Transcript The Minor Prophets Part 2 © John Stevenson, 2012 Oracle against Edom Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom– We have heard.

The Minor Prophets
Part 2
© John Stevenson, 2012
Oracle
against
Edom
Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord GOD concerning
Edom–
We have heard a report from the
LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the
nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for
battle”
640
630
620
Kings of Judah
610
600
Jehoahaz
590
Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim
Josiah
Zephaniah
580
Obadiah?
Zedekiah
Jerusalem &
Temple
Destroyed
Jeremiah
Nahum
Daniel
Ezekiel
Fall of
Nineveh
1:1
1:12
Vision against Warning against
Edom
Edom
• Edom will be
defeated
despite her
present
strength &
security, 1-4
1:15
Israel’s
Victory
Obadiah 1:3
“The arrogance of your heart has
deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
Obadiah 1:4
“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the
stars,
From there I will bring you down,”
declares the LORD.
1:1
1:12
Vision against Warning against
Edom
Edom
• Defeated
despite
strength &
security, 1-4
• Edom to be
thoroughly
plundered, 57
1:15
Israel’s
Victory
1:1
1:12
Vision against Warning against
Edom
Edom
• Defeated
despite
strength &
security, 1-4
• Thoroughly
plundered, 57
• Cut off
forever, 8-10
1:15
Israel’s
Victory
Obadiah 1:10
Because of violence to your brother
Jacob,
You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.
1:1
1:12
Vision against Warning against
Edom
Edom
• Defeated
despite
strength &
security, 1-4
• Thoroughly
plundered, 57
• Cut off
forever, 8-10
Do not…
• Gloat
• Rejoice over sons
of Judah
• Enter gate of
Judah
• Loot Judah
• Hurt survivors
• Imprison survivors
1:15
Israel’s
Victory
1:1
1:12
Vision against Warning against
Edom
Edom
• Defeated
despite
strength &
security, 1-4
• Thoroughly
plundered, 57
• Cut off
forever, 8-10
1:15
Israel’s
Victory
Do not…
• Day of the
Lord coming,
• Gloat
15-16
• Rejoice over sons
of Judah
• Enter gate of
Judah
• Loot Judah
• Hurt survivors
• Imprison survivors
• God cares for his people when they
suffer.
• God warns but will eventually judge
those who persecute his people.
• God will give victory to his people.
• God’s faithful people will inherit the
kingdom of God in its fullness.
What comes to mind when you
first think of Jonah?
Jonah 1:1-2
The word of the LORD came to
Jonah the son of Amittai saying, 2 “Arise,
go to Nineveh the great city and cry
against it, for their wickedness has
come up before Me.”
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee to
Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD. So he went down to Joppa,
found a ship which was going to
Tarshish, paid the fare and went down
into it to go with them to Tarshish from
the presence of the LORD.
Assyria
Israel
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Jonah the
Reluctant
Prophet
The One that
Got Away
In the
Ship
The Prodigal
Prophet
In the
Fish
The Praying
Prophet
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
The City that Jonah - A Man
Turned back on Fire for God
to God
In Nineveh
Outside
Nineveh
The Preaching
Prophet
The Pouting
Prophet
Jonah 2:10
Then the LORD commanded the
fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the
dry land.
Jonah 3:1-2
Now the word of the LORD came
to Jonah the second time, saying, 2
“Arise, go to Nineveh the great city
and proclaim to it the proclamation
which I am going to tell you.”
Jonah 3:3
So Jonah arose and went to
Nineveh according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an
exceedingly great city, a three days’
walk.
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Literally, “a great city to god”
Jonah 3:3
So Jonah arose and went to
Nineveh according to the word of the
LORD. Now Nineveh was an
exceedingly great city, a three days’
walk.
NIV: Now Nineveh was a very
important city -- a visit required
three days.
Jonah 3:10
When God saw their deeds, that
they turned from their wicked way,
then God relented concerning the
calamity which He had declared He
would bring upon them. And He did
not do it.
Jonah 4:1
But it greatly displeased Jonah
and he became angry.
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the LORD and
said, “Please LORD, was not this
what I said while I was still in my own
country? Therefore in order to forestall
this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that
You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and
abundant in lovingkindness, and one
who relents concerning calamity.”
Jonah 4:3
“Therefore now, O LORD, please
take my life from me, for death is
better to me than life.”
Jonah 4:8
When the sun came up God
appointed a scorching east wind, and
the sun beat down on Jonah’s head
so that he became faint and begged
with all his soul to die, saying, “Death
is better to me than life.”
