Outline:
I. The prophet of the Lord (v. 1)
II. The anger of the Lord (v. 2)
III. The call of the Lord (v. 3)
IV. The warning of the Lord (v. 4-5)
V. The judgment of the Lord (v. 5-6)
VI. The mercy of the Lord (vv. 1-6)
Israel: its history and its prophets
- In the promised land: Kings, Chronicles, Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah
- In God-ordained exile: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Obadiah
- First wave restoration: Ezra 1-6, Haggai, Zechariah (Temple rebuilt)
- In self-inflicted exile: Esther
- Second wave restoration: Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Malachi (Jerusalem rebuilt)
- In the land and in exile: 400 year silence between Malachi and John the Baptist |
