Old Testament

(( Prophecy:  Major Prophets))

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Isaiah:  Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and

salvation.  God is "the Holy One of Israel" who must punish His rebellious people

but will afterward redeem them.  God will have compassion on His people and will

rescue them from both the political and spiritual oppression.  Their restoration is like a

new exodus as God redeems them and saves them.  The prophecies concerning Judah

and Jerusalem and the surrounding nations, foretell their doom;  prophecies concerning

the Messiah, the return from captivity, and the great future of the Church.

Jeremiah:  The first 45 chapters are prophecies regarding Judah or connected with

Jeremiah's personal history.  The remaining chapters are prophecies concerning the

surrounding nations, excepting the last chapter, which gives an account of the destruction

of Jerusalem.  But God's judgment of His people was not to be the last word, the final work

of God in history.  Mercy and covenant faithfulness would triumph over wrath.  Beyond the

judgment would come restoration and renewal.  Israel would be restored.  God would make

a new covenant with His people in which He would write His law on their hearts.

Lamentations:  The book that begins with lament rightly ends in repentance.  In the middle

of the book, it focuses on the goodness of God.  He is the Lord of hope, of love, of faithfulness,

of salvation.  His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.

Ezekiel:  Ezekiel's message focuses on Israel as the holy people of the holy temple, the holy

city and the holy land.  By defiling her worship, Israel had rendered herself unclean and

had defiled temple, city and land.  From such defilement God could only withdraw and judge

His people with national destruction.  But God's faithfulness to His covenant and His desire to

save were so great that He would revive His people once more, shepherd them with compassion,

cleanse them of all their defilement, reconstitute them as a perfect expression of His kingdom

in the promised land under the hand of David and display His glory among the nations and

restore the glory of His presence in the Holy city.  Ezekiel powerfully depicts the grandeur

and glory of God's sovereign rule and His holiness, which He jealously safeguards.  The book's

center is the unfolding of God's saving purposes.

Daniel:  The theme of this book is God's sovereignty.... "The Most High God is sovereign

over the kingdoms of men".  Daniel's visions always show God as triumphant. 

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