Prophets Collins Quiz 3 By

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unit 4 domestic

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·Long reign of Manasseh, 687-642
·Revival under Josiah, 640-609
·Involved Rel & Pol ind’ence from weak Ass. (633-28)
·Reform: 622. Cut short by Q’s wrath from Manessah.
·Vitality on Decline
·Kings:
Manasseh Bad (687-642)
Amon– Bad (642-640)
Josiah –Good(640-609)Ref –622
Jehoahaz–Bad (609 - 3 months)

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Unit 4 International

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·Ass. Weakening (633-28) due to
·The death of Assurbanipal , 631, last powerful king of Assyria, caused uncertainty in Near East. Nabopolassar, Chaldean, defeated the Assyrians at Babylon and usurped the Babylonian throne (this happened, 626,when the Assyrian appointed governor, Kandalanu, died)
·Assyria falls in 612

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Nahum date

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663-612
(nahum 3:8 thebes-fall of jer)

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Nahum outline

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Ch. 1 The Lord’s Vengence
Ch. 2 Siege and Sack of Nineveh
Ch. 3 Nineveh's Sins and Fall

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Nahum message

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·Comfort for Judah ("vengeance" "good news")
·Nature of God (sov, slow, does not clear, good)
·Relation to Jonah (+100 years!): applies to indv & nations, esp nations that oppress Q’s peeps

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Zephaniah date

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640-628
(josiah reign thru point at which assyrian weakens)

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Zephaniah outline

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Ch 1 The day of the Lord’s Judgment
2:1-7 Summary of the Prophet’s Message
2:8-15 The Lord will Destroy his Enemies
Ch 3 The Lord will Judge his enemies in Jerusalem and bless those who obey him

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Zephaniah message

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·Punishment is means by which the remnant of Isr’l will receive restoration & salv’n
·Hope of salv’n for remnant of Isr’l
·What to expect in a visit from Q:
a Sweeping away of chaff· b Purification of remnant·
-->That we serve Q in holiness

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Habakkuk dates

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640-630
(dating based on fot/participants)
a)Manassah reign
b)**Early in Josiah
c) as early as 597
d) Collins says “not enough info,” but likes an early date

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Habakkuk outline

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1:1 Superscription
1:2-4 1st complaint:
1:5-11 1st answer:
1:12-2:1 2nd complaint:
2:2-20 Q’s ultimate answer 3:1-17 H’s response

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Habakkuk message

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God will relieve the oppression in time, and see to it that Judah will be enabled to fulfill its purpose, so that the members should patiently wait on God and keep the faith. The story is not over...

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unit 5 domestic

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·3 Waves (605, 597, 587)
·Judah idolatrous, syncretistic;

political rulers faithless;

disregarding warnings;

exile imminent

·Judean kings:
Josiah 640-609 good (Reform in 622)
Jehoahaz 609 bad
Jehoyakim 609-597 bad
Jehoyachin 597 bad
Zedekiah 597-587 bad

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unit 5 international

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Ashurbanipal reigns (669-627)
Nabopolasser reigns (626-605)
Nineveh Destoryed 612
Necho regins (610-595)
Necho defeated at Carchemish (605)
First wave of exiles from Judah (605)
Nebucahdrezzar reigns (605-562)
Second wave of exiles from Judah (597)
Third and final wave of exiles from Judah (586)

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Jeremiah date

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627-580 (see 1:1-3)

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Jeremiah message

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Chapt 1-2 serve as programmatic statement; after his calling and equipping in chapt 1, we get his main topics:
1. Apostasy and indifference
2. Idolatry and syncretism
3. Faithless leaders/shepherds
4. Reckless disregard for warnings

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The "Shepherds" motif in Jeremiah:

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a) Shepherds go after Baal (2:8)
b) If Judah repents --> faithful shepherds (3:15)
c.) Shepherds aren't inquiring of the Lord (10:21)
d.) Shepherds are scattering the flock, God will appoint new shepherds (23:1-4)

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Messiah and Jeremiah

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In Jer. 23:4-8 the Branch of David will reign and deal wisely and Judah will flourish in their restored land.

In 33:14-18 God says he will remember his covenant w/ David and a Branch will spring up and justice, salvation, and flourishing will ensue.

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Jeremiah's Acted Sermons/Symbolic Actions

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Jer 13 - linen waistcloth - spoiled like Judah
Jer 18 - Potter's house - God's sovereignty
Jer 19 - Broken Jar - Like Judah will be broken
Jer 27-8 - Bonds and Yokes
Jer 32- Purchase of kinsman's field

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Jeremiah and the "new covenant"

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Jer 31:27-40
- Deut 30 a renewed covenant/a circumcision of the heart.
- No new benefits, but God's plan to instill covenant reality.
- Subjective use of 'covenant' no new administration
- Eschatological: a foreshortened view of the entire era from the perspective of its consummation
- Guaranteed fulfillment

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Ezekiel Date

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592-565 (cf 1:2 - few years prior to death of neb in 562)

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Ezekiel Message

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Collins says, “The specifics of his call (2:1-3:15) anticipate his main themes:
1) the hardened and rebellious people of Judah (2:3-4),
2) the necessity of communicating exactly what God says (2:7-3:3 [contrast Rev 10:9-10]),
3) the influence of the Spirit (3:12-14…),
4) the effect on Ezekiel himself and his communication with the exiled Judeans (3:14-15)” (108)

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Ezekiel and the "new covenant" in Chapt 36

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1) the nature of Q’s grace (in spite of repeated provocations),

2) the new birth and its effects (no longer will Q’s people presume on his forbearance),

3) and the goal of God in saving people for himself: 20-39-44; 36:22-32.