Jonah 4:10-11
Then the LORD said, “You had
compassion on the plant for which you
did not work and which you did not
cause to grow, which came up
overnight and perished overnight. 11
Should I not have compassion on
Nineveh, the great city in which there
are more than 120,000 persons who
do not know the difference between
their right and left hand, as well as
many animals?”
Why does the book of Jonah
end this way?
Lessons from Jonah
• God wants repentance
– In Nineveh
– In Jonah
• God is a God of compassion;
His compassion extends both
to pagan cities as well as to
stubborn prophets.
Micah 1:1
The word of the LORD which
came to Micah of Moresheth in the
days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah, which he saw
concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Jehoash
Jonah
Jeroboam II
Amos (793-753 B.C.)
Hosea
4th Dynasty
(798-782 B.C.)
Zechariah Shallum
Menahem
Amaziah
(796-767 B.C.)
Azariah
(Uzziah)
(790-740 B.C.)
Pekhaiah
Isaiah
Micah
Pekah
Jotham
(742-732 B.C.)
(750-731 B.C.)
Hoshea
(732-721 B.C.)
Ahaz
(735-715 B.C.)
Hezekiah
Micah 1-2
Micah 3-5
Micah 6-7
First
Oracle
Second
Oracle
Third
Oracle
Judgment
of idolatry
Promise of
eventual
regathering
Judgment
against
rulers
Promise of
future glory
Judgment
against
disloyalty
Promise of
future
restoration
Micah 1:6
For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in
the open country,
Planting places for a vineyard.
I will pour her stones down into the valley,
And will lay bare her foundations.
Micah 1:7
All of her idols will be smashed,
All of her earnings will be burned with fire,
And all of her images I will make desolate,
For she collected them from a harlot's
earnings,
And to the earnings of a harlot they will
return.
“Tell it not in Gath”
Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all
(Micah 1:10a).
Your beauty, O Israel, is
slain on your high places!
How have the mighty fallen!
20 Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the
streets of Ashkelon;
Lest the daughters of the
Philistines rejoice,
Lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised exult.
(2 Samuel 1:19-20).
19
Micah 1:10
Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all.
At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the
dust.
“House of Dust”
Tell it not in Tellington!
Wail not in Wailing!
Dust Manor will eat dirt,
Dressy Town will flee naked.
Safefold will not save,
Allchester's walls are down,
A bitter dose drinks Bitterton.
Toward Jerusalem, City of Peace,
The Lord sends war.
Harness the war-steeds,
O men of Barstead!
Zion's beginning of sinning,
Equal to Israel's crimes.
To Welfare a last farewell!
For Trapping trapped Israel's kings
Micah 4:1
And it will come about in the last days
That the mountain of the house of the
LORD
Will be established as the chief of the
mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the peoples will stream to it.
The Mountain Theme
• “The Mountain of God” (Exodus 3:1).
• The Song of Moses.
You wilt bring them and plant them in the
mountain of Your inheritance,
The place, O Lord, which You have made
for Your dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands
have established. (Exodus 15:17).
The Mountain Theme
• “The Mountain of God” (Exodus 3:1).
• The Song of Moses.
• The Mountain of God and the Covering
Cherub (Ezekiel 28:14-16).
Micah 4:2
And many nations will come and say,
“Come and let us go up to the mountain
of the LORD
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
Micah 5:2
But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be
ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I come to the LORD
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
Micah 6:7
Does the LORD take delight in
thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my first-born for my
rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my
soul?
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
The Prophet of Nineveh’s
Destruction
Nahum and Jonah
• Both Nahum and Jonah focus upon
Assyria and their capital city of Nineveh.
• Both Nahum and Jonah contain
prophecies of Nineveh's destruction.
• Both Nahum and Jonah close their books
with a question.
Nahum means “comfort”
And it will come about that all who see
you
Will shrink from you and say,
“Nineveh is devastated!
Who will grieve for her?
Where will I seek comforters for you?”
(Nahum 3:7).
~x;n" Nacham
Prayer and Praise
Why does
God allow the
Wicked to go
unpunished?
I am going to
bring
Judgment
Habakkuk 1:6
For behold, I am raising up the
Chaldeans,
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not
theirs.
Habakkuk 1:6
For behold, I am raising up the
Chaldeans,

That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not

theirs.
Habakkuk 1:7
They are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate
with themselves.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter
than leopards
And keener than wolves
in the evening.
Their horsemen come
galloping,
Their horsemen come
from afar;
They fly like an eagle
swooping down to
devour.
1:1
1:12
Habakkuk’s Problem
Problem #1:
Why does
God allow the
wicked?
