Test 3 Flashcards
What components can be seen throughout every book of the Minor Prophets?
- a warning of judgement
- a description of their sin
- a description of upcoming judgment
- a call for repentance
- a promise of future deliverence
A call to repentance consists of an appeal with?
Motivation
The minor prophets also consist of an extortion of ___ which often begins with “fear not…..”
Hope
The minor prophets consist of a description of God’s future?
Blessings
Name some things about Hosea’s family
His wife was named Gomer. God told Hosea to marry her even though she was a whore. She ran away multiple times to be with other men but in the end, Hosea bought her back. This was done to symbolize God’s relationship with Israel. He had a son named Jezreel to symbolize that God would punish the house of Jehu because of their sins against Jezreel. He also had a daughter named Lo-ruhamah, which means “no mercy” showing that God will have no mercy on His people. His youngest son was named Lo-ammi, which means “not my people” for God said that Israel was not His people and He was not their God. “Not Mine” could have also meant that Hosea’s son was not biologically related to him.
What was Hosea concerned with?
The spiritual adultery of Israel
What is the theme of Joel?
The day of the Lord
In Joel, he says “the Lord is in their…”
Midst
What was Amos’s job?
He was a shepard
Amos says that religious observances in the ____ of of social injustice are disgusting to God
absence
Amos says that Israel’s covenant with God didn’t mean that they received special treatment but instead meant they were held to a higher standard of?
obedience
Who was the book of Obadiah written to?
Edom
Why did Edom deserve judgement?
Because they abandoned Israel
What happened in the Book of Jonah?
God asks Jonah to preach to Nineveh to repent but Jonah flees. He gets on a ship so sail as far away from Nineveh as he could but God caught up to him. God caused a horrible storm to come. The other people on the ship cast lots to see who was responsible and Jonah had the shortest stick.
What does Jonah tell us about God?
He is sovereign over all creation including the weather, animals, and ocean.
