Week 41

We only have one more week in the OT!

The Exodus Creation Conquest of Canaan Establishment of Kingdom Split of KingdomFall of Israel Fall of Judah Restoration of Remnant

The Exodus Creation Conquest of Canaan Establishment of Kingdom Split of KingdomFall of Israel Fall of Judah Restoration of Remnant Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1&2 Samuel 1 & 2 Kings --The Psalms-- Ezra Nehemiah Esther Captivity Job? Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Proverbs Habakkuk Obadiah Joel Jonah Amos Hosea Micah Jeremiah Lamentations Nahum Isaiah Zephaniah Habakkuk Ezekiel Zephaniah Malachi Zechariah

Haggai (p1247ff) Old Dude. Message:  Don’t be selfish…it didn’t work.  “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains in ruins?”  Future Glory (1248)…  The REAL Dwelling Place of God  Does the clean sanctify the dirty? (1249)  Nope. Addressed to Zerubbabel and all people.

Zechariah (Yahweh Remembers) Young dude. Don’t turn back…except to God.

Esther (1276) No reference to Yahweh in the book. Lots of references to lots.  The feast of Purim (lots) The four main mitzvot of the day are:mitzvot 1.Listening to the public reading, usually in synagogue, of the Book of Esther in the evening and again in the following morning (k'riat megilla)synagogueBook of Esther 2.Sending food gifts to friends (mishloach manot)mishloach manot 3.Giving charity to the poor (matanot la'evyonim) 4.Eating a festive meal (se`udah) Lessons?  From Haman, Mordecai, Esther, and Xerxes

Malachi The people question:  Do you really love us that much?  How have we been disrespectful?  How have we defiled the Lord?  Why doesn’t the Lord accept us?  How have we tired the Lord?  How can we turn back to the Lord?  How have we robbed God?  How have we spoken against God?