List in the Bible Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Chronological List of the Minor Prophets Early 850750 Obadiah Joel Jonah ID: 496957
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THE MINOR PROPHETSSlide2
List in the Bible
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
MalachiSlide3
Chronological
List of the Minor Prophets
Early (850-750)
Obadiah
Joel
Jonah
Middle (750-700)
Hosea
Amos
Micah
Judah (700-600)
Nahum
Zephaniah
Habakkuk
Post Exile (520-400)
Haggai
Zechariah
MalachiSlide4
Early Prophets
Obadiah
(1 chapter) prophesied against
Edom
Joel
prophesied against
Judah
after a locust plague, warns of greater national judgment, and foresees a restoration before the final end of the Jewish system
2:28-32
Jonah
prophesied against
Nineveh
(capital of
Assyria
) story more about Jonah than Nineveh Because of their repentance, God spared Nineveh Slide5
Middle Prophets
Hosea
prophesied against
Israel
and the Assyrian captivity; God told Hosea to marry a woman predisposed to harlotry as a parallel of Israel’s unfaithfulness to Him.
Restoration
is also foretold in Hosea’s
redemption
of his wife from prostitution.
Amos
was from Judah but sent to prophesy against
Israel
; he also prophesied against Israel’s neighbors; a short passage of hope fulfilled in Christ and the church
9:8-15
parallel with
Obadiah 19-21
Micah
prophesied against
Israel
(Assyrian captivity) and
Judah
(6:8)
; had much to say about
spiritual restoration
4:1-4; 5:2-4Slide6
7th
Century B.C. Prophets
Nahum
prophesied against
Nineveh
(
Assyria
); they fell to Babylon in 612 B.C.
Zephaniah
prophesied against Judah, then switched to judgments against neighboring nations and even Babylon.
Chapter 3
is prophecy of restoration in context of Josiah’s reforms
Habakkuk
complained to God about
Judah’s
wickedness; God promised to send
Babylon
to punish
Judah
; then he wondered how God could use a more wicked nation to punish His people; God assures him of His justice and mercy
2:4Slide7
Post (after) Exile Prophets
Haggai
prophesied in 520 B.C.; he rebukes their priorities of building their houses and neglecting God’s house; they rebuilt the temple 70 years after Babylon destroyed it in 586 B.C.
1:5
Zechariah
was with Haggai. He has many
Messianic prophecies
pointing to fulfillment in
Jesus Christ
6:12-13
Malachi
confronted the spiritual indifference of the Jews in the 5
th
Century B.C.; many good spiritual lessons and two prophecies about
John the Baptist
3:1; 4:5-6, Luke 1:16-17Slide8
All Prophets
All
of the prophets have foretold
“these days”
the days of the first century
Acts 3:24
Jesus is the center of God’s plan of salvation
v. 25-26
He is the
servant of the Lord
(Isaiah 40-66)
He is the
seed of Abraham
Gen. 22:18, Gal. 3:16,26-29
He blesses us by
forgiving
us
v.26
When we
believe
,
repent
, and are
baptized
v.19, 2:38