ProphEtic Voices in Exile

1. Ya-el = Yahweh is God • Speaks to the SK – Judah • Date - ? – word of judgment is strong and a call to return to God – possibly pre-587 Joel – The Man ProphEtic Voices in Exile

2. The Day of the Lord – God’s judgment on opponents (2:1-2a) • The Call to Repent (2:12-18a) • The Promise of the Spirit (2:28-32a) Joel – The Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

3. Name = Servant of Yahweh • Speaks to the SK – Judah • Date – reference to invasion by Babylon  587 BC • Message – pride of Edomites Obadiah – Man / Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

4. The Reluctant Prophet • Assumes setting of NK in the days of Assyria (pre-612 BC) • Message – post-exilic – God’s concern for non-Israelites Jonah – Man / Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

5. The God Who “Makes Things Happen!” – fish, bush, worm, wind • The God who hears our cries and answers our prayers! • The God who loves everyone! Jonah – The Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

6. 587 BC The judgment of God has come! Can there be a future for the people of God? If so, what will that future look like? ProphEtic Voices in Exile

7. A Word of Comfort (40:1-9) • The God who Saves (43:1-4, 11) • The Servant Songs (42, 49, 50, 53) • Israel is called to be “A Light to the Nations” (42:5-9, 49:5-6) Isaiah 40-55 – The Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

8. Cyrus (King of Persia) as God’s Anointed (Messiah) 44:28; 45:1, 13) • Yahweh is the only God , and there is no other! (45:21-23) • Invitation to Life (55:1-13) Isaiah 40-55 – The Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

9. Prophet to the SK (Judah) in the years before the exile (587 BC) • Ministry during the reigns of Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, & Zedekiah (627-587) Jeremiah – The Man ProphEtic Voices in Exile

10. Oracles of Judgment (1-29) • Oracles of Hope (30-33) • Historical/Biographical (34-45) • Oracles Against Nations (46-51) • Historical Appendix (52) Jeremiah – The Message ProphEtIC Voices in Exile

11. 2:9-29 – Crazy to change gods! • 7:1-8:3 – The Temple Sermon • 8:18-9:2 – The Weeping Prophet • 18:1-12 – The Potter’s House • 20:7-9 – The Confessions Jeremiah The Oracles of Judgment ProphEtIC Voices in Exile

12. 2:9-29 – Crazy to change gods! • 7:1-8:3 – The Temple Sermon • 8:18-9:2 – The Weeping Prophet • 18:1-12 – The Potter’s House • 20:7-9 – The Confessions • 29:1-14 – A Hope-filled Future The Oracles of Judgment ProphEtIC Voices in Exile

13. Jeremiah The Oracles of Hope • 30-33 Book of Consolation • 31:31-34 The New Covenant • 32 Jeremiah Buys a Field ProphEtIC Voices in Exile

14. Priest who was part of the first deportation to Babylon (597 BC) • Called to be a prophet (593 BC) • Ministry – 593 – 571 BC • Son of man – God’s title for him Ezekiel – The Man ProphEtic Voices in Exile

15. Call and Commission (1-3) • Judgment against Judah (4-24) • Oracles Against Nations (25-32) • Oracles of Restoration (33-48) Ezekiel – The Message ProphEtic Voices in Exile

16. Departure of God’s glory (8-11) • False prophets (13-14) • Individual Accountability before God (18) • Judgment is certain (24:14) Ezekiel Judgment against Judah ProphEtic Voices in Exile

17. The Good Shepherd (34) • Divine Cleansing – a new heart and a new spirit (35:22-32) • The Valley of Dry Bones (37) • The New Jerusalem (48:35) Ezekiel Oracles of Restoration ProphEtic Voices in Exile

18. We reap what we sow • God is still in control! • God is doing a newthing (new covenant, new heart, new city) • Exile – renewedvision – Israel is called to be a lighttothenations Lessons Learned in Exile ProphEtic Voices in Exile

19. Exile is a time of deeploss – home, confidence, power, God – and that loss must be mourned! • Exile is a time that threatens identity – God’s people must remember who(se) they are! Lessons Learned in Exile ProphEtic Voices in Exile

20. Exile becomes a time of robust faith for God’s people – they find new forms of life (synagogue) and engage in serious reflection on their faith stories (Scripture) to sustain their distinctiveness. Lessons Learned in Exile ProphEtic Voices in Exile