4). He will see the story through to its conclusion; do the people of Judah want to have a part in that”.

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Ezekiel and Shepherds

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Ezek 34
Current shepherds:
- The feed themselves
- No thought of justice for the oppressed
- Scattered the flock
- They will be removed
God as Shepherd:
- David will be prince
- Justice
- flourishing
- peace

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Ezekiel's Symbolic Actions

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Lying on his left side, dung-baked bread, shaved head and beard, molding a siege on clay tile (4-5)
Fairbairn: these did not happen but were visions
Bullock: makes no such concession, sees these as enacted prophecies, "a prophetic art."

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Obadiah Date

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586 -- ten year period coming after the fall of judah when Edom plundered them

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Obadiah outline

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1-7: The guilt of Edom
8-18: Punishm’t of Edom
19-21: Epilogue– People of God reoccupy their land

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Obadiah message

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·Q’s zeal for his people (this explains his anger with Edom).
·Edom will be judged by Q because of their participation in plunder of Jerusalem and general opposition of Q’s people
-bring those under rule ("judge")

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Daniel Date

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604-535 (based on deportation dates- suits the needs of thoughtful jews in exile)

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Daniel Outline

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1. Stories of Daniel (1-6)
- Daniel's Commitment (1)
- Nebuchadrezzar's Dream (2)
- The Golden Image (3)
- Nebucahdrezzar's Dream of the Tree (4)
- Belshazzar's Feat (5)
- The Lion's Den (6)

2. Visions of Daniel (7-12)
- Four Beasts (7)
- Ram and Goat (8)
- Seventy Years (9)
- The Final Vision (10-12)

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Daniel Message

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"the story continues"
story continues
even in exile.
1.The total message of the book, then, is nothing less that a survey, part historical and part prophetic, of the whole period of Gentile imperial rule from Neb’s 1st assault upon Jerusalem and the removal of its Davidic king until the abolition of all Gentile imperial power and the setting up of the Messianic kingdom
2.recounts faithfulness of ideal jew
3.intended to assure jews in the exile that the story is still going somewhere, that God is still sovereign over all and remebers his covenant with his people
4.revealed by protenction, abilityt to interpret dreams rightly, repenteance of kings and the content of the dreams themselves

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Unit 6 domestic

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all these four propohets minister after the return from exile (539 cyrus edict)--
(538) 1st group of exiles return to Jerusalem. (Under Zerubbabel);
1.Sacrifices reinstituted; 2.Intense opposition
-537 Rebuilding of the Temple Begins
-520 Building of the temple resumed under Haggai & Zechariah
-516 temple completed
-460 Malachi
-458 Ezra goes to Jerusalem
-445-33 Nehemiah at Jerusalem
-445 Reading of law, covenant renewal, dedication of wall

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Unit 6 international

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•(539) Fall of Babylon to Persians
•(539 – 530) Cyrus’ Reign [Persian King]
•(538) Cyrus’ decree to return of Zerubbabel & Sheshbazzar etc to Jerusalem
•(530-522) Cambyses [Persian King] (Cyrus’ successor) not interested in helping the Jews
•(522-486) Darius I [Persian King] He enabled the returned Jews to rebuild the temple
•(522-521) Civil War
•(486-464) Xerxes I [Persian King] (Ahasuerus) [Esther]
•(464-423) Artaxerxes I [Persian King]
Circa 400 Joel – no one has establish an objective criteria for dating this

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Haggai date

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520 "in the second year of king darius reign"

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Haggai outline

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1 Message I: A popular saying and Haggai’s response
2:1-9 Message II: The glory of the new temple and the glory of the old
2:10-19 Message III: Priestly lessons from the Law
2:20-23 Message IV: Hope for revival of the Davidic dynasty

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Haggai message

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Get back to work
God's work gets priority
lets get it right this time bc God is with us
Why does it get priority
1. honor of God
2.outward sign of God's presence
3.Mode of worship- authorized means of atonement
4.Eschatological Age - the messianic age needed it

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Zechariah Date

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520-518 (second year - fourth year of king darius - see ch. 1 and 7)

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Zechariah outline

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1:1-6 Intro: the lesson of history
1:7-c6 Visions portraying Q’s zeal for rebuilding Zion
c7-8 Prophetic exhortation based on history
c9-14 Elaboration of Messanic Theme

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Zechariah message

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1.God will renew his covenant with the restored people, and be faithful to them.
2.The promise to David (2 Sam 7) still stands – the Messiah will come. Therefore the people should take courage and have faith that Qis in fact with them
3.(not only did they need to rebuild the temple [Haggai’s theme], they also needed to be sure that Qwas in fact reconstituting them as his covenant people).
4.Q, who controls history, will vindicate himself, his Messiah, and his people

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Malachi Date

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460 (based on the spiritual condition it appears to be dated shortly before ezra's coming in 458)

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Malachi outline

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1:1–Superscription
1:2-4:3 – 6 disputations
4:4-6 Appendix: Moses the law-giver & Elijah the exemplar of prophecy

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Malachi message

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Worship is flawed
After the fireworks (covenant renewal )
Kill your nominal-sim
Ethical comprimises Unauthentic priestly ministry
Preparing ourself

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Joel Date

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ca. 400

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Joel outline

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1:1 Superscription
1:2-2:17 A Lament
2:18-3:21 The Lord’s response to the lament and the future age

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Joel message

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Yahweh’s judgment, both in its present and apocalyptic forms, is transformed into salvation when his people accept his offer of grace and return to him with torn hearts and not just torn clothing (2:13).

God not only meets his people’s material needs (2:21-27) but gives his very self as well (3:1-5). He opens to all the security of Zion. This is the message of Joel.