1. Joel – The Man Ya-el = Yahweh is God Speaks to the SK – Judah Date - ? – word of judgment is strong and a call to return to God – possibly pre-587

2. Joel – The Message The Day of the Lord – God’s judgment on opponents (2:1-2a) The Call to Repent (2:12-18a) The Promise of the Spirit (2:28- 32a)

3. Obadiah – Man / Message Name = Servant of Yahweh Speaks to the SK – Judah Date – reference to invasion by Babylon  587 BC Message – pride of Edomites

4. Jonah – Man / Message The Reluctant Prophet Assumes setting of NK in the days of Assyria (pre-612 BC) Message – post-exilic – God’s concern for non-Israelites

5. Jonah – The Message The God Who “Makes Things Happen!” – fish, bush, worm, wind The God who hears our cries and answers our prayers! The God who loves everyone!

6. 587 BC The judgment of God has come! Can there be a future for the people of God? If so, what will that future look like?

7. Isaiah 40-55 – The Message A Word of Comfort (40:1-9) The God who Saves (43:1-4, 11) The Servant Songs (42, 49, 50, 53) Israel is called to be “A Light to the Nations” (42:5-9, 49:5-6)

8. Isaiah 40-55 – The Message Cyrus (King of Persia) as God’s Anointed (Messiah) 44:28; 45:1, 13) Yahweh is the only God, and there is no other! (45:21-23) Invitation to Life (55:1-13)

9. Jeremiah – The Man Prophet to the SK (Judah) in the years before the exile (587 BC) Ministry during the reigns of Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, & Zedekiah (627-587)

10. Jeremiah – The Message Oracles of Judgment (1-29) Oracles of Hope (30-33) Historical/Biographical (34-45) Oracles Against Nations (46-51) Historical Appendix (52)

11. Jeremiah The Oracles of Judgment 2:9-29 – Crazy to change gods! 7:1-8:3 – The Temple Sermon 8:18-9:2 – The Weeping Prophet 18:1-12 – The Potter’s House 20:7-9 – The Confessions

12. The Oracles of Judgment 2:9-29 – Crazy to change gods! 7:1-8:3 – The Temple Sermon 8:18-9:2 – The Weeping Prophet 18:1-12 – The Potter’s House 20:7-9 – The Confessions 29:1-14 – A Hope-filled Future

13. Jeremiah The Oracles of Hope 30-33 Book of Consolation 31:31-34 The New Covenant 32 Jeremiah Buys a Field

14. Ezekiel – The Man Priest who was part of the first deportation to Babylon (597 BC) Called to be a prophet (593 BC) Ministry – 593 – 571 BC Son of man – God’s title for him

15. Ezekiel – The Message Call and Commission (1-3) Judgment against Judah (4-24) Oracles Against Nations (25-32) Oracles of Restoration (33-48)

16. Ezekiel Judgment against Judah Departure of God’s glory (8-11) False prophets (13-14) Individual Accountability before God (18) Judgment is certain (24:14)

17. Ezekiel Oracles of Restoration The Good Shepherd (34) Divine Cleansing – a new heart and a new spirit (35:22-32) The Valley of Dry Bones (37) The New Jerusalem (48:35)

18. Lessons Learned in Exile We reap what we sow God is still in control! God is doing a new thing (new covenant, new heart, new city) Exile – renewed vision – Israel is called to be a light to the nations

19. Lessons Learned in Exile Exile is a time of deep loss – home, confidence, power, God – and that loss must be mourned! Exile is a time that threatens identity – God’s people must remember who(se) they are!

20. Lessons Learned in Exile Exile becomes a time of robust faith for God’s people – they find new forms of life (synagogue) and engage in serious reflection on their faith stories (Scripture) to sustain their distinctiveness.