Prophets - Main Themes Flashcards
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Isaiah
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- Zion (Jerusalem) is God’s home
o Where heaven and earth are closest - God works through rulers and world empires
o Cyrus called God’s anointed – messiah
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Jeremiah
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- Divine suffering – God suffers because of the people’s sin
o Lament is supposed to be part of our Christian lives because of loving relationships with others - Falsehoods – deception, false gods, people try to deceive God
o Raises questions about God being trustworthy.
o Prophets and priests and scribes act falsely
o We need to trust God, not lies
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Ezekiel
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- Embodied Messages
o Acts that are signs of his message. – cutting his hair, Ezekiel bread - Sacred Space –
o The Temple.
o Has a vision about the Temple when its rebuilt
o Temple was Ezekiel’s “home” as it was God’s “home”
4
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Daniel
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- Don’t trust conventional wisdom – trust in God
o Eat meat – eat vegetables
o Neb’s magicians can interpret – Daniel interprets - Do not give up amid Greek persecution
5
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Hosea
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- If you worship Baal, you are a whore/slut
1st half
6
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Joel
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- God’s judgement is coming like a locust plague (army or insects?)
1st half
7
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Amos
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- Harm the poor, and face God’s wrath
1st half
8
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Obadiah
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- Edom (related to Esau) betrayed its brother Israel by siding with Babylon
1st half
9
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Jonah
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- God is outrageously merciful. To Assyrians (Nenivah)
1st half
10
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Micah
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Idolatry and oppression leads to God’s Judgment
1st half
11
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Nahum
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- Assyria is object of God’s wrath – wrong doers will face judgement
2nd half
12
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Habakkuk
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- A lament moving from cries of injustice to rejoicing in God
2nd half
13
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Zephaniah
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- The day of the Lord will be harsh judgement leaving behind a holy remnant – purifying fire
2nd half
14
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Haggai
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- Rebuild the temple now
2nd half
15
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Zechariah
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- Remember and avoid the ancestor’s sins
2nd half
