Old Testament II Final Dr. Varner

Isaiah

-more things are written about the Messiah
-has a copy of the scroll - See's the throne room of God.

Jeremiah

Book that is not written in Chronological order

Jeremiah

Oracles Regarding Judah (1-25)
Historical Incidents (26-45)
Oracles Regarding Foreign Nations (46-51)
Historical Appendix (52)

Jeremiah

know more personal feelings than any other prophet in the OT
-Jeremiah wrote Lamentations mourning the fall of Jerusalem
-discouraged when in prison
-Jeremiah's book was thrown into the fire when read aloud
-Prophet quoted by Jesus in the temple ( as house is a den of robbers)

640-609

Josiah

609-598

Jehoiakim

598-597

Jehoiamchin

597-586

Zedekiah

Ezekiel

-chariot throne vision
-asked to do strange actions for a visual aid
-departure of the glory of the Lord and saw it coming back
-fall of Satan is in both Isaiah & Ezekiel
-dry bones & war
- fresh water will come down and purify the Red Sea

Ezekiel

597 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, Priest and Prophet,

Ezekiel

Literary devices and symbolic actions

Ezekiel

Fall of Jerusalem (1-24)
Foes of Jerusalem (25-32)
Future of Jerusalem (33-48)

Ezekiel's Call

Ezekiel 1...

Ezekiel's Signs

Ezekiel 4

Order of all prophets

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Isaiah

740-680 BC, Northern Kingdom of Israel & Southern Kingdom of Judah. From Jerusalem
- encouraged Hezekiah
-city prophet

3 Stages of Babylonian Captivity

605 BC Jehoiakim (Daniel to Babylon)
597 BC Jehoiahin (Ezekiel to Babylon)
586 BC Zedekiah (Jeremiah to Egypt)

Isaiah's Calling

Isaiah 6

Isaiah's Prophecy about Emmanuel

Isaiah 7

Isaiah Themes

Holiness of God
The Son
The Servant
The Messiah
The Remnant

Jeremiah

626-586 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, comes from a long line of priests.

Jeremiah

Longest book of the bible

Ezekiel's messages on "personal responsibility"

Ezekiel 18

Ezekiel's messages on the departure and return of the "glory"

Ezekiel 9-11 & 43

Ezekiel's Prophecies about Israel

Ezekiel 36-48

Ezekiel

Glory Departed

Daniel

606-539 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, means "God is my judge", referred to as a righteous and wise man by other prophet
- 3 1/2 yrs
-70 weeks

Daniel

He and three friends rose to prominence in their youth in the court of the Babylonian King

Vision of the Four Beasts

Daniel's Vision:
Head (Gold) -Babylon Lion
Chest (Silver) -Persia Bear
Midsection (Bronze) -Greece Leopard
Legs (Iron) -Rome Beast

Daniel

Written in Hebrew and Aramaic

Daniel

Theme: God's rule over History

Daniel

God's rule in bringing ..... to Bayblon (1)
God's rule over world empires (2-7)
God's rule over Israel's future (8-12)

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel

Major Prophets

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Minor Prophets

Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah

Exilic Prophets

Hosea

755-715 BC, Northern Kingdom of Israel, name means "salvation"

Hosea

Tragedy in Home life (1-3)
Tragedy in Homeland (4-14)

Hosea

faithless marriage
-Gomer (wife)
-Jezreel (son)
-Lo-Ruhamah (daughter)
- Lo-Ammi (son)

Joel

840 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, name means "Yahweh is God"

Joel

A time of wrath for the wicked and a time of salvation for the righteous.

Joel

Day of the Lord (chapter 2)

Joel

Locust Invasion (chapter 1)

Amos

760 BC, Northern Kingdom of Israel, name means "burden"
measured the people by a plumb line
was a shepherd

Amos

Eight Burdens

Obadiah

845 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, names mans "servant of Yahweh", denounces Edom

Jonah

760 BC, Northern Kingdom of Israel, name means "dove"

Micah

722 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, name shortened "Who is like the Lord?" Contemporary of Isaiah
-country prophet
(common passage in Isa. 2 & ____________ 4)

Nahum

660 BC, Northern Kingdom of Israel, the doom of Ninevah

Habakkuk

607 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, ends with a song, Dialogue, uses a wicked nation to judge

Zephaniah

630-625 BC, Southern Kingdom of Judah, from a royal line, hebrew no longer common language
-Main Theme: LORD

Haggai

520 BC, name has to do with Festival, urged people to build temple
-rebuked the people for not rebuilding the temple

Post Exilic

Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Zechariah

520-518 BC & 480-470 BC, most eschatological, worked with Haggai, apocalyptic book

Malachi

425 BC, prophecy of the messenger

536

Return of Israel

586

Destruction of Jerusalem

Hebrew Names of Daniels three friends

Hananiah
Mishael
Azariah

Isaiah

Which scroll is the first of the "Latter Prophets"?

