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Deutero-Isaiah was purportedly written in 540BC. Why that date? |
1. “King Cyrus was talked about, so it is not humanly possible to speak this clearly, with this detail, and being that far removed from a situation.” - “scholars” |
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What chapters comprise Trito-Isaiah? |
56-66 (“450BC”) |
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(Isaiah) What 3 truths about God’s holiness does the prof. emphasize from chapter 6? |
1. with respect to time, God is eternal |
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“And one called to another and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!’” |
Isaiah 6:3 — Isaiah's Call |
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Isaiah’s “woe” connects him to whom in what? |
Isaiah connects himself to everyone in sin. (Isaiah 6) |
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Cite 3 contrasts between the ideal (letters) and the actual (numbers) |
1. God’s people chose to conform to the world (2:6) the world is to be drawn into Zion (2:2)2. the world seeks spiritual benefit (2:3)Zion heaps up material wealth (2:7a) 3. the consequence of coming to Zion is world peace (2:4)Zion is full of armaments 4. the world seeks to know the true God and commits itself beforehand to obey Him (2:3)God’s people are busy inventing their own gods (2:8) 5. the world is received before the Lord’s tribunal (v. 4)God’s people are abandoned and denied forgiveness (2:6, 9) |
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What is shocking about the blighted garden? |
it is shocking that Israel is the blighted garden. Where there is supposed to be righteousness there is bloodshed. |
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What was the crisis Ahaz faced? How did he “resolve” it? What did this “fix” cost Judah? |
1. faces the coalition of Israel and Remaliah. |
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“For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.” |
2:6 (introduction) |
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“For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!” |
5:7 (introduction) |
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“And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” |
6:5 (Isaiah's Call) |
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How does the professor justify the equation Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (MSHB) = Immanuel? |
1. this child is going to reach an age to where the coalition is going to be defeated |
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How are Ahaz and Hezekiah related? What choices did both have? How were their responses similar and dissimilar? |
1. Ahaz and Hezekiah are related because they face the same problems of war 3. Dissimilar—Hezekiah is more complicated than his father. How will political alliance and religious preference be wedded? Hezekiah decides to rely on The Lord twice, but then turns away once. 4. Ahaz never decides to rely on God |
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“But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” |
7:12 (BOOK OF IMMANUEL) |
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“Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.” |
8:18 (BOOK OF IMMANUEL) |
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“And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field.” |
36:2 (BOOK OF HEZEKIAH) |
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“And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.” |
37:36 (BOOK OF HEZEKIAH) |
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(Isaiah) For those considering alliance with Egypt, what does The Lord say about Egypt? |
The Lord says that this is short-sided and dumb. If you continue, both you and Egypt will fall together. |
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(Isaiah) As for Assyria, according to The Lord, how will she be defeated? |
Assyria will be destroyed by The Lord, not by man. |
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(Isaiah) As for Hezekiah’s Tunnel, know the details shared in class. |
1. there’s a bad water problem. The source of water is outside the city wall, you dummy. |
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de Rouchie: “Isaiah challenged Hezekiah to trust in Yahweh alone.” Why is the word “alone” significant here? |
blah |
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“and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool,” |
ISAIAH 22:9 (PAFN) |
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“The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses care flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together. // And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.” |
ISAIAH 31:3,8 (BOOK OF WOES) |
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What distorted view of the Messianic Banquet (Isaiah 25) arose? |
exalted Israel’s place of the banquet, suggesting that the nations of the world will be gathered, not to celebrate but to be annihilated by God. |
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(Isaiah) How does Jesus correct the distorted view? (Luke 14) |
1. Jesus gives us a statement on His banquet, that He is inviting all people to. |
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(Isaiah) What is the focal point of the Little Apocalypse? |
It is the responsibility of God’s people (ALL peoples) to bring them into The Kingdom. |
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With respect to theology proper, match up verses with theological categories. |
BLAH |
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“Like a pregnant woman who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near to giving birth, so were we because of you, O Lord; we were pregnant, we writhed, but we have given birth to wind. We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.” |
