111: The Message Of The Prophets

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THE MESSAGE OF THE PROPHETS

Brandon Damon
CHST 111: SURVEY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
Dr. White
November 08, 2016

The message of the Prophets is that God’s Word provides man with His immediate presence and the hope of a return to Him while man waits for the perfect arrival of the risen seed of Abraham, who is the Son of David, during the painful days of man’s exile. The Prophets is a just a continuing commentary of the Moses’ prediction back in the Torah. The Prophets and each book deal with the same dilemma and hope of the Torah. The dilemma was the heart of Israel (and all humanity) is so bound up in sin that it leaves Israel (and all humanity) in both a physical and spiritual exile from God. The …show more content…

The Prophets are divided into two sections. The first section that is the most narrative is the Former prophets. The Former Prophets are composed of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. The second section that is mostly poetic prophecy is the Latter Prophets. The Latter Prophets are composed of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve (Minor Prophets) which are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi. The purpose of the Latter Prophets is to help the reader understand the Former prophets. The order shows us how the book that is the Prophets forms a discussion of what happened after Moses’ life and covenant confirmed the very things said would happen throughout his book, the Torah. The Latter Prophets answers the end of 2 Kings 25 with the confirmation that God’s plan is still the same and will …show more content…

In the book of Judges, God raises up adversaries to oppress Israel of their sins. God raises up adversaries as a form a judgment on Israel because of the sins that were committed. Judg. 17:6, “Every man did what was right in his own eyes.” By the Israelites, doing what was right in their own eyes, they were doing evil in the sight of the Lord, which is why the Lord brought judgment against them. God’s judgment is good because God is the divine authority who created Heaven and Earth and has a right to do justice. God’s judgment is perfect and is seen in Judges 1 when Adoni-Bezek declares God’s judgment to be just. It is perfect justice because God did to him what he did to other men. God’s judgment is an answer to the sins of man with perfect justice. Another answer to man’s sinful behavior and disobedience of God’s commandment is God is resorting to exile from the Promised Land. Hosea 2 shows God’s goodness when He tells Hosea to marry a harlot. Hosea and his wife Gomer, have three children. The children’s names mean will sow, no compassion, and not my people. The reader can get the concept that the meaning of the children’s name symbolized a judgment to the Israelites. The judgment in Hosea is that God will sow no compassion to the Israelites by not calling them not his

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