1. Studies In The Minor Prophets
Introduction

2. Why Study the Minor Prophets?
For our learning, comfort and hope (Romans 15:4)
For our admonition (1 Corinthians 10:11)
Because it is profitable (2 Timothy 3:14-17)

3. The Old Covenant had Different Types of Instructors
Who Were the Prophets?
The Old Covenant had Different Types of Instructors
Moses – the lawgiver (Nehemiah 8:1, 14; 9:13-14; John 1:17; 7:19)
Priests – administrators of the Law
(Leviticus 10:8-11; Hosea 4:6; Ezekiel 22:26; Malachi 2:7)
Wise Men - counselors
(2 Samuel 14:1-24; 20:16-22)
Prophets – communicators of the word of God

4. A Prophet Was a Spokesman for Another
Who Were the Prophets?
A Prophet Was a Spokesman for Another
Like Aaron for Moses (Exodus 4:16; 7:1)
The prophet was a spokesman for God
(2 Peter 1:21; Jeremiah 20:7-9)
More of a “forth-teller” than a “fore-teller”

5. Other Names to Describe the Prophets
Who Were the Prophets?
Other Names to Describe the Prophets
Seer (1 Samuel 9:9)
Man of God (1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 17:18)
Servant of God (1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 6:49)
Messenger (Isaiah 42:19)
Watchman (Ezekiel 3:17; 33:7)

6. How Are the Prophets Classified?
Oral Prophets
Elijah (1 Kings 17)
Elisha (2 Kings 2)
Nathan (2 Samuel 12)
Gad (2 Samuel 24:11)
Ahijah (1 Kings 11:29)

7. How Are the Prophets Classified?
Oral Prophets
Literary Prophets
Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel)
Minor Prophets

8. (Early Assyrian Period)
The Minor Prophets
Ninth Century
(Early Assyrian Period)
Obadiah (845 B.C.)
Joel (830 B.C.)
Jonah ( B.C.)

9. The Minor Prophets Eighth Century Amos (755 B.C.) Hosea (750-725 B.C.)
(Assyrian Period)
Amos (755 B.C.)
Hosea ( B.C.)
Micah ( B.C.)

10. The Minor Prophets Seventh Century Zephaniah (630-625 B.C.)
(Chaldean Period)
Zephaniah ( B.C.)
Nahum ( B.C.)
Habakkuk ( B.C.)

11. The Minor Prophets Sixth Century
(The Exile)
The time of Ezekiel ( B.C.) and Daniel ( B.C.)

12. Sixth and Fifth Centuries
The Minor Prophets
Sixth and Fifth Centuries
(Post-Exilic Period)
Haggai (520 B.C.)
Zechariah ( B.C.)
Malachi (440 B.C.)

13. Things to Look for as You Study the Minor Prophets
The political, social and religious conditions of the times
God's relation to the other nations
The Messiah and His Kingdom

14. Great Themes in the Prophets
The Minor Prophets
Great Themes in the Prophets
The holiness of God
The sovereignty of God
The immutability of God
The destructiveness of sin
Repentance and righteousness
The worship of God