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Bible Blitz IV The Prophets July 2, 2007. Presenter: Fr. Ed Technician: Ray Hosler Honoree: Deacon Norm. The Prophets. Isaiah Jeremiah - Lamentations Ezekiel - Daniel Hosea - Joel Amos - Obadiah Jonah - Micah Nahuum - Habakkuk. The Prophets – cont’d.
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Bible Blitz IVThe ProphetsJuly 2, 2007 Presenter: Fr. Ed Technician: Ray Hosler Honoree: Deacon Norm
The Prophets Isaiah Jeremiah - Lamentations Ezekiel - Daniel Hosea - Joel Amos - Obadiah Jonah - Micah Nahuum - Habakkuk
The Prophets – cont’d Zephaniah - Haggai Zachariah - Malachi John the Baptist Jesus
Lamentations(586 BC – 516 BC) “Witness to the Persecution” “My eyes are red from crying” Author Unnamed – Eyewitness – Jeremiah?
Lamentations Time Line • 586 BC – Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon • 538 BC –Jewish exiles return to Jerusalem • 516 BC – Temple rebuilt
Lamentations Style Five poems in acrostic form, 1-8, each verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which has 22 letters One poem has 66 verses – 3 x 22 – Therefore every third verse begins with a letter of the alphabet. Alphabet letters – a memory help or a sign of completion – “A to Z” - 22
Lamentations Contents • Confession of sins • Grief • Chastisement • Yahweh can restore • Israel the bride of Yahweh, now a widow
“The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks him.” (3:22-26)
Ezekiel(605 BC - 516 BC) Dry BonesFour Faces Priest, Prophet, Prisoner
Ezekiel Time Line • 605 BC – Suppression of Jerusalem by Babylonians • 593 BC – Ezekiel begins 20 years of prophesy • 583 BC – Jerusalem destroyed; 10,000 prisoners - Ezekiel
Life Notes • At 25, Ezekiel a priest in Jerusalem • At 30, called to be a prophet to Jews in exile • Called to be a prophet in Babylon • First prophet to be called to prophesy outside the Holy Land • Deported by Nebuchadnezzar – 587 BC
Life Notes – cont’d • Up until 587 BC, he scolded the people • Afterward, he encouraged them • Doom and hope
Ezekiel Stories • The four faces (Ez 1:1-14) • Ezekiel eats the scroll (Ez 2:3 – 3:3) • Dry bones (Ez 37:1-14)
Daniel(600 BC – 500 BC Fiery Furnace Lion’s Den Handwriting on the Wall
Daniel • Teenage dreams • Prophet and prisoner in Babylon • His book is more apopalyptic than prophetic • Written @ 167 BC and 164 BC to encourage the Jews
Time Line • 605 BC – Babylon invades Judea; Daniel taken captive • 586 BC – Babylon destroys Jerusalem • 538 BC – Jews return to Jerusalem
Life Notes • Daniel from the upper class of Jerusalem • Humble and obedient; turned to God and prayer in crises • He and three others taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar • Three young men: Shadrach (Hananiah), Meshach (Michael), Abednego( Azanah)
Daniel Stories • Fiery Furnace (Dn 3:1-30) • Handwriting on the Wall • Lions’ Den (Dn 6:1-28) • Oh Susanna (Dn 13)