1 / 43

Isaiah - Malachi

Isaiah - Malachi. FACILITATOR: John Stevenson. E-Mail: JohnStevenson@Bellsouth.net. Website: http://JohnStevenson.net. SESSION ONE: HERMENEUTICAL ISSUES IN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY. WHAT WAS AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET?. Old Testament Designations for "Prophet". Prophet - aybn Seer

stormy
Download Presentation

Isaiah - Malachi

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Isaiah - Malachi

  2. FACILITATOR: John Stevenson E-Mail: JohnStevenson@Bellsouth.net Website: http://JohnStevenson.net

  3. SESSION ONE:HERMENEUTICAL ISSUES IN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY

  4. WHAT WAS AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET?

  5. Old Testament Designations for "Prophet" • Prophet - aybn • Seer • Servant • Messenger • Man of God

  6. The Function of the Old Testament Prophet • They functioned as Preachers • They functioned as Predictors

  7. Distinctive Roles of Prophet Versus Priest

  8. WHAT DID THE PROPHETS DO? • Covenant Dynamics in Ancient Near East and Covenant Diplomats • Covenant Dynamics in Israel and the Prophets

  9. Covenant Dynamics in Israel and the Prophets • Received messages from God • Called by God • Wrote Scriptures • Passed Biblical Tests

  10. THE HISTORY OF THE PROPHETS

  11. Pre-Monarchial Patriarchal Prophets • The Patriarchs • Prophets of the Exodus and Conquest • Prophet/Judges

  12. Prophets of the United Kingdom • Samuel • Gad • Nathan

  13. Early Prophets of the Divided Kingdom • Ahijah • Shemaiah • Shemaiah, Gad and Iddo • Jehu • Elijah and Elisha

  14. ISRAEL  Jerusalem JUDAH

  15. Judah & Israel

  16. DAN ISRAEL BETHEL  Jerusalem JUDAH

  17. ASSYRIA  Damascus  Babylon EGYPT

  18. Literary Prophets of the Divided Kingdom • Obadiah: Prophesied of Edom • Joel: Date uncertain • Jonah: God’s attitude to Gentiles • Hosea: Israel’s Unfaithfulness • Amos: Social Injustice • Isaiah: To Judah • Micah: To Judah and Israel

  19. 721 B.C. ISRAEL  Jerusalem JUDAH

  20. Pre-Exilic Prophets of Judah • Nahum: Judgment against Nineveh • Zephaniah: Day of the Lord against Judah • Habakkuk: Prayer

  21. Scythians ASSYRIA Medes Babylon Jerusalem (Chaldeans)

  22. Scythians Medes Babylon Jerusalem (Chaldeans)

  23. Prophets of the Exile • Jeremiah: “The Weeping Prophet” • Daniel: Historical Narrative and Prophetic Visions • Ezekiel: Common Captivity

  24. Medes Persia Babylon Jerusalem Cyrus the Great 539 B.C.

  25. Post-Exilic Prophets • Joel? - The Day of the Lord and Ultimate Restoration • Haggai: Encouragement to rebuild the Temple • Zechariah: Visions of God’s Working in History • Malachi: A call to faithfulness

  26. WHAT ARE THE CONTOURS OF PROPHETIC PREDICTIONS? • Blessings and Cursings • Greater and Lesser • High and Low Determination

  27. Two Types of Covenants • Covenant of Parity • Suzerain Covenant

  28. Greater and Lesser Leviticus 26

  29. Greater and LesserLeviticus 26 Verses 1-13 Promises of Blessing Verses 14-33 Promises of Curses • Disease • Invasion • Defeat • “Seven times more” • Removed from Land • Rain for crops • Security in land • Victory over enemies • God with His people

  30. HIGH AND LOW DETERMINATION

  31. Jeremiah 18:1-4 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 2 "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I shall announce My words to you." 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.4 But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.

  32. Jeremiah 18:5-6 Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, 6 "Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

  33. Jeremiah 18:7-10

  34. Flow of Thought

  35. High & Low Determination • Conditional Predictions: “If… then” clauses • Unqualified Predictions • Confirmed Predictions • Sworn Predictions

  36. Homework for next Class • Begin Viewing He Gave us Prophets Series - Audio at www.thirdmill.org for lessons 1-6. • Take notes on Lesson 1 of He Gave us Prophets and turn in for grade (Use Study Guide on Web). • Read Pratt’s Historical Contingencies & Biblical Predictions at Website

More Related