1. Prophets
 1Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2but( in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
(Hebrews 1:1-2, ESV)

2. Visionary Seer To Announce
Terms
Visionary Seer To Announce

3. Early Prophets
Abraham (2000) Moses (1450) Samuel ( ) Nathan ( ) Elijah ( ) Elisha ( ) Huldah (670)

4. Standards
“According to Deuteronomy 13:1–11, Israel’s prophets must never teach the people to serve any other god but Yah- weh. Even if a prophet can perform signs and wonders, the people must not follow him if he advocates serving other gods.” “In Deuteronomy 18:9–22 Moses adds that other nations will have prophets who tell the future and communicate with spirits(Deut.18:9–14);in contrast, God will put his own words in his prophets’ mouths (Deut. 18:18).” “A prophet can show that he has God’s authorization by speaking the truth about future events (Deut. 18:21–22).” (ESV Study Bible)

5. 8th Century prophets
Hosea and Amos “decried social injustice fueled by covenantal disobedience and warned the covenant people and the nations of a future “day of the Lord,” a day of judgment for their sins.”
Jonah “reluctantly preached to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, before Assyria became a dominant, oppressing nation.”
Isaiah, “the greatest prophet of this era, shared his predecessors’ concerns for sin and judgment and wrote some of the Bible’s richest promises of a future Savior and his kingdom.”
Micah “ministered near the end of the century (overlapping with Isaiah), rebuking Judah for personal and societal sins and (like Isaiah) predicting God’s victory over Assyria during the Sennacherib crisis of 701 b.c. (see 2 Kings 18– 19).”
(ESV Study Bible)

6. Nahum (c. 660–630 b.c.)” announced the end of Assyria’s tyranny.”
7th century prophets
Zephaniah (c. 640–609 b.c.) “denounced Judah’s worship of other gods, warned of judg- ment, and promised renewal beyond judgment.”
Nahum (c. 660–630 b.c.)” announced the end of Assyria’s tyranny.”
Habakkuk (c. 640–609) “explored the ways of God in the days leading up to Babylon’s capturing of Judah.”
Jeremiah “He declared God’s word of repentance to Judah for at least 40 years (627– 587 b.c.; Jer. 1:1–3), decades that spanned from the period when Judah still had time to change its ways and avoid punishment, to the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 587 and the subsequent exiling of the people. He repeatedly preached repentance, yet his most famous words are the promise of a future new covenant with the house of Israel (Jer. 31:31–34; see Heb. 8:8–12).”
(ESV Study Bible)

7. 6th Century prophets
Daniel “was taken to Babylon in 605 b.c. He worked there until at least 536 b.c.”
Ezekiel” joined the exiles in Babylon in 597 b.c., where he wrote accounts of visions he received during 593–571. Both of these exiles envisioned perilous times and future days of glory for God’s people.”
Obadiah” witnessed the terrors of Babylon’s invasion of Judah in 587 b.c.”
Haggai and Zechariah “were among the people allowed to return to Jerusalem from Persia in 520–516 b.c. They participated in the rebuilding of the temple and looked forward to future glory for God’s people under the Messiah’s leadership.”
(ESV Study Bible)

8. 5th Century prophets
Malachi “served during the fifth century b.c. A contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah (c. 460–425 b.c.), he experienced the problems associated with rebuilding Jerusalem and restoring faithful worship and covenantal obedience.”
Joel “probably comes from this period as well, as it makes no mention of a king in Judah. Joel calls the people to repentance at a time of national calamity (a locust plague).”
(ESV Study Bible)

9. “The prophets assert that God has spoken through them.”
themes
“The prophets assert that God has spoken through them.”
“The prophets affirm that God chose Israel for covenant relationship.”
“The prophets most often report that the majority of Israel has sinned against their God and his standards for their relationship.”
“The prophets warn that judgment will eradicate sin.”
“The prophets promise that renewal lies beyond the day of punishment that has occurred already in history and beyond the coming day that will bring history as we know it to a close.”
(ESV Study Bible)

10. Northern Kingdom To fall of Samaria
Jeroboam II (781–753) Zechariah (753–752) Shallum (752) Menahem (752–742) Pekahiah (742–740) Pekah (740–732) Hoshea (732–722) Fall of Samaria (722)
Amos (760) Jonah (760) Hosea (755)

11. Southern kingdom to fall of Jerusalem
Uzziah (Azariah) (767–740) Jotham (750–735) Ahaz (735–715) Hezekiah (715–686) Manasseh (686–642) Amon (642–640) Josiah (640–609) Jehoahaz (609) Jehoiakim (609–597) Jehoiachin (597) Zedekiah (597–586) Fall of Jerusalem (586)
Micah (c. 742) Isaiah (c. 740) Nahum (c. 660–630) Zephaniah (c. 640–609) Habakkuk (c. 640–609) (c. 627) Jeremiah c. 605) Daniel (c. 597) Ezekiel

12. Jeremiah (c. 627) Daniel (c. 605) Ezekiel (c. 597) Obadiah (after 586)
Captivity--Babylon
1st Deportation (605) 2nd Deportation (597) 3rd Deportation (586) Nebuchadnezzar ( ) Amel-Marduk ( ) Neriglissar ( ) Labashi-Marduk (556) Nabonidus and Belshazzar ( )
Jeremiah (c. 627) Daniel (c. 605) Ezekiel (c. 597) Obadiah (after 586)

13. Haggai (c. 520) Zechariah (c. 520) Joel (c.500-460)? Malachi (c. 460)
Return to Jerusalem
Cyrus: Persian King (539) Zerubbabel: 1st return of exiles (538) Temple rebuilt (516/515) Ezra: 2nd return of exiles (458) Nehemiah: 3rd return of exiles (445)
Haggai (c. 520) Zechariah (c. 520) Joel (c )? Malachi (c. 460)