Bible%20Prophecy

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Bible Prophecy 101
An Introductory Bible Information Seminar
Week 4
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Topic Outline

• Recap Week3
• Key Messages (Seed Promises)
• Framework (Themes)
• Old Testament Prophecy
• (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel)
• Linkage to Other Scripture
• Application Lessons for Us
• Question / Answer Session

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Recap Week 3
Psalm 22 prophesies about Jesus crucifixion
experience.
a) Proof of this is found in the numerous New
Testament cross-references.
b) Although it may have appeared that God had
forsaken him, Jesus knew from the full
passage that God would deliver him.
Psalm 110 prophesies about the exaltation of
Davids Lord .
a) David understood from the LORD that one day in
the future, his own special offspring -- the
Christ -- would rule over David himself.
b) Jesus was to be made a king-priest after the
order of Melchizedek.
Psalm 83 describes enemy Gentiles out to destroy
Israel.
a) These hostile people find their counterparts
in todays Arabs.
b) As in the time of the Judges when God "sold
them into the power of of their enemies
round about, so that they could no longer
withstand their enemies", Israel will cry
out to God to send them a savior.
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Key Point Brought Forward
The Psalms are Messianic prophecies which point
to Jesus, the Christ of God he fulfilled the
'suffering' psalms during his First Coming and he
will fulfill the 'kingdom' psalms at his Second
Coming
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Key Messages (Seed Promises)
"I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
between your seed and her seed, he shall bruise
your head, and you shall bruise his heel"
(Genesis 315)
Who God Audience the serpent Setting right
after the sin of Adam Eve
NT interpretation Jesus the seed of the woman
(Luke 135, Galatians 44) slanderers like the
Pharisees Cain the murderer the seed of the
serpent, AKA the devil (John 844, 1John 310)
the final showdown
was played out on the cross, when Jesus, "through
death might destroy him who had the power of
death, that is, the devil" (Hebrews 214, 1John
38)
in the perfect
sacrifice of Jesus, Sin had been killed (John
314, Hebrews 1012, Romans 66-10, 81-3)
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Key Messages (Seed Promises)
These are "key" messages since essential
teaching of the gospel
A throne in a Kingdom forever the certain
hope of resurrection
Linkage Capital city Jerusalem in the land of
promise
The land forever an everlasting relationship
Fulfillment still waiting on the Return of
Christ
Jesus' destruction of Sin resurrection to
eternal life confirmation of earlier promises
Until the 'problem' of sin death was dealt
with, 2 3 were in vain
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Prophetic Framework - Timeline
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Prophetic Framework - Timeline
Prophets
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Prophetic Framework - Timeline
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Framework - Key Events / People

• Samuel to Malachi
• Samuel the prophet anointed and mentored first
  two kings
• Davids zeal and faithfulness brings Seed
  promise 3
• Elijah the prophet confronted king Ahab over
  worship of false gods
• Micaiah the prophet predicted the certain death
  of Ahab in battle
• Isaiah the prophet confronted king Ahaz,
  encouraged king Hezekiah
• Jeremiah the prophet confronted king Zedekiah
  and his false prophets
• Ezekiel confirmed Jeremiahs message, and
  predicted restoration
• Daniel the prophet confronted Babylonian kings
  and wrong decrees
• Daniel saw long term visions of what will befall
  the people of Israel
• Amos the prophet predicted a time when the
  prophetic message dries up
• Zechariah the prophet described the time of the
  end for Jerusalem
• Malachi the prophet foretold a messenger to
  herald the Messiah

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Terminology Definitions

• Land / Earth
• the Hebrew word "erets" is translated both "land"
  and "earth", the land is the territory initially
  called Canaan which became the 'promised land'
  earth local ("the four corners of the earth")
  global ("glory fills the whole earth")

