Lesson 15 Flashcards
What is the shortest (and probably earliest) prophetic book in the Old Testament?
Obadiah
What was God’s judgement on the nations intended to achieve?
Calling them to come to repentance.
Nineveh was the capital of which powerful empire?
Assyria
Why didn’t Jonah want to go and prophesy to Nineveh?
Because he was afraid that the prophecy he gave for their doom might actually be effective in calling them to repentance.
What does the book of Jonah ask us?
It asks us what our response will be when God does not punish the people that we think should be punished.
What is the pattern of most prophesies?
a. There is a prophecy of judgement
b. Some nuancing of the prophecy
c. A call and a reason for hope
What made Amos’s task difficult?
Not only was he not from Israel, he was sent to prophecy judgement against Israel.
What was the sin of Israel that Amos preached against?
Sin was the sin of not following God.
How did Amos describe the Day of the Lord?
It would be a day of mourning and darkness.
What do Obadiah, Jonah, and Amos have in common?
Pre-exilic
