Transcript Prophetic Voice

Introduction to the Minor
Prophets
© John Stevenson, 2010
Maps by David P. Barrett, used by permission
Dr. John T. Stevenson
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Group Introductions
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Your name
Your home church
Where are you in the TIU process?
What is your current ministry within
the Kingdom?
Course Objectives
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Gain an appreciation for the Minor
Prophets and their relevance both to the
Old Testament message as well as to
Christian ministry today.
Exhibit an understanding of the flow of
thought and major turning points in the
books that make up the Minor Prophets.
Demonstrate a familiarity with the
historical, cultural, and theological background of the Minor Prophets.
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Gain an understanding of the key themes
found in the Minor Prophets and how they
relate to the rest of the Biblical message.
Develop a series of Bible studies and/or
sermons from the Minor Prophets that
demonstrate both an understanding of
the issues faced by the original authors
as well as applications relevant to the
needs of a 21st Century congregation.
Christ of the
Prophets
by
O. Palmer Robertson
Unexpected
Wisdom:
Major Insights from
the Minor Prophets
by
Dan Schmidt
Preaching from
the Minor
Prophets to a
Postmodern
Generation
by
John Stevenson
Expositor’s Bible
Commentary
(Revised Edition):
Volume 8
Daniel - Malachi
by
Longman & Garland
Dr. John T. Stevenson
http://JohnStevenson.net
[email protected]
[email protected]
1500 - 1000
Period of the Exodus Judges
and
Patriarchs
1000 - 500
Kings of Israel
and Judah
Sinai
Torah
Historical Books
Poetic Books
Prophetic
Books
Return
2000 - 1500
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations,
Ezekiel, Daniel
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah,
Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi
Sargon the Great
• Died 2330 B.C.
• Birth legend
• Name
• Prince
• Legitimate
• Empire
Akkadians
Medes
Elam
Third Dynasty of Ur
2100 – 2000 B.C.
Ziggurat
The Law-code of Ur
• Lex Talionis: “An eye for an eye”
• Semi-private administration of
justice
• Inequality before the Law: The
law code divided people into
three distinct classes:
• Aristocrats
• Commoners
• Slaves
Sir Leonard
Woolley
• 1880 - 1960
• Began at Ur in
1922
• Ziggurat of Ur
• Flood layers
Amuru
Elam
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Ur
Haran
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Ur
Haran
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Ur
1750 B.C.
• Found at Susa
by de Morgan in
1902
• Caste system
• Lex Talionis
• Wages
• Trial by ordeal
Marriage
Laws
• Only legal
when in writing
• Penalty for
adultery is
death
• Wives own
property
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Mari
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Babylon
Mari Tablets
• Andre Parrot excavated
from 1933-1938 and
1952-1956
• More than 20,000
tablets
• Akkadian from 18001750 B.C.
• Biblical names
Mari Tablets
• Travel and commerce
• Covenant: “To kill a
young donkey”
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Mari
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Nuzi
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Babylon
Nuzi Tablets
• Smaller town
• Destroyed around 1450 B.C.
• Customs and culture similar to
that of the Patriarchs
 Ugarit
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Mari
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Nuzi
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Babylon
• Discovered by a farmer in 1928
• Royal palace with 90 rooms
• Two temples
– Baal, son of El
– Dagon
• Cuneiform Tablets dating to 14501200 B.C.
The Gift of the Nile
THE
NILE
Step Pyramid
of Djoser
Bent Pyramid of Snefru
Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)
Pyramids
• Served as
tombs
• More than
a hundred
in Egypt
• All on the
west bank
of the Nile
Valley of the Kings
Valley of 
 Thebes
the Kings
• Monotheist
• Father to
Tutankhamen
Hatti
Land
Bridge
Egypt
Mesopotamia
DESERT
Independent
Tribes
A Unified
Kingdom
ASSYRIA
Solomon’s
Kingdom
EGYPT
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Samaria
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Bethel
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Jerusalem
Dan
Torah
Prophets
Isaiah
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Micah
Samaria
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Jerusalem
Jonah
Shalmaneser & Jehu
Samaria
Hezekiah’s Tunnel
It was Hezekiah
who stopped the
upper outlet of
the waters of
Gihon and
directed them to
the west side of
the city of David
(2 Chronicles
32:30)
2nd Kings 19:35-36
Then it happened
that night that the angel
of the Lord went out,
and struck 185,000 in
the camp of the
Assyrians; and when
men rose early in the
morning, behold, all of
them were dead.
So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed
and returned home, and
lived at Nineveh.
Taylor Prism
“As for Hezekiah, the
Jew, who did not submit to
my yoke, 46 of his strong
walled cities, as well as the
small cities in their
neighborhood, which were
without number, by
escalade and bringing up
siege engines... Himself,
like a caged bird, I shut up
in Jerusalem, his royal city.”
Carchemish
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Carchemish
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Jeremiah
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Carchemish
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Obadiah
Nahum
Daniel
Ezekiel
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
• Conqueror
• Perpetual victory
• Fall of Persia
• Marched to India
• Died in Babylon
• “To the strongest”
Pompey
Pompey
Torah
Prophets
N.T.