Isaiah

The death of this prophet is not recorded, yet there may be a reference to it in Hebrews 11:37

"the Holy One of Israel"

This phrase appears, in various forms, over 37 times in the book of Isaiah

Egypt

Where did Jeremiah most likely die?

Jeremiah

More is known about this prophet than any other writing prophet

640-609 BC

Josiah reigned between these years

609-598 BC

Jehoiakim reigned between these years

598-597 BC

Jehoiachin reigned between these years

597-586 BC

Zedekiah reigned between these years

Jeremiah

His ministry was during the last days of Judah, encompassing Judah's last five kings.

Jeremiah

This is the longest book in the Bible. It is actually one-third larger than the combined Minor Prophets.

Jeremiah

This prophet witnessed the three deportations from Jerusalem

605, 597, 566 BC

When were the three deportations?

Jeremiah

Which prophet documented the 70 year captivity?

Jehoiachin

What king was the curse on in (2 Kings 24:8-7)?

Because He was not physically related to Joseph.

Why was the curse on Jehoiachin avoided in the case of Jesus?

Ezekiel

Who was the prophet of the "visual aid"?

"they shall know that I am the LORD"

What is the key phrase in Ezekiel that appears 70 times?

1. Deportation of Danial and the others - around 605 BC
2. Deportation of Ezekiel and others - around 597 BC
3. Deportation of remaining Judeans - around 587 BC

What are the three stages of the Babylonian captivity?

Personal responsibility

What was the problem of Ezekiel 18?

Satan or the king of Tyre?

Ezekiel 28

Ezekiel

Which prophet describes the glory of God departing from Israel?

Daniel

In the Hebrew canon, this book is not in the "prophets" but in the "writings"

Daniel

This prophet is mentioned in Ezekiel as a righteous and wise man

"God is my judge"

What does Daniel's name mean?

Daniel, Hebrew and Aramaic

This book was written in two languages? What book was it and what languages?

1. Narrative
2. Apocalyptic

What two types of literature does the book of Daniel have?

The dead sea scrolls (around 200 BC).

Many high critical scholars try to avoid Daniel's predictions of historic events by claiming that he wrote it after these events occurred. What discovery refutes this?

Manasseh

Jeremiah was born during who's reign?

Ezekiel

This man was a priest as well as a prophet and was one of the 10,000 captives taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar at the time when Zedekiah commenced his eleven year reign as Judah's last king.

Ezekiel

This man ministered to the exiles; he was married; he had his own house at Tel-Aviv; and according to tradition, he was slain by a fellow-exile whose idolatries he had rebuked.

Daniel

This prophet never called himself a prophet and never spoke publicly as other prophets did.

During the Babylonian era (606-539 BC) and the Persian period (539-35 BC).

At what time did Daniel write the "book of Daniel"?

To the time of Antiochus Epiphanes (c. 165 BC).

How do most critics date the book of Daniel?

Daniel

This book is alluded to in the NT over 100 times!

Characteristics of apocalyptic writing

1. A mediated message
2. Animal symbolism
3. Direct Divine intervention
4. Cataclysmic Judgment

Acharim Naviium (the latter prophets) and often called "the Twelve"

The minor prophets were viewed as one group in Jewish tradition. what were they called?

Hosea

What prophets name means "Salvation"?

Burden

What does Amos mean?

Amos

Prophesied during a time of national security and prosperity, the denunciation of carnal ease, pride, luxury, greed, and oppression of the poor fits well this period.

Amos

His ministry was during the reigns of Jereboam II of Israel (782-753) and Uzziah of Judah (767-739). Therefore, a date of around 760 would be appropriate.

Amos

He was a shepherd and gatherer of fruit.

Amos

He maintained that there can be no separation between worship and conduct, denounced a life of luxury, ease, and idleness, and emphasized that Israels election is for a purpose.