Problem #2:
How can God
use wicked to
punish?
Answer #1:
Answer #2:
God will bring God will also
judgment
judge them
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory
of the LORD,
As the waters cover the sea.
1:1
1:12
Habakkuk’s Problem
3:1
Habakkuk’s
Praise
Problem #2: Praise for the…
How can God • Person of God
use wicked to • Power of God
punish?
• Purpose of God
Answer #1:
Answer #2:
• Because of faith
God will bring God will also
in God
judgment
judge them
Problem #1:
Why does
God allow the
wicked?
Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree should not
blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should
fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off
from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,
Habakkuk 3:18
Yet I will exult in the LORD,
I will rejoice in the God of my
salvation.
Habakkuk 3:19
The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’
feet,
And makes me walk on my high
places.
For the choir director, on my
stringed instruments.
Judgment Against Judah
Zephaniah  hyn;p.c" (Tsephanyah)
!p;c"
From
(tsaphan)
“to hide.”
Seek the LORD,
All you humble of the earth
Who have carried out His
ordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
In the day of the LORD’S anger.
(Zephaniah 2:3).
Zephaniah 1:1
The word of the LORD which
came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son
of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of
Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son
of Amon, king of Judah:
Date of Writing
• In the days of Josiah son of Amon,
king of Judah (Zephaniah 1:1).
• A Call for National Repentance.
• Slightly prior to Jeremiah.
• Foretells the Destruction of Nineveh
(2:13).
640
630
620
610
Kings of Judah
600
Jehoahaz
580
Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim
Josiah
590
Zedekiah
Jerusalem
& Temple
Destroyed
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Nahum
Daniel
Ezekiel
Fall of
Nineveh
Coming judgment on Jerusalem (1:1-6)
Coming judgment of leaders & wealthy (1:7-13)
God’s judgment against the nation (1:14-18)
Call to repentance (2:1-3)
God’s judgment against the nations (2:4-15)
Coming judgment of leaders (3:1-7)
Coming restoration of Jerusalem (3:8-20)
Zephaniah 2:1-2
Gather yourselves together, yes,
gather,
O nation without shame,
2 Before the decree takes effect–
The day passes like the chaff–
Before the burning anger of the
LORD comes upon you,
Before the day of the LORD’S anger
comes upon you.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek the LORD,
All you humble of the earth
Who have carried out His ordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
In the day of the LORD’S anger.
Zephaniah 3:8
“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the
LORD,
“For the day when I rise up as a
witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather
nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.”
Zephaniah 3:8
“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the
LORD,
“For the day when I rise up as a
witness.
Indeed, My decision is to gather
nations,
To assemble kingdoms,
To pour out on them My indignation,
All My burning anger;
For all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of My zeal.”
Zephaniah 3:9
“For then I will give to the peoples
purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name
of the LORD,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.”
Zephaniah 3:10
“From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
My worshipers,
My dispersed ones,
Will bring My offerings.”
Zephaniah 3:11
“In that day you will feel no shame
Because of all your deeds
By which you have rebelled against
Me;
For then I will remove from your midst
Your proud, exulting ones,
And you will never again be haughty
On My holy mountain.
Zephaniah 3:12
“But I will leave among you
A humble and lowly people,
And they will take refuge in the name
of the LORD.”
Zephaniah 3:13
“The remnant of Israel will do no
wrong
And tell no lies,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”
Zephaniah 3:14
Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
Zephaniah 3:15
The LORD has taken away His
judgments against you,
He has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in
your midst;
You will fear disaster no more.
Zephaniah 3:16-17
In that day it will be said to
Jerusalem:
“Do not be afraid, O Zion;
Do not let your hands fall limp.
17 “The LORD your God is in your
midst,
A victorious warrior.
He will exult over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of
joy.
Zephaniah 3:18
I will gather those who grieve about
the appointed feasts–
They came from you, O Zion;
The reproach of exile is a burden on
them.
Zephaniah 3:19
Behold, I am going to deal at that
time
With all your oppressors,
I will save the lame
And gather the outcast,
And I will turn their shame into praise
and renown in all the earth.
…fixing our eyes on
Jesus, the author and
perfecter of faith, who
for the joy set before
Him endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne
of God. (Hebrews 12:2).
Now, little children,
abide in Him, so that
when He appears,
we may have
confidence and not
shrink away from
Him in shame at His
coming (1 John
2:28).
Zephaniah 3:20
“At that time I will bring you in,
Even at the time when I gather you
together;
Indeed, I will give you renown and
praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I restore your fortunes before
your eyes,”
Says the LORD.