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70 Cards in this Set
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Except for Jonah, he was the only writing prophet to live in the North, and had a wife.
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Hosea
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Northern Kingdom called_______
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Ephraim in Hosea
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wife's behavior analogous to Israel's behavior
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Hosea
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3 views on Hosea's marriage
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Literal, allegory, married clean woman who became adultress
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He compared Israel to 4 things
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Hosea
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Major themes of Hosea
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spiritual adultery
knowledge of God God's frustrated love |
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Dated between 900-400 BC
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Joel
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He had the vision of the locust plague
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Joel
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Locust plague described as __________.
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war horses
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He was a shephern and sycamore fig farmer
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Amos
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Amos was a native to _____, but sent to preach to _____.
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Judah, israel
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3-fold description of the Norhtern Kingdom's problems
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Religious apostasy, moral & social collapse, and political corruption
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He was opposed by Amaziah, the priest
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Amos
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Shortest book in the OT
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Obadiah
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Theme of ______ was destruction coming to Edom
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Obadiah
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Two significant items about Edom
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Pride of unreachable mountain home, lack of brotherliness
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New Testament name of Obadiah
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Idumea
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People involved in the long-standing enmity between Edom and Israel
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Saul, David, Solomon, Jehosaphat, Jehoram, Amaziah
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Major themes of Obadiah
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Pride, universal judgement, restoration
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Jonah's uniqueness among the prophetic books
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written as an episode of his life
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He preached to Nineveh
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Jonah
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Only OT prophet to preach entirely to a foreign people
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Jonah
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Only minor prophet referred to by Jesus
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Jonah
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4 miracles of Jonah
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storm and calm sea, fish, gourd vine
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2 views about the book (JOnah)
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missionary book or instruction for israel to have compassion
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The message of Jonah
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God's right to bestow acts of compassion on whoever he will
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Major themes of Jonah
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compassion, anger, sovereignty
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known as the country prophet
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Micah
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His prophecies saved the life of Jeremiah
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Micah
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Known as the champion of the poor
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Micah
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3-fold description of evildoers in Micah
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Idle rich, corrupt politicians, false prophets
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Themes of Micah
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Social injustice, true worship, false security
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Summation of a man's duty
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Do justice, love, mercy, walk humbly with God
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He was the first to speak of Jerusalem's destruction and that of the temple
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Micah
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First to point directly to Bethlehem as city of the Messiah's birth
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Micah
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Habakkuk's question of theodicy
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Why do eveil people thrive?
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This book deals with same basic issue as Job
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Habakkuk
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Style of Habakkuk
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complaint and answer
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This book is organized around prayers of the prophet and responses of the Lord
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Habakkuk
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He climbs a tower to await an answer
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Habakkuk
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The purpose of his prophecies was to initiate change in Judah
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Zephaniah
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He was vague about the forms of punishment
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Zephaniah
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Ezra should be read for background info of this book
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Haggai
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He was a prophet of a solitary mission
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Haggai
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Haggai's task was
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to initiate reconstruction of Temple of God
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His work complemented by Zechariah
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Haggai
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2nd shortest book in the OT
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Haggai
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Haggai had a collection of ____ oracles, each specifically dated
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4
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Things lost to the 2nd temple
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ark of the covenant, wealth and splendor of the 1st temple, question of God's glory really being there
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He served as both priest and prophet
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Zechariah
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THis book is dated by the reign of Darius
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Zechariah
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He is only prophet that presents hope
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Zechariah
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Problems concerning Zechariah
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Murder mentioned by Jesus, unity of the book
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# features of Zechariah
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He says most about the messianic shepherd-king
Contributes most of all the prophets to angelology of OT, uses symbols |
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Zechariah's 4 predictions about the messiah
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-Come in low and humble station of life
-restore israel by the blood of his convenant - serve as a shepherd to the people - be pierced and struck down |
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Zechariah has ___ visions
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8
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4 settings of Malachi
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-Judah under govenor
- edom is gone - judah is in the land and temple exists - careless priests, discouragement among people, problem with foreign marriages |
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Writing style of Malachi
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debating
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Number of examples of Debating writing style in Malachi
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7
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Malachi prophecies______ and ______.
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Elijah to return, and John the Baptist
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445 BC
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Nehemiah returned to rebuild walls of Jerusalem
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458 BC
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Ezra returned to Jerusalem with exiles to teach the law and encourage a return to the ways of God
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516 BC
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second temple dedicated
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520 BC
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work on the temple began again
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538 BC
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First group of jews return to their homeland
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539 BC
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Cyrus, Medo-Persian king, captured Babylon in "peaceful" invasion; decreed Jews could go home
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586 BC
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Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar and Babylonians
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597 BC
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Second group of captives including Ezekiel, taken to Babylon
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606 BC
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Nebuchadnezzar had Jews taken to Babylon. (Daniel, Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego)
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612 BC
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Fall of Nineveh
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