Latter Prophets Final Flashcards
Who were the prophets of the Neo-Assyrian Period?
Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah
Who were the prophets of the Neo-Babylonian Period?
Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Nahum, Ezekiel, Obadiah, and the book of Lamentations
What was Amos’s message?
Call for moral obedience
What was Hosea’s message?
A prophet’s dilemma
What was Micah’s message?
Judgement, hope, and promise
What was Isaiah’s message?
Prophet par excellence
What was Zephaniah’s message?
Profile of a people
What was Habakkuk’s message?
Prophet of transition
What was Jeremiah’s message?
Prophet to the nations
What was Nahum’s message?
The reality of judgement
What was Ezekiel’s message?
The merging of two spheres
What was Obadiah’s message?
Edom’s Day of the Lord
What was Lamentations?
Reflections of the soul
Prophecy in the Bible was not necessarily _______, but ________.
foretelling; forthtelling
He who holds the ______ to define is our ______. He who holds in mind an ________ definition can never quite be his ______.
power; master; alternative; slave
________ is the bridge that prevents man’s condition from being the ultimate, irreducible problem.
Pathos
What is the purpose of prophets?
4 part answer
Set the tone;
Establish definitions;
Push for righteousness;
Define the purpose
The main business of the prophet was to:
instruct people in righteousness.
Four important aspects about Samuel’s life:
Filled with spiritual values;
Main advocacy was “divine rule over secular”;
Eternal principle was “obedience is better than sacrifice”;
Private war was his grief over Saul
Pathos and Ethos _____ ________.
work together.
God’s pathos is _____ and his ethos is full of _____.
ethical; pathos
“If you had a different kind of ____, we’d have a different kind of ____.”
god; life
Taken from the book Bro. Mooney talked about several times in class.
Christianity stands as the final ______ of God to man.
revelation
Hosea’s story helps show what?
The redemptive power of God
