Lecture 8_Hosea and Joel (pt 2)

Question 1

• In Amos, Israel’s restoration, election, and covenant responsibilities are all elements of?

Answer 1

future hope.

Question 2

• Amos focuses on

Answer 2

1. social corruption from false worship

2. covenant infidelity (syncretism.)

Question 3

• Like we saw in the Big 3, Hosea also prophesies

Answer 3

1. a coming New Covenant after exile

2. which will result in New Creation (2:14-3:5).

Question 4

What is the dating of the book of Joel?

Answer 4

1. There is no sure way to date the book of Joel.
2. The best guess is probably that Joel is a contemporary with Jeremiah
3. (626-582)

Question 5

• The “Day of the Lord” described in Joel as a locust plague pictures a real life plague that

Answer 5

symbolizes the disaster that coming judgment will bring.

Question 6

What is the emphases in Obadiah?

Answer 6

1. focused on God’s judgment of Edom.

2. the eschatological hope of the gathering of the people of God (found in continuity with the prophets.)

Question 7

• The bulk of Hosea (4-12) deals with

Answer 7

1. God’s lawsuit (Hebrew: Rib) against Israel

2. and the coming judgment as a result.

Question 8

Note

Answer 8

Though originally individual compositions, the Minor Prophets were collected and read by the Jewish people as a single book by at least the 2nd century B.C.

Question 9

• The “Day of the Lord”, the essential theme of Joel, was a day when

Answer 9

1. the Lord would appear and bring judgment upon His enemies
2. and blessings for His people.