God declared that this piece of real estate "is
mine" (Leviticus 2523), and therefore He treats
it as his special property (Deuteronomy 1112,
Jeremiah 27) which He gave to Abraham
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Terminology Definitions
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Terminology Definitions
Ancient name - modern equivalents are listed
below
Tyre - S. Lebanon Sidon - S. Lebanon Philistia -
Gaza Samaria - West Bank
Assyria - Syria/Iraq Gilead - N. Jordan Edom -
S. Jordan Teman - S. Jordan
Egypt - Egypt Ethiopia - Ethiopia/Sudan Sheba -
Saudi Arabia Dedan - Saudi Arabia
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Terminology Definitions (cont'd)

• Captivity
• refers to when individuals, segments of the
  society, or an entire people were forcibly
  removed from the promised land and exiled / taken
  as slaves to another land (e.g. king Manasseh -
  2Chronicles 3311, royal family nobles - Daniel
  13, northern kingdom of the Israelites - 2Kings
  171-6)

Captivity was not accidental -- God made it
happen. Why? Because the people deliberately
continued to sin against the LORD, and refused to
listen to His prophets (e.g., 2Kings 177-18,
2Chronicles 3611-17)
The punishment of captivity was designed to bring
the exiles to their senses, to repentance, and to
a desire to be restored to the land (e.g.,
Nehemiah 15-11).
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Terminology Definitions (cont'd)

• Restoration
• refers to when those people (or their
  descendants) sent into captivity by God, are
  brought back into the promised land because

• they have learned the lesson of disobedience
• and repented (e.g., 2 Chronicles 3312-13)

• the prophets predicted such a restoration
• (e.g., 2 Chronicles 3622-23)

• God continues to show mercy to Abraham's
• descendants (Nehemiah 931)

For a wonderful example of Captivity /Restoration
of an individual, see "The Case of King
Manasseh" in the Reference Material for this week
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Prophetic Theme - God's Retribution
(God brings evil-doing back on head of the doer)
Evil done by Edom
Retribution on Edom by God
Obadiah 10 For the violence done to your
brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you
shall be cut off for ever
14 You should not have stood at the parting of
the ways to cut off the fugitives you should not
have delivered up his survivors in the day of
distress
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Prophetic Theme - God's Just Retribution
As you have done, it shall be done to you...
1. despoiled
2. despoiled
3. restored
"What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon,and all the
regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for
something? If you are paying me back, I will
requite your deed upon you head swiftly and
speedily". (Joel 34)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 111-12
"There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of
Jesse
Who wrote it Isaiah, as inspired by God
When Around 720 B.C.
Audience King Ahaz, and the people of Judah
Setting The northern kingdom of Israel has been
taken into captivity by the Assyrians, who are
now making what appears to be a very successful
invasion into the southern kingdom of Judah.
Understandably, the people fear for their lives
(Is 1024).
But the LORD tells them not to be afraid, since
He will not only take care of the invader, but
set up one of David's descendants to establish a
regime free from violence and hurt.
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 111-12 (contd)
Jesse was David's father Jesus is of David's
line the predicted "branch" (Is 42)
1 "There shall come forth a shoot from the
stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of
his roots. 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the
LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or
decide by what his ears hear
NT allusions and commentary made this Jesus
(e.g., Matthew 316, Hebrews 57)
Again, surely Jesus (e.g., John 724, 225,
81-12)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 111-12 (contd)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge the
poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the
earth and he shall smite the earth with the rod
of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he
shall slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall
be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the
girdle of his loins. 6 The wolf shall dwell
with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the
fatling together, and a little child shall lead
them.
Tie to Psalm 29, cited in 2 Thessalonians 28
Jesus
Obviously the characteristics of Jesus
confirmation from Isaiah 5916-17
Metaphors descriptive of the "new heavens and new
earth" (Isaiah 6517,25) of Christ's Kingdom age
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 111-12 (contd)
9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my
holy mountain for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the
sea 10 In that day the root of Jesse
shall stand as an ensign to the peoples him
shall the nations seek, and his dwellings shall
be glorious.
"holy mountain" house of the LORD "in the
latter days" in Jerusalem from which the "word of
the LORD" goes forth (Isaiah 22-4)
Jesus will be the one to implement the ultimate
purpose of God (this teaching was first discussed
in week 1)
cited in Romans 1512 as referring to Jesus the
Christ
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 111-12 (contd)
11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand
yet a second time to recover the remnant which is
left of his people, from Assyria, ...Egypt,
...Pathros, ...Ethiopia ... Elam,...Shinar, ...
Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
12 He will raise an ensign for the
nations, will assemble the outcasts of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four
corners of the earth.
A remnant of those who went into captivity will
come back but notice that this is the "second
time" a latter day fulfillment when Jesus
returns
Predictive of Jesus, who will represent God's
glory in the midst of the land, and who will
command the nations to bring the Jews back home
(Isaiah 6618-22)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 111-12 (contd)
Application / Lesson