ISAIAH 26:17-18 (LITTLE APOCALYPSE) |
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“I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day; I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together. … In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.” |
ISAIAH 27:3-4, 6 (LITTLE APOCALYPSE) |
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(Isaiah) Compile a list of candidates who are not “The” Servant. |
Isaiah |
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(Isaiah) Compile a list of clues suggesting "The" Servant is "unique." |
1. Isaiah 42:1-9 // Matthew 12:18directed by the Spirit of GodSpirit in the OT was present:in creation2. when God delivered Noah from the flood 3. God is announcing that His Spirit will animate this Servant, bringing JUSTICE and RIGHTEOUSNESS 4. going to make God’s Truths apparent in people’s livesgoing to make God’s Truths apparent in people’s lives 5. a bruised reed is no longer functional. (42:3)He will find a secondary purpose for it. 6. justice and righteousness will come and fix things. 7. Isaiah 49:1-13“listen to me…” no prophet would EVER say that. The focus is never on the prophet, it is always on the Word of Godthis is QUITE important 8. the only One who speaks these words is GOD HIMSELF. 9. “Listen is a common prophetic summons, making the servant as a prophet. To me is not used by any other prophet than Isaiah, and in Isaiah it is used only of The Lord (46:3, 12; 48:12; 51:1, 7; 55:2).” 10. THE SERVANT MUST BE GOD. 11. only God has the write to say listen to me. 12. everything God plans to do He plans on doing through THE ONE.The Servant is God |
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(Isaiah) Catalog the 4 servant songs using the 4 Cs (Call, Commission, Commitment, Career) |
1. Isaiah 42:1-9—Call |
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(Isaiah) What does the third piece teach about prayer? |
(61:10-62:7 // emphasis on 61:10)—the anointed conquerer is clothed in garments of salvation |
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(Isaiah) 62:6-7 // WATCHMEN—PRAY. |
1. ceaseless “day and night” |
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Where and how does Revelation pick up the theme of the anointed conqueror? |
1. Revelation 14:17-202. Revelation 19:11-16the WRATH OF THE LAMB 3. Jesus has come to do the final battle judging the enemies of God |
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Nahum is a sequel to which book? |
JONAH. Both addressing Nineveh |
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(Nahum) What is the focal center of the book? |
God is good |
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(Nahum) How should God's people live during the interim? |
worship God |
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(Zephaniah) For God’s people, what is the focal center of the book? |
BLAH |
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(ZEPHANIAH) What details does 2 Chronicles 34 share about Josiah’s reform? |
BLAH |
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Why is Zephaniah in the Hebrew Bible? |
1. Call to repentance (2:1-3) |
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"something" |
Zephaniah 3:9,17 |
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What are Habakkuk’s 2 questions? |
1. Why did God let Judah’s injustice continue? (1:2-4) |
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(Habakkuk) What are The Lord’s answers? |
1. God would use the army of Babylon to judge Judah (1:5-11) |
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(Habakkuk) Explain “disinterested” righteousness. Identify 2 other places in the OT where it occurs. |
BLAH |
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(Habakkuk) Reduce the 613 with the Rabbis and Jesus |
1. see this verse (2:4) as a summation of OT law. |
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“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.” |
Habakkuk 2:4 |
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"Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. " |
Habakkuk 3:17-18 |
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In Jeremiah 1:10 God speaks of Jeremiah’s calling. Detail a “living sermon” which speaks to the negative and another to the positive developments. |
1. the negative—the exile |
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Catalog 5 ways The Lord responded to Jeremiah’s “complaint." |
BLAH |
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"If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot."
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Jeremiah 20:9 |
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"Fields shall be bought in this land of which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’" |
Jeremiah 32:43 |
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(Ezekiel) Detail the importance of the “living sermons” of chapters 4 and 24 |
1. he living sermon suggests that the city will be destroyed and captive of the Babylonian Empire. Gets rid of the significance of the 430 years. END OF FREEDOM. (chapter 4) |
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According to John’s Gospel, to what/when does Ezekiel’s vision of the trickling water point? Explain. |
1. starts at the temple, ends at the Dead Sea (27% salt). Now it’s fresh though? (verse 9) |
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(Ezekiel) De Rouchie: Yahweh’s departure from the temple before its destruction teaches what valuable lesson? |
BLAH |
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“And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city.” |
Ezekiel 11:23 |
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"And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh.” |
Ezekiel 47:8 |