Oral Final Flashcards
Prophets ARE:
- Preachers
- Obsessed with the Present
- Fearful of God
- Men of Integrity
Prophets ARE NOT:
- Fortune Tellers
- Obsessed with the Future
- Fearful of Men
- Fatally flawed
CONCEPT #1
The prophets were concerned with repentance as the agent of change in the hearts of Israel.
This allows God to be the judge.
They weren’t concerned with the orphan; they were more concerned about the person oppressing the orphan.
The eyes of God and the prophets were on the oppressor.
CONCEPT #2
The prophets spoke with no vested interest
CONCEPT #3
The prophets were never in the forefront of the political system.
They were always in the background making sure someone was hearing the voice of God.
The prophets were focused on the people of Israel because they are the people of God.
What is the theme of the Book of Isaiah?
Knowing
Book of Isaiah - Highlights
- The people knew that they were a covenant people. God was not going to let them forget what they already know. Isaiah was called to remind Israel of what they already knew and he was able to do this because he knew the voice of God.
- King Ahaz was moved by the Word of the Lord, but he did not want to see a sign because he knew that he would have to submit to the Authority of God.
- The Prophets are always concerned with the inner life of the people
What was the theme of the Book of Jeremiah?
Love demands justice, because without justice someone is being victimized.
Book of Jeremiah - Highlights
- Jeremiah has a difficult message to preach.
- His message for the people is to submit to judgement.
- If God was silent the people would fall under the judgment of the world.
- Those that do go into Babylon are blessed. The kings still in Israel rebel and are crushed.
- God is placing an easy yoke on Israel. It is only when you resist that it becomes unbearable.
What are the theme(s) of the Book of Ezekiel?
- Deliverance is meaningless without repentance
- It takes the Lord’s help to know what is going on in the hearts of men.
Book of Ezekiel - Highlights
- God primarily communicates with Ezekiel in visions.
- Ezekiel’s opening vision is of the angels of the Lord pulling His chariot, obeying the word of the Lord.
- The vision of the the temple is progressive in nature. The temple looks fine on the outside, but the deeper Ezekiel gets into the temple the more perverse the evil inside is revealed.
- The death of Ezekiel’s wife demonstrates the loss of God’s relationship with His people, and they do not mourn because their relationship is separated by their sin
What are the theme(s) of the Book of Daniel?
- God’s judgment can vindicate you if you are faithful.
- You will not always understand what God is speaking through you.
Book of Daniel - Highlights
- Daniel’s Prophetic ministry begins when he separates himself from the culture of Babylon.
- Daniel is used by God because he is faithful, there is no dramatic calling.
- The other nations mentioned in these visions are gone, but Christ’s church is still there.
Book of Hosea - Highlights
- God still loves and commits to Israel even when Israel is unfaithful.
(Hosea’s marriage to Gomer is an example of Israel’s unfaithfulness) - He has to put His name on things that the marriage produces. So the redemptive process comes with certain controls.
Book of Joel - Highlights
- The Day of the Lord will bring darkness and confusion.
- He is pressuring you in the valley of decision
Book of Amos - Highlights
- His message is getting in alignment with God.
What was the significance of the Plumb Line in the Book of Amos?
- It is God’s perfect standard. He gives the standard to judge our lives by
What are the theme(s) of the Book of Obadiah?
- God’s Glory, tells us about the nature of God in that He wants to show us mercy.
- Interacting with us and showing us mercy is a benefit for us, but it is also defending His glory. You were guilty and deserved my judgment. Yet, His glory demanded that He come and show us mercy.
Book of Obadiah - Highlights
- God is judging Edom, but God is telling Israel to be careful about who they label an enemy of the Lord because it could be them
Book of Jonah - Highlights
- The book is about the response of Jonah. God is exposing Jonah’s heart.
- He wants you to be ultimately submitted, but you’ve got to signal to Him that you are willing
to engage with what He wants you to do.
What is Jonah in the Whale a Type/Shadow of?
- Christ in the Tomb
What are the theme(s) of the Book of Micah?
- Judgement is what you will want to happen.
- Judgement is not just cursing, or just blessing it involves an element of truth
- Anything that can bless can curse. The pulpit blesses but if you pervert the voice of God you end up cutting people off from the blessing of God. The only thing left is a curse
Book of Micah - Highlights
- The judgement of the Lord is against Samaria and Jerusalem.
- God will walk on the high places of the earth. Can they stand up to the Lord being there?
- God is not just coming to judge wickedness. He is coming to judge everything.
- The prophets stood most strongly against false prophets
What is the theme of the Book of Nahum?
- God’s means are always able to meet God’s ends
Book of Nahum - Highlights
- Jonah was an agent of Judgement, not of mercy, he just didn’t know it and he accused God falsely.
- Nineveh can now discern between their right and left hand. Jonah also brought accountability to the nation of Nineveh now they know their wickedness. He was a type of Christ that offered mercy, but the Cross is the ultimate Judgment tool because now you have something to deny
Book of Habakkuk - Highlights
- The prophet is upset about the lack of judgement on the people because they are so corrupt. This sets him apart from other prophetic works.
- In the end his prayer is for God to remember mercy
Book of Haggai
- A prophet is God’s messenger with God’s message.