• This passage of Scripture is clearly a Messianic
  prophecy, as
• demonstrated by the number of relevant and
  explanatory
• cross references found in the New Testament.

• Furthermore, there were a number of links within
  Isaiah itself
• that support not only the 'messianic'
  interpretation, but also
• the content itself latter day setting,
  Jerusalem location, and
• restoration of the Jews in dispersion.

• So understanding and interpreting Bible prophecy
  is largely a
• process of reading the text, looking up cross
  references,
• finding common ideas, and putting them together
  in a way
• that makes sense something most everyone can
  do,
• if they put their mind to it, and count on God
  to help.

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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312
"Behold, my servant shall prosper
Who wrote it Isaiah, as inspired by God
When Around 700 B.C.
Audience King Hezekiah, and the people of Judah
Setting Probably written with the experience of
the stricken Hezekiah made-well-again in mind
(Isaiah 38), which was during the unstoppable
campaign of the Assyrian army. The city of
Jerusalem was under siege, the people were
demoralized, and Sennacherib, king of Assyria,
publicly mocked the living God (Isaiah 36-37).
This passage is also
demonstrably a Messianic prophecy, and Hezekiah
serves as a prototype of Jesus.
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
13 Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall
be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
14 As many were astonished at him -- his
appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of the sons of men
-- 15 so shall he startle many nations kings
shall shut their mouths because of him for that
which has not been told them they shall see, and
that which they have not heard they shall
understand."
Hezekiah would be victorious over
Assyria Jesus lifted up made victorious (John
314, 828)
Hezekiah possible way he looked due to
sickness Jesus the exhaustion beatings
scourging (Mark 1515-20)
Hezekiah miracle recovery, amazed
Babylonians Jesus the totally unexpected
resurrection, for believers and the Jews (Matthew
28)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground he had no form
or comeliness that we should look at him, and no
beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was
despised and rejected by men a man of sorrows,
and acquainted with grief and as one from whom
men hide their faces he was despised, and we
esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our
griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed
him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Builds on Isaiah 111,10 and seen to be fulfilled
in Jesus (Romans 1512, Luke 240)
basis of Jesus' own prediction (Mark 1033-34)
explicitly fulfilled shortly afterwards (Mark
1465)
Explicitly stated to be fulfilled by Jesus
(Matthew 817)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities upon him was the
chastisement that made us whole, and with his
stripes we are healed. . 6 All we like sheep
have gone astray we have turned every one to his
own way and the LORD has laid on him the
iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he
was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth like
a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a
sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he
opened not his mouth.
v.5-6 cited by Peter as being fulfilled by Jesus
(1Peter224-25 see also Romans 425, Hebrews
928) "bruised" tie to Gen 315
Jesus, the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the
world (John 129)
Basis for Jesus allowing himself to be led away
was silent before Herod Pilate (Luke 2254,
239, Matthew 2712-14)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away
and as for his generation, who considered that he
was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked and
with a rich man in his death, although he had
done no violence, and there was no deceit in his
mouth. 10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to
bruise him he has put him to grief when he
makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see
his offspring, he shall prolong his days the
will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand
v.7-8 quoted by the Ethiopian eunuch and answered
by the evangelist Philip as referring to Jesus
(Acts 832-35)
Burial of Jesus done via rich Joseph of Arimathea
(Matthew 2757-60) and cited by Peter regarding
Jesus (1Peter 222)
Jesus accepted God's will in this matter, became
the perfect one-time offering for all, and was
raised to eternal life (Luke 2242, Hebrews
912,716)
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
11 he shall see the fruit of the travail of his
soul and be satisfied by his knowledge shall the
righteous one, my servant, make many to be
accounted righteous and he shall bear their
iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him
a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong because he poured out his
soul to death, and was numbered with the
transgressors yet he bore the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors.
The risen Jesus saw his disciples and his family
fully believe and become the core of the early
church (Acts 114) they were counted righteous
through faith in Jesus, the sin bearer (Romans
518-19, 321-26, 117)
God gave His Son everlasting life, ultimate
exaltation "all authority in heaven and earth",
because of his "obedience unto death" (Matthew
2818, Philippians 28)
Detail of Jesus' crucifixion with two thieves
cited in Luke 2237 as fulfillment of Isaiah
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
The whole story in 1 chapter
The Lamb of God
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OT Prophecy - Isaiah 5213-5312 (contd)
Application / Lesson

