The Major Prophets
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The Major Prophets
Pentateuch Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Historical Books
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles,
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
Poetic Books
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
Prophetic Books
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel,
Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah,
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
What is a Prophet?• They functioned as Preachers
• They functioned as Predictors
• Prophet versus Priest
IsaiahThe Old Testament Gospel
The Bible IsaiahOld Testament: 39 BooksNew Testament: 27 Books
Judgment: 39 ChaptersComfort: 27 Chapters
Total Books: 66 Books Total: 66 Chapters
Chapters 1-35
Judgments in the Present
Chapters 36-39 Chapters 40-66
Historical Interlude
Glory in the Future
The Judgment of God The Comfort of God
Messiah the Judge Messiah the Servant
God’s Government
A throne (6:1)
God’s Grace
A lamb (53:6)
Northern Kingdom Ends !
UzziahJotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manassah
Nahum
740 716735 697 687
Ministry of Isaiah
Ministry of Micah
Ministry of Hosea
Amos
The World of Isaiah’s Day
Isaiah 1A Microcosm of the Entire Book of
IsaiahIsaiah 1:1 Genesis 1:1 Deuteronomy 32:1
Listen, Oheavens, andhear, O earth
In the beginning Godcreated the heavensand the earth
Give ear, O heavens, and letme speak; and let the earthhear the words of my mouth
Child Motif• Shear-jashub (Isaiah 7:3)• Immanu-el (Isaiah 7:14; 8:8)• Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah
8:3)• Isaiah’s children (Isaiah 8:18)• The Royal Child (Isaiah 9:6-7).
JeremiahThe Weeping Prophet
IsaiahSaw the Northern Kingdom of Israel
taken into Captivity at the hands of Assyria
JeremiahSaw the Southern Kingdom of Judah
taken into Captivity at the hands of Babylon
Foretold of the judgments that would
come in the future
Explained the reasons for the judgments
Judah was experiencing
Looks primarily to the future
Looks primarily to the present
Isaiah JeremiahBold and fearless Gentle and
compassionate
Was married to a prophetess and had
children with prophetic names
Was commanded not to take a wife or have
any children
Chapter 1
Prologue
Chapters 2-20 Chapters21-45
Chapters46-51
Chapter 52
From Josiah to the first year of
Nebuchadnezzar
From Josiah’s
sons to the Captivity
Oracles to the
Nations
Epilogue
Judgment against Judah Nations
Call of Jeremiah
Fall of Jerusalem
Call of Jeremiah (1)Prophecies of Judah & Jerusalem (2-35)
Historical Narrative
Prior to the fall of Jerusalem (36-38)The fall of Jerusalem (39)
After the fall of Jerusalem (40-45)Prophecies of other nations (46-51)
Fall of Jerusalem (52)
Jeremiah 31:31-32“Behold, days are coming,”
declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant which I
will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Jeremiah 31:34And they shall not teach again,
each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Old Covenant
Let us go up to the house of the
Lord
New Covenant
Go unto all the world and make disciples of the
nations
Jerusalem Church
LamentationsThe Song of Sorrow
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 3rd person plural (“they”)
1st person singular (“I”)
1st person plural (“we”)
Each verse begins with an acrostic
Each line begins with an acrostic
Each verse begins with an acrostic
No acrostic
Writer addresses himself to his readers Writer prays to God
Lamentations
Lamentations 3:40-42Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.We lift up our heart and handsToward God in heaven;We have transgressed and rebelled, Thou hast not pardoned.
Lessons from Lamentations
• God is Sovereign over the affairs of men
• Sin brings forth tragic consequences• There is hope in the darkness
EzekielThe Prophet-Priest
25 - 32 33 - 48
• Ezekiel’s call (1-2)• Judgment (3-7)• Temple (8-11) • Judgment (12-14)• Pictures (15-19)• Judgment (20-23)• Pictures (24)
• Amon• Moab• Edom• Philistia• Tyre• Sidon• Egypt
• Watchman (33)
• Restoration (34-37)
• Gog & Magog (38-39)
• New Temple (40-48)
Oracles against Judah
Oracles against Nations
Oracles of Salvation
1 - 24
Amos
620 610 600 590 580 570 560
Josiah
Jehoahaz
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Jehoiachin
Zedekiah
Obadiah?
