Exam #3 (Solitary Kingdom) Flashcards
Isaiah (1) (Principle Characters)
God’s plans for judgment and deliverance through Messiah in the near and distant future
Hezekiah (2) (Principle Characters)
Destroyed idols- bronze serpent, reopened temple, reinstitute sacrifice and passover, shows Babylon his treasures, greatest reforms only revival
Sennacherib (3) (Principle Characters)
besieges Jerusalem, ignores the supernatural events-> Sennacherib Prism: Royal inscription of the Assyrian king, telling of his siege of Jerusalem at the time of Hezekiah
Josiah (4) (Principle Characters)
last godly king of Judah, reign, book of the law rediscovered, revival and reform, passover, died in battle
Jeremiah (5) (Principle Characters)
impending judgment on Jerusalem and the necessity of repentance; sustained obedience to God in times of extreme adversity, life is filled with trouble sorrow and shame, call of Jeremiah, called a traitor- plotted against by citizens of his home town, beaten and put into stocks, publicly challenged by false prophets, thrown into prison, thrown into a deep cistern full of mire
Nebuchanezzar (6) (Principle Characters)
586 BC, Babylonian king, CRAZY!!!!!
Judah Delivered from Assyria (1) (Principle Dates)
701 BC
Fall of Nineveh (capital of Assyria) (2) (Principle Dates)
612 BC
Battle of Megiddo (Josiah’s death) (3) (Principle Dates)
609 BC
First Deportation to Babylon (Daniel) (4) (Principle Dates)
605 BC
Second Deportation to Babylon (Ezekiel, Jehoiachin) (5) (Principle Dates)
597 BC
Third Deportation; Fall Of Jerusalem / First Temple Destroyed (6) (Principle Dates)
586 BC
Judah Delivered From Assyria (1) (Principle Events)
Assyrian invasions and Israel’s fall pose a serious threat to Judah
Ministry of Isaiah, Micah (2) (Principle Events)
Isaiah- God’s plans for judgment and deliverance through Messiah in the near and distant future;
Micah- impending judgment on Israel and Judah and future restoration through Messiah, sparks the great revival in Judah during Hezekiah’s days
Ministry of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (4) (Principle Events)
Jeremiah- sustained obedience to God in times of extreme adversity, life is filled with trouble sorrow and shame
Habbakkuk- complex wisdom, “embrace”, questions about God’s justice and sovereignty in relation to Babylon and the nation
Zephaniah- coming judgement on Judah prefiguring the Day of the Lord