• The detailed fulfillment of this passage by
  Jesus is so
• complete that some think it must have been
  contrived (e.g.,
• Jesus deliberately would not speak to Herod to
  satisfy v. 7).
• But did he arrange to be buried by a rich man?
  or to be
• crucified with two thieves? Hardly!

• Interestingly enough, Jesus surely was citing
  Isaiah 53 when
• he repeatedly told his apostles about his
  rejection, mocking
• and murder by the Jews (e.g. Luke 944-45,
  1831-34) but
• they did not understand it, much less the
  resurrection!

Did
they think Jesus was speaking in parables? Did
they think the Christ could not die?
We must be
careful and not be blinded to the plain
teaching of Christ and about his Second Coming!
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD
Who spoke it God, to Jeremiah the prophet
When Around 580 BC
Audience The people of Judah who had been
undergoing a "time of distress" and also readers
amongst the exiles such as Daniel and Ezekiel.
Setting King Zedekiah had rebelled against
Babylon, and both he and the people had suffered
dire consequences, as predicted by Jeremiah. But
now, instead of gloom and doom, God has Jeremiah
write out a message of hope and deliverance (for
the survivors and the faithful), with a promise
of a "new covenant".
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
301 The word that came to Jeremiah from the
LORD 2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel
"Write in a book all the words that I have spoken
to you 3 For behold, days are coming, says the
LORD, when I will restore the fortunes of my
people, Israel and Judah, says the LORD, and I
will bring them back to the land which I gave to
their fathers, and they shall take possession of
it"7 Alas! that day is so great there is none
like it it is a time of distress for Jacob yet
he shall be saved out of it.
Points
v.1-2 Note instructions to the prophet write it
down (so that you will get it exact, and have
something concrete to show to the people)
v.3 Restoration is foretold back to the promised
land possess it again
v.7 Here, "Jacob" the nation (for the man was
dead), but the verse alludes to his "distress"
when he returned to face Esau (Genesis 327) yet
like then, people of faith will be delivered
(Genesis 331-16)
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
8 "And it shall come to pass in that day, says
the LORD of hosts, that I will break the yoke
from off their neck, and I will burst their
bonds, and strangers shall no more make servants
of them. 9 But they shall serve the LORD their
God and David their king, whom I will raise up
for them. 10 Then fear not, O Jacob my servant,
says the LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel for lo,
I will save you from afar, and your offspring
from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall
return and have quiet and ease, and none shall
make him afraid.
Points
v.8 "in that day" points to sometime in the
future "yoke" metaphor could be from use on
animals or on slaves either way, freedom is
promised
v.9 A raised-up David a prediction of a
resurrected David to be king or a prophecy about
Jesus the beloved (David) to be sent by God as
king
v.10 Assurance of return of whole families from
captivity 2nd allusion to Jacob's successful
reconciliation with fearsome Esau (Genesis 33)
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
11 For I am with you to save you, says the
LORD I will make a full end of all the nations
among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not
make a full end. I will chasten you in just
measure, and I will by no means leave you
unpunished.. 16 Therefore all who devour
you shall be devoured, and all your foes, every
one of them, shall go into captivity those who
despoil you shall become a spoil, and all who
prey on you I will make a prey.
A truly momentous prophetic statement what will
surely happen to other nations, but NEVER to
Israel (3135-37) a test of credible prophecy
can verify whether this is accurate
Salvation is certain, but not without going