Jeremiah
DanielEzekielHabakkuk
Joel?Jerusalem & Temple Destroyed
Fall ofNineveh
Babylonian Captivity
The Glory of the Lord• Ezekiel sees the glory of the
presence of the Lord within His temple (8:4).
• The glory of God is seen at the doorway to the temple (9:3).
• It next leaves the doorway and moves out to the Eastern Gate (10:18)
The Glory of the Lord• It moves completely out of the
city of Jerusalem: And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood over the mountain which is east of the city (Ezekiel 11:23).
Ezekiel’s Vision John’s RevelationA Temple within the
CityThe New Jerusalem
• Ezekiel is taken in this vision to a very high mountain (40:2)
• John is carried in the Spirit to a great and high mountain (21:10)
• A man uses a rod to measure the dimensions of the temple (40:5-ff)
• An angel measures the city with a rod (21:15-17)
• The entire temple area is a perfect square (42:15-20)
• The entire city is a perfect cube (21:16)
Ezekiel’s Vision John’s RevelationA Temple within the
CityThe New Jerusalem
• The presence of the glory of the Lord enters the temple (43:3-4)
• No need of sun or moon because the Lord illumines His city (22:5)
• No foreigner is admitted into the temple (44:9)
• Nothing unclean and no unbeliever is allowed into the city (21:8, 27)
• A river of water flows out of the temple (47:1)
• A river of the water of life comes from the throne of God (22:1)
Ezekiel’s Vision John’s RevelationA Temple within the
CityThe New Jerusalem
• There are a total of 12 gates around the city (48:30-34)
• There are 12 gates to the city (21:21)
• The name of the city shall be: “The Lord is there” (48:35).
• The throne of God shall be there (22:3)
Ezekiel 43:4-5 And the glory of the LORD
came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east. 5 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
DanielStatesman-Prophet
1:1 8:1
Written in the Third Person Written in the First Person
Seven Historical Narratives
Four Prophetic Visions
Written in Aramaic Written in HebrewHebrew
Prophetic History relating to the Gentiles
Prophetic History relating to the JewsPrologue
Dream of the image of the four kingdoms (2)
Rescue of Daniel’s friends from the fiery furnace (3)
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the tree Daniel’s interpretation Nebuchadnezzar’s humiliation (4)
Belshazzar’s feast and handwriting on wall Daniel’s interpretation Belshazzar’s death (5)
Rescue of Daniel from the lion’s den (6)
Night vision of four beasts (7)
Daniel 2Vision of a great
statue
Daniel 7MeaningKings &
KingdomsVision of beasts
from the seaHead of fine gold Babylon Lion with wingsBreast & arms of
silverMedes & Persia
Bear with three ribs in its teeth
Belly & thighs of bronze
Greek Empire
Leopard with 4 wings & 4 heads
Legs of iron & clay; ten toes
Antiochus?Rome?
Beast with iron teeth & ten horns
Daniel 2 Daniel 7MeaningAll previous kingdoms
destroyed by the stone cut without
hands
Coming of the Lord and His Kingdom
Ancient of Days takes his seat and passes judgment
A new kingdom that will never be destroyed (2:44)
His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom (7:27)
Daniel 7Dream comes in the
first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon
Daniel 8Vision given in the third
year of the reign of Belshazzar the king
Successive beasts rise up out of the ocean
• Babylon• Medes & Persia• Greece• Other Kingdom
A ram standing by a canal is attacked by a goat coming from the
west • Medes & Persia• Greece
Terrible beast has ten horns
Large horn broken; gives way to ten horns
Out comes a smallhorn that…
Out comes a smallhorn that…
Daniel 7 Daniel 8
Pulls up three previous hornsUtters great boastsAlterations in times and lawWages war against saints and wins against them
Grows exceedinglyMagnifies itself against
heavenRemoves regular sacrifice & throws down the templeFlings truth to the
ground
Daniel 7 Daniel 8Saints are given into his hand for a time,
times, and half a time
Endures for 2300 mornings and evenings
Then sovereignty, dominion, and
greatness are given to the saints of the Most
High
Then the holy place will be properly restored
Daniel 12:1Now at that time Michael, the great
prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.
Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
“A time of distress…”• Abomination of Desolation brought
by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 B.C.• Destruction of the Temple brought by
Titus in A.D. 70• The Final Judgment
Daniel 12:4But as for you, Daniel, conceal
these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.