1. Isaiah - Malachi

2. FACILITATOR: John Stevenson E-Mail: JohnStevenson@Bellsouth.net
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4. SESSION ONE: HERMENEUTICAL ISSUES IN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY

5. WHAT WAS AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET?

6. Old Testament Designations for "Prophet"
Prophet - aybn
Seer
Servant
Messenger
Man of God

7. The Function of the Old Testament Prophet
They functioned as Preachers
They functioned as Predictors

8. Distinctive Roles of Prophet Versus Priest

9. WHAT DID THE PROPHETS DO?
Covenant Dynamics in Ancient Near East and Covenant Diplomats
Covenant Dynamics in Israel and the Prophets

10. Covenant Dynamics in Israel and the Prophets
Received messages from God
Called by God
Wrote Scriptures
Passed Biblical Tests

11. THE HISTORY OF THE PROPHETS

12. Pre-Monarchial Patriarchal Prophets
The Patriarchs
Prophets of the Exodus and Conquest
Prophet/Judges

13. Prophets of the United Kingdom
Samuel
Gad
Nathan

14. Early Prophets of the Divided Kingdom
Ahijah
Shemaiah
Shemaiah, Gad and Iddo
Jehu
Elijah and Elisha

15. ISRAEL
Jerusalem
JUDAH

16. Judah & Israel

17.  DAN
ISRAEL
 BETHEL
Jerusalem
JUDAH

18. ASSYRIA
 Damascus
 Babylon
EGYPT

21. Literary Prophets of the Divided Kingdom
Obadiah: Prophesied of Edom
Joel: Date uncertain
Jonah: God’s attitude to Gentiles
Hosea: Israel’s Unfaithfulness
Amos: Social Injustice
Isaiah: To Judah
Micah: To Judah and Israel

22. 721 B.C.
ISRAEL
Jerusalem
JUDAH

23. Pre-Exilic Prophets of Judah
Nahum: Judgment against Nineveh
Zephaniah: Day of the Lord against Judah
Habakkuk: Prayer

24. Scythians
ASSYRIA
Medes
 Babylon
 Jerusalem
(Chaldeans)

25. Scythians
Medes
 Babylon
 Jerusalem
(Chaldeans)

26. Prophets of the Exile Jeremiah: “The Weeping Prophet”
Daniel: Historical Narrative and Prophetic Visions
Ezekiel: Common Captivity

27. Medes
Persia
 Babylon
 Jerusalem
Cyrus the Great
539 B.C.

29. Post-Exilic Prophets
Joel? - The Day of the Lord and Ultimate Restoration
Haggai: Encouragement to rebuild the Temple
Zechariah: Visions of God’s Working in History
Malachi: A call to faithfulness

31. WHAT ARE THE CONTOURS OF PROPHETIC PREDICTIONS?
Blessings and Cursings
Greater and Lesser
High and Low Determination

32. Two Types of Covenants
Covenant of Parity
Suzerain Covenant

34. Greater and Lesser
Leviticus 26

35. Greater and Lesser Leviticus 26
Verses 1-13
Promises of Blessing
Verses 14-33
Promises of Curses
Disease
Invasion
Defeat
“Seven times more”
Removed from Land
Rain for crops
Security in land
Victory over enemies
God with His people

36. HIGH AND LOW
DETERMINATION

37. Jeremiah 18:1-4
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, 2 "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I shall announce My words to you." 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. 4 But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.

38. Jeremiah 18:5-6
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, 6 "Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

39. Jeremiah 18:7-10

40. Flow of Thought

41. High & Low Determination
Conditional Predictions: “If… then” clauses
Unqualified Predictions
Confirmed Predictions
Sworn Predictions

43. Homework for next Class
Begin Viewing He Gave us Prophets Series - Audio at for lessons 1-6.
Take notes on Lesson 1 of He Gave us Prophets and turn in for grade (Use Study Guide on Web).
Read Pratt’s Historical Contingencies & Biblical Predictions at Website