through the necessary punishment
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
Echoes promise made to Abraham (Genesis 177-8)
22 And you shall be my people, and I will be
your God." 23 Behold the storm of the LORD!
Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest it will
burst upon the head of the wicked. . 24 The
fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until
he has executed and accomplished the intents of
his mind. In the latter days you will understand
this."
Echo God's word will accomplish what He has
purposed (Isaiah 5511)
This is a future happening, but it will be
understood then (see Jeremiah 2320)
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
3127 Behold, the days are coming, says the
LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the
house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed
of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that
as I have watched over them to pluck up and break
down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I
will watch over them to build and to plant, says
the LORD 31 Behold, the days are coming, says
the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Points to a future event...
Both houses indicate a reunited nation
prophesied by Ezekiel 3715-22 as well
To be an item-by-item reversal of the punishments
an undoing of the
curses by replacing with
blessings
An utterly astonishing idea! It would not only be
different from the covenant made at Sinai (v.32),
but supersede it!
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
33 But this is the covenant which I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, says
the LORD I will put my law within them, and I
will write it upon their hearts and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And
no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and
each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for
they shall all know me, from the least of them to
the greatest, says the LORD for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no
more."
The new covenant will be implemented by God
putting His teaching into receptive minds, and
thus the core relationship will be rebuilt
(3238) the same teaching is found in Ezekiel
1117-21
The covenant will apply to everyone, and will
have its basis in God's forgiveness of their
sins, "for they shall return to me with their
whole heart" (247) see 3238-41 for a
comparable message.
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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
Application / Lesson

• God makes it absolutely clear that He has not
  abandoned
• nor will He ever permanently forsake Israel.
  They will always
• be a people before Him. Therefore, the Jews --
  by their very
• existence -- continue to be a "witness"
  (willing or otherwise,
• see Isaiah 4310-12) to the outworking of God's
  purpose.

• God told Joshua that He would "not fail you or
  forsake you"
• and therefore he should "be strong and of good
  courage be
• not frightened, neither be dismayed for the
  LORD your God is
• with you wherever you go" (Joshua 15). That
  same teaching
• carries over to believers today (Hebrews
  135-6). In a world
• of great distress and uncertainty, such Bible
  teaching is very
• reassuring, and the smart choice to place one's
  trust.

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OT Prophecy - Jeremiah 30-31 (contd)
Application / Lesson

• The full significance of the "new covenant" was
  at last perceived
• when Jesus highlighted it at the 'last supper'
  with his apostles

And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks
he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of
you for this is my blood of the new covenant
which is poured out for the forgiveness of sins.
I tell you I shall not drink again of the fruit
of the vine until I drink it new with you in my
Father's kingdom" (Matthew 2627-29)

• As with the 'seed promises', Jesus both fulfills
  and implements
• God's concept of the new covenant sins
  forgiven.

