be sough as an opportunity♦7. to be voluntary♦8. to be proceeded by giving one's self to God♦9. Part of Spiritual growth♦10. proves the sincerity of love♦11. benefits the giver♦12. a responsibility of all believers♦13. investing with God♦14. to be purposefully planned♦15. to be joyful♦16. to be focused
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What is the subtitle of Ephesians?
Our Riches in Christ
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Who wrote Ephesians?
Paul
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Who was the recipient of Ephesians?
The Ephesian church and other surrounding churches in Asia minor.
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How long did Paul stay in Ephesus?
3 year.
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What did Paul's preaching in Ephesus cause?
A massive riot by the followers of Diana
