Habakkuk

Joel Jeremiah

Bible School 201

Joel 835-796 BC Habakkuk 608-597 BCJeremiah 626-585 BC

Exile(70 Years) 608-538BC

Dates

Habakkuk

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:4 (NIV) 4 “.... but the righteous will live by his faith

Habakkuk Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NIV)

2 Then the Lord replied:

“Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.

3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

HabakukHabakkuk 3:17–19 (NIV)

17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.

Habakuk• Habakkuk saw the future with clarity

• Questioned & complained to God His indifference to sin and unrighteousness

• Ends up praising, worshipping, trusting and expressing faith in Him

• Faith in God and His Supremacy and Divine Justice

• Gods Justice will prevail

Habakkuk

• He saw the corruption and anticipated Judah’s impending destruction by the Babylonians

Joel

Joel Acts 2:17 (NIV84)

17 “ ‘In the last days, God says,

I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

your old men will dream dreams.

Joel

• Jeremiah – New Covenant

• Ezekiel- New heart and a new spirit

• Joel – last days the Spirit will be poured out on all people

Joel

• Prophecy

• Joel 2:28

• Fulfilment

• Acts 2:1-21

Joel• Process

• Repent

• Restore

• Spirit and Salvation

• Judgement

• Blessings

Joel• Day of the Lord

• Great and dreadful day

• Judgement – Jew and Gentile

• Gentile nations destroyed once and for all

• Jews would be purified, led to a permanent state of blessing

• Message: Repent and turn to God but the Good News Message: Repent and turn to God and put your faith in Jesus Acts 3:19-20

Jeremiah

Jeremiah• Called when young – 20 years old • Used a scribe Baruch to record

prophecies from God • Book of Jeremiah has more words than

any other in the Bible • Reluctant Prophet • Weeping Prophet

Jeremiah• Babylon, Syria, Assyria and Egypt wanted to control

Canaan so to assert themselves as a world power • Jeremiah to Israel don’t have alliance with powerful

nations but rather get right with God and trust him for protection from other nations

• Babylon was advancing and defeated Assyria and Egypt. Jeremiah under divine guidance, Israel should surrender to Babylon rather than risk total destruction

• This happened and the exile started in 586 or 608 BC

Jeremiah

• Link Prophecy – • Linking Old Covenant to New Covenant

which would be fulfilled and perfected in Christ

• Heb 8:8 &10b

JeremiahJeremiah 31:31–33 (NIV84)

31 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

33 “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah• Exile

• Found to be Gods people in they place they didn’t want to be Babylon

• Taught them to prayer with depth to bring life changing lives

• Taught them to ponder gain revelation of the Scriptures Moses and the Prophets

• They lost everything but they found God • They were delivered from idolatry and started the practice

of worshipping in synagogue • They became merchant businessmen rather than farmers • With the promise of a new covenant came the promise of a

new heart and new covenant relationship