Therefore,
believers ought to remember his sacrifice in the
breaking of bread,
while in drinking 'the cup',
look forward to his Coming and celebration
in the Kingdom of God (1Corinthians 1123-26)
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OT Prophecy - Ezekiel
Who spoke it God, to Ezekiel the prophet
When Around 580 BC
Audience The exiles with Ezekiel in Babylon
his readership back in Judah.
Setting Ezekiel was one of the early waves of
Jews sent into exile to Babylon. The LORD has
chosen him to serve as an object lesson -- a
"man of sign" -- to his listeners, who need to
be convinced that (a) Jerusalem will fall

(b) they might as well get used to
living in Babylon, and

(c) God has a message of rebuke and hope for
them, even in this foreign land.
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OT Prophecy - Ezekiel (Man of Sign)

• Struck dumb, to speak only when prophesy
  (326-27)

• Set up siege works, iron plate (41-3)

• Lay on side 390 days then another 40 days
  (44-8)

• Eat rationed food, cooked on cow dung (49-17)

• Cut off hair, divide into thirds, scatter it,
  hide a few (51-4)

• Carry baggage, dig in wall, cover face (121-12)

• Eat bread with quaking, drink with trembling
  (1217-19)

• Tell allegory of rusted cooking pot (241-14)

• Not mourn wife, delight of his life (2415-24)

• Regain speech on day learns Jerusalem falls
  (2425-27)

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OT Prophecy - Ezekiel (His Message)

• Same message as Jeremiah (his mentor?)
• punishment restoration - ch. 14, 20, 37
• prophesy about other nations - ch. 25-32
• new covenant - ch. 1117-21

• Prophecies Unique to Ezekiel
• vision of cherubim (living creatures) - ch.
  1,8-11
• diatribe against harlotry (literal, political
  spiritual) - ch. 16, 23
• prediction of two-stage destruction of Tyre -
  ch. 26,29
• Gogian invasion in the last days - ch. 38-39
• vision of temple - ch. 40-48

• Background for the Apocalypse
• experiences like John (exile, in Spirit,
  participate in vision)
• living creatures, mark on forehead, 1/3 portions
• mother of harlots, Gogian battle, river of water
  of life

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OT Prophecy - Ezekiel (contd)
Application / Lesson Ezekiel 28-33
"But you son of man, be not rebellious like that
rebellious house open your mouth and eat what I
give you1". And when I looked, behold, a hand
was stretched out to me, and lo, a written scroll
was in it and he spread it before me and it had
writing on the front and on the back, and there
were written on it words of lamentation and
mourning and woe. so Ezekiel would be very
reluctant to digest such bad news
And he said to me, "Son of man, eat what is
offered to you eat this scroll2, and go, speak
to the house of Israel". So I opened my mouth,
and he gave me the scroll to eat. And he said to
me, "Son of man, eat this scroll3 and fill your
stomach with it". twice more he is urged to take
into his life what God had written -- he just had
to swallow it
Then I ate it and it was in my mouth as sweet as
honey. once he ate what God had already put in
his mouth, it tasted great after all!
Distasteful as God's Word may seem at first, eat
it! It is life! (John 653)
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Key Point To Take-away
The messages of the 'Major Prophets' align with
and build on the earlier Bible prophecies and
continue to use the nation of Israel and the
Messiah as their focus.
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Review
Isaiah 52-53 is a ____________ prophecy
a) The subject is about a ________ servant of God.
b) This prophecy is cited in many New Testament
passages in reference to the _______ and
________ and _______ of Jesus.
Jeremiah 30-31 discusses the ______ of the people
of Judah.
a) First there was going to be a terrible time of
_________
b) However, afterwards, for those who survived
and turned back to God, there would be
___________ and a new _________
Ezekiel was commissioned to speak to the ______
in Babylon.
a) Ezekiel was a "man of ____", that is, he did
and said unusual things so when asked to
explain, he would give them God's message.
b) Ezekiel initially was reluctant to prophesy on
behalf of God, so God made Ezekiel unable to
______, unless it was a word of prophecy
this was both a proof to the people, and a lesson
for ________.
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OT Prophecies to be discussed next week (you
can read in advance)

• Daniel 2, 7 - visions of long-term prophecy, of
