The Prophets

God’s Voice in the

Darkness

Before the ExilePrelude to Wrath

• To Nineveh:Jonah 862 B.C.

• To 10 Tribes of IsraelAmos 787 B.C.Hosea 785-725 B.C.Obadiah 887 B.C.Joel 800 B.C.

• To JudahIsaiah 760-698 B.C.Micah 750-710 B.C.Nahum 713 B.C.Habakkuk 626 B.C.Zephaniah 630 B.C.Jeremiah 629-588

B.C.

During the Exile• Ezekiel 595-574 B.C.• Daniel 607-534 B.C.

• Haggai 520 B.C.• Zechariah 520-518 B.C.

• Malachi 397 B.C.

After the Exile

Christ in Isaiah

1. His Incarnation 7:14, 15; 9:62. His Youth in Nazareth 11:1,2; 53:2; 7:153. His Relationship with the Father42:1; 50:4,54. His Miracles 35:5-65. His Message 61:1-26. His Specific Ministry to the Gentiles 9:1-27. His Gracious Ministry to All 42:2-38. His Suffering and Death 50:6; 52:14; 53:1-109. His Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation

52:13; 53:10-1210. His Millennial Reign 9:7; 42:4-7; 59:16-21; 11:3-5;

49:1-12; 32:1; 33:22

The Millennium in Isaiah Fourfold Salvation

– of Gentile Nations• 2:2-4• 11:10• 19:18-25• 52:10• 56:6-8

– Of All Nature• 11:6-9 • 14:7-8• 30:23-26• 35:1-10• 40:4-5• 65:25

– of Israel and Jerusalem• 4:2-6 51:3,11• 11:12 52:1,6-9• 14:3

59:20-21• 30:19 60:1-3,11-

22• 32:18 62:1-4• 44:23 65:18-24• 49:10-13 66:10,12

– Of The Afflicted• 29:18• 35:3-6• 42:16

Tribulation in Isaiah• Earth 2:10-22 13:6-13 24:1-23

– To be shaken and to be moved out of its place– To be made waste and turned upside down– To be burned with fire– To be broken and dissolved– To reel to and fro like a drunkard– To be unable to cover its dead

• Heavens 26:20,21 34:1-10 42:13,14– Stars, sun, and moon to be darkened– Hosts of heaven to be dissolved and rolled up like a scroll– Stars to fall as figs from a tree when shaken

• Sinful Mankind 51:6 63:1-6 66:15-16– To hide in caves and holes of the earth– To faint with fear and hearts to melt– To suffer the pain of childbirth– To experience no joy whatsoever– To cover the mountains with their dead– To overpower the valleys with their stench– To be trampled by God like overripe grapes

Jeremiah1. Was the son of a priest (1:1)

2. Was commanded to remain unmarried (16:2)

3. Protested his call at first – pleading youth (1:6)

4. Was assured that God had chosen him prior to birth. (1:5)

5. Attempted to find one honest man in Jerusalem (5:1-5)

6. Pleaded with Judah to return to God (3:12-14;26:1-7)

7. Denounced sin and persecuted by• Family (12:6)• Hometown people (11:21)• Religious world (20:1-3; 26:7-9; 37:11-16)

8. Listed Judah’s many sins • Their worship of the queen of heaven (7:18; 44:17)• The sacrifice of their own children to devil gods (8:31; 9:15)• Their murder of Judah’s own prophets (2:30)

9. Warned about the coming Babylonian captivity• Jerusalem to be surrounded (4:17; 6:3-5)• Her own trees to be used against her (6:6)• Temple to be destroyed (7:14)• Corpses to feed animals (7:32; 9:22;12:8-9)• Captivity for 70 years (7:15; 25:11; 29:10)

10. Wept over this captivity (4:19-21; 8:18, 21; 9:1-2, 10; 13:17; 14:17)

11. Had his original manuscript burned by King Jehoiakim (36:21-23)

12. Threatened to resign (20:7-9, 14-18)13. Ordered to buy a field while in prison as prophecy (32:6-15)14. Was freed by Nebuchadnezzar (40:1-6; 39:14)15. Helped newly appointed governor Gedaliah (40:6)16. Advised Johanan when Gedaliah was killed (42:1-5)17. Was carried by force to Egypt by Johanan (43:1-7)18. Continued to preach out against sin (43-44)19. Probably died in Egypt

Rulers Jeremiah Ministered Under

• Josiah – Judah’s last godly king• Jehoiakim – Ungodly Bible-burning king• Jehoiachin – A ninety-day wonder judged by

God.• Zedekiah – Judah’s final king• Nebuchadnezzar – Great Babylonian conqueror• Gedaliah – Babylonian appointed governor of

occupied city of Jerusalem• Johanan – Successor of Gedaliah who was

assassinated

People Jeremiah Ministered To:

1. To the majority in Judah about the coming captivity – a warning

2. To the minority already captive in abylon – an encouragement (see chapter 29)

Nations He Prophesied Against• Egypt (46:1-27)

– To be defeated by Nebuchadnezzar at battle of Carchemish

• Philistia (47:1-6)– To be overrun and

destroyed by the Egyptians

• Moab (48:1-47)– To be conquered by

Babylon• Ammon (49:1-6)

– To be destroyed for sinning against Israel

– To be reestablished during the millennium

• Edom (49:7-22)– To become as Sodom and

Gomorrah• Damascus (49:23-27)

– To be destroyed in a single day• Kedar and Hazor (49:28-35)

– To be destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

• Elam (49:34-39)– To be overrun by

Nebuchadnezzar– To be reestablished during the

millennium• Babylon (50:1-51:64)

– These prophecies concern two Babylons

Ezekiel’s Millennial Temple• Its Priesthood – Those Priests from the line of Zadok• Its Prince – Not Christ (45:22;46:16) but someone

from the line of David• Its unique Features – no veil, table of shewbread,

lampstands, or Ark of the Covenant; east gate to be closed

• Its Sacrifices – a reminder to all of the necessity of the new birth; an object lesson of the costliness of salvation; an example of the awfulness of sin; an illustration of the holiness of God

• Its River– The source – proceeding from beneath the temple– The course - flows to the Dead Sea and the

Mediterranean– The force – waters to swim in

Daniel – The Prayer of a Prophet• First year of the Persian rule – 538BC (9:2)• Daniel’s understanding of Jeremiah’s prophecy• The promise of God are basis for the prayer.• Confession of national sin (chapter 9)• Requests:

– That God would bring them out of Babylon as He once did out of Egypt

– That God would forgive– That God would allow the Temple to be rebuilt in

Jerusalem

• Answered Prayer: “Yea, while I was…in prayer…Gabriel…touched me…” (9:21)

The Coming Calamity of the Tribulation

• Michael the Archangel would be the helper• The Length of the Tribulation: (chapter 12)

– 1260 days in the final and worst part (31/2 years)– 1290 days in the first half + thirty days probably

needed to conduct the various Jewish, Gentile, and angelic judgments

– 1335 referring to the first time period plus forty-five days probably spent preparing for the millennial government.

• Interests both angels and Old Testament prophets (12:5-8)

• Salvation during the Tribulation (12:1,10)– “…Everyone…written in the book”– “Many shall be purified and made white…”

• Signs Preceding the Tribulation (12:4)– An increase in speed– An increase in knowledge

• The Resurrections Following the Tribulation– At the beginning of the Millennium– Of the Old Testament and Tribulation saints– At the end of the Millennium– Resurrection of all unsaved dead