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1. From the Southern Kingdom, Sent to the Northern Kingdom by God to Preach
2. Prophecies negatively to the people of Israel
3. Basic message stresses God's moral rule over the entire world and divine demands for justice and concern for the outcast or oppressed
4. Greatest prophet of social and economic justice. |
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1. Born & raised in Northern Kingdom where he preached his entire life
2. Worked from about 745 - 720BCE
3. Israel common sins: Idolatry adultry) but also injustice
4. Marriage Symbolism = Covenant
5. The most important covenant quality to Hosea is knowing God (having a personal relationship with God)
6. Hosea focuses on God's love and forgiveness (even for adultry)
7. Greatest prophet of God's mysterious, powerful love that is shown by God's forgiveness. |
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1. First prophet of Southern Kingdom (longest prophetic book by many people
2. 1st Isaiah (740 - 700) BCE
3. Themes:
-Oppression of poor & injustice
-Empty religious ritual
-God uses & punishes Judah's enemies (uses the nation to teach lesson)
-God will protect and restore Jerusalem |
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1. Complaints against God
2. Complaints against his human enemies
3. Accuses God of mistreating him
4. New covenant = Internal & Permanent
5. God tells Jeremiah to buy field, tells him land will be restored.
6. Ends on a miraculous hope, completely centered on God (no kings, priests etc) |
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1. Call is a vision of God's throne and is commanded to do something strange.
2. Gifts of dreams, trances, ecstasy
3. Speaks of hand of God transporting him
4. God tells him his role was to be the watchman over Israel
5. Similar to Jeremiah he is not happy about his calling
6. He is to be a "sentinel" but seems more like a "hostage"
Themes: Allegories/riddles = the beginnings of apocalyptic
Marriage imagery = turns into accusation of adultery/idolatry
turns into a threat of rape & murder
Injustice & idolatry equal sins
-Strong sense of personal, individual responsibility
-A new covenant
-Written right at the worst national calamity
-Blames it all on the people's faithlessness
-The prophecy is a harsh call to repentence. |
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