1. Bible Blitz IV The Prophets July 2, 2007 Presenter: Fr. Ed Technician: Ray Hosler Honoree: Deacon Norm

2. The Prophets Isaiah Jeremiah - Lamentations Ezekiel - Daniel Hosea - Joel Amos - Obadiah Jonah - Micah Nahuum - Habakkuk

3. The Prophets – cont’d Zephaniah - Haggai Zachariah - Malachi John the Baptist Jesus

4. Lamentations (586 BC – 516 BC) “Witness to the Persecution” “My eyes are red from crying” Author Unnamed – Eyewitness – Jeremiah?

5. Lamentations Time Line 586 BC – Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon 538 BC –Jewish exiles return to Jerusalem 516 BC – Temple rebuilt

6. Lamentations Style Five poems in acrostic form, 1-8, each verse begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which has 22 letters One poem has 66 verses – 3 x 22 – Therefore every third verse begins with a letter of the alphabet. Alphabet letters – a memory help or a sign of completion – “A to Z” - 22

7. Lamentations Contents 1.Confession of sins 2.Grief 3.Chastisement 4.Yahweh can restore 5.Israel the bride of Yahweh, now a widow

8. “The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks him.” (3:22-26)

9. Ezekiel (605 BC - 516 BC) Dry Bones Four Faces Priest, Prophet, Prisoner

10. Ezekiel Time Line 605 BC – Suppression of Jerusalem by Babylonians 593 BC – Ezekiel begins 20 years of prophesy 583 BC – Jerusalem destroyed; 10,000 prisoners - Ezekiel

11. Life Notes At 25, Ezekiel a priest in Jerusalem At 30, called to be a prophet to Jews in exile Called to be a prophet in Babylon First prophet to be called to prophesy outside the Holy Land Deported by Nebuchadnezzar – 587 BC

12. Life Notes – cont’d Up until 587 BC, he scolded the people Afterward, he encouraged them Doom and hope

13. Ezekiel Stories The four faces (Ez 1:1-14) Ezekiel eats the scroll (Ez 2:3 – 3:3) Dry bones (Ez 37:1-14)

14. Daniel (600 BC – 500 BC Fiery Furnace Lion’s Den Handwriting on the Wall

15. Daniel Teenage dreams Prophet and prisoner in Babylon His book is more apopalyptic than prophetic Written @ 167 BC and 164 BC to encourage the Jews

16. Time Line 605 BC – Babylon invades Judea; Daniel taken captive 586 BC – Babylon destroys Jerusalem 538 BC – Jews return to Jerusalem

17. Life Notes Daniel from the upper class of Jerusalem Humble and obedient; turned to God and prayer in crises He and three others taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar Three young men: Shadrach (Hananiah), Meshach (Michael), Abednego( Azanah)

18. Daniel Stories Fiery Furnace (Dn 3:1-30) Handwriting on the Wall Lions’ Den (Dn 6:1-28) Oh Susanna (Dn 13)