12 Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament

Desperate to escape the despotic government, many people from Judah turned to false gods and idolatry.6 Pleading to God for rescue from such an immoral, faithless place, Habakkuk learned that the situation of Judah would be rectified in time.7 God said that He had prepared a chastising rod and that Babylon would be the avenging instrument of the just Judeans.8 After the Babylonians expelled Jehoiakim from the throne, God emancipated the Judeans and relieved the heinous social situation. In the end, Habakkuk knew that the just Israelite would not perish from the calamities of the Babylonian attacks;9 he knew that righteousness and faith would prevail. Instead of rectifying the situation at once, the Chaldean empire took control and continued to treat the Judeans harshly. Furthermore, Habakkuk became angry and questioned God again. Nevertheless, he heeded to the previous words of God and kept his faith. Before humanity lost faithfulness, Habakkuk needed to spread this message throughout the empire to save the Judeans. Habakkuk had to extend the word of God to all oppressed people, so he wrote in a style the Israelites could grasp.

The Book of Nehemiah is narrative that continues the history of the Israelites after they return from exile. Nehemiah prays to God about Jerusalem and God’s promises. Nehemiah is sent from Babylon to Jerusalem where he inspects Jerusalem’s walls. Different sections were rebuilt by different groups of people. Through prayer, they were able to complete the rebuilding even when there was opposition. Nehemiah helped the poor by summoning the priests to make the nobles and officials take an oath to follow God’s law. A genealogical record is listed of the exiles who returned. Ezra read The Book of the Law to the Israelites. The Israelites prayed to God and confessed their sins and signed the Law of God. The Levites were brought to

Ezekiel was a young priest when he was growing up, he was always around the temple in Jerusalem. The exiles in Babylon received hope from Ezekiel. Quickly after the first exiles arrived in Babylon, he began preaching. When Ezekiel received the messages from God, they mostly came from visions. Once he kept receiving these messages, he then realized that God would still take care of his people. The people of Babylon will receive a new life and return back home to their land from God’s spirit. God was with the people in Babylon the same amount of time he was in the Temple. In God’s exile, he would bring everyone closer to him. It was everybody’s responsibility to share group individuality.

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Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace, all the people of the land rejoiced and Joash began to reign at the age of seven. Joash reigned for forty years in Jerusalem, and he did what the LORD wanted him to do. But the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places. The king said that the money that is brought be used to repair the temple. But for many years, there were no repairs made to the temple. So, the King said to the priest, stop collecting money from the people and repair the temple yourself. Later, Hazael king of Aram was attacked Gath and captured it and then was about to attack Jerusalem. King Joash took all his sacred objects and his gifts and sent them to Hazael, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

What are some of my names? What name did I have before I came to earth? Who helped me create the earth? What was I known by in the Old Testament? Name six prophets who prophesied of me. Name six prophets who wrote about me. When was I born? What city was I born in? Why was my mother there at that time? Where was I born? Why was I born there? Who came to see me when I was born? How did they know I was there? Why did they come? When was I given a name? Where did my parents go to do it? Who saw them there? What did he say about me? What kind of sacrifice was offered for me? Who is my mother? Who told my mother about me coming? Who is my Father?

After King Saul died, David was appointed king. The temple built by King Solomon who also held the Ark of the Covenant. This was where sacrifices were made to God. After the first temple was built the Jewish people were sent to Babylon and after their return 50 years later, a second temple was built. This second temple was where the Torah was established. After a war with the Romans in 132-135 CE the Jewish temple was destroyed and Jewish people were forbidden to practice their faith (Fisher, 2005). Judea was renamed Palestine and the Jewish people no longer had a home.

The word ‘covenant’ is, in the Old Testament, it is the Hebrew word ‘berith’ and is used

The nation of Israel was set apart as holy to the LORD. But they When the children of Israel demanded a king, they did so to be like the other nations. The first three kings were Saul, (outwardly tall, handsome and strong—a seemingly good choice for a king, but inwardly arrogant, proud and unrepentant—not God’s choice), David (a man after God’s own heart who repented of his sins and as such was God’s choice), and Solomon (the wisest man who ever lived, but because of covenant disobedience became the catalyst for the division and ultimate exile of Israel.

Of all the minor prophets, I chose to do my research paper on the book of Joel because in the book of Joel it dealt with adversity just like I have in my life which makes it more interesting and fascinating since I can personally connect with the book of Joel. In addition, the book of Joel deals with a serious plague with destroying tons of crops and livestock and my uncle works with the government in attempt to stop these types of disasters from occurring like famine in the world which I thought would be neat to do research on and write about.

The Jerusalem temple was built during the reign of Solomon. The initial plans for the Temple were given to his father David. Solomon was the son of David and is known for being the wisest man to ever live it is because of his wisdom and wealth that he was able to begin construction of the first temple dedicated unto God. The Temple itself was not significantly huge like I initially thought it would be. The book of 1 Kings gives a detailed explanation and description of the first temple built.

Isaiah came during a pivotal time in history. The world was changing rapidly and life was on the edge of prosperity and ruin, as it is today. In this uncertain time Isaiah was called by God to deliver a message of warning, comfort, and deliverance. Christians view the prophecies of Isaiah as a projection of the coming of Jesus Christ. Isaiah spoke of divine judgment and the promises of God through the Prince of Peace. Isaiah’s message of the future King was very meticulous. He describes how Christ will come, Christ’s character and Christ’s purpose. In this paper I will dissect Isaiah’s prophecies in the Old Testament and reference them to the events of Christ in the New Testament.

Nehemiah the Israelite leader displays numerous traits of a Servant Leader in the biblical book, Nehemiah. Nehemiah sets out on a quest to rebuild the city of Jerusalem and the wall that surrounds his beloved home. During this time, he encounters many obstacles and will overcome all roadblocks put in front of him. This paper will provide an analysis of two significant events, building the wall around Jerusalem and organizing Jerusalem’s people to rebuild the city.

The major theme of the book, is rebuilding the Temple, only the first step. When we read Zechariah, it is almost like reading Haggai all over again. The messages are very similar and they are written around the same time. There was said to be a year between the two and their message of encouragement. The biggest difference of the two writings is that in Zechariah’s account, words like Messiah and Kingdom appear. There is more prophecy in Zechariah’s account than there was in Haggai. There is nothing negative about this; I liken it unto

Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi were the three prophets from the period following the Babylonian captivity. It was in 538 B. C. when Cyrus king of Persia issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (NIV Study Bible, 2008: 1418). That period was called “Restoration Period” or post-exilic period. Haggai was a post-captivity prophet when Zerubbabel led the first group back from Babylon. Together with Zechariah, they were concerned with the rebuilding of the temple which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians (Hag. 1-2; Zech. 4:8 NKJV). By that time people were living comfortably in their paneled houses, his first message was to warn the people that if they continued to neglect the Lord’s house, they could expect nothing but drought. They obeyed the word of the Lord and began rebuilding the temple (Haggai 1:12-15 NKJV) (http://home.hiwaay.net/~wgann/walk/malachi.htm).