Books Flashcards
Subtitle: Scandal in the Parsonage
Hosea
Subtitle: The Faithful Prophet with an Unfaithful Wife
Hosea
Theme: The Prostitution of Israel
Hosea
Destination: The Northern Kingdom, called Ephriam throughout the book. This was the 1st tribe to backslide.
Hosea
Purpose: To picture Israel’s unfaithfulness to God and God’s faithfulness to Israel
Hosea
Subtitle: Israel on Trial
Micah
Subtitle: The Prophet of the Bethlehem Birth
Micah
Main Content: Reveals the injustices of Israel and Judah and the Justice of God
Micah
Key Word: Violation of the Covenant
Micah
Subtitle: The Messianic and Millenial Prophet
Isaiah
Key Word: Salvation
Isaiah
Key Chapter of Isaiah
Isaiah 53 - The sufferings of the Messiah
Purpose: To Rebuke his present sinful generation and call them back to their covenant relationship with God.
Isaiah
Purpose: To comfort a future exiled generation and insure them God would call them back to their covenantal land and a future Messianic Kingdom.
Isaiah
Subtitle: The Day of the Lord- A Day of Wrath and Restoration
Zephaniah
Theme: The Restoration of Israel in the Day of the Lord.
Zephaniah
Key Word: The Day of the Lord.
Zephaniah
Destination: The Southern and Sole Surviving Kingdom of Judah.
Zephaniah
Subtitle: The Doubting Thomas of the Old Testament
Habakkuk
Main Content: 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!
Habakkuk
Key Word: Why?
Habakkuk
Subtitle: The Destruction of Nineveh
Nahum
Main Content: A warning about the danger of spiritual erosion. It reveals the horrible danger of failing to pass the faith along to the next generation.
Nahum
Subtitle: The Weeping Prophet with a Wrathful Message
Jeremiah
Main Content: A Message of Judgment at Judah’s final hour.
Jeremiah
Key Chapter of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 31 - The New Covenant
Subtitle: The wailing Wall of the Bible
Lamentations
Subtitle: Jerusalem’s Funeral
Lamentations
Main Content: The Funeral Song of Jerusalem
Lamentations
Theme: The Destruction of Israel’s Capital City of Jerusalem
Lamentation
Lamentations Author
Jeremiah
Recipients: 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.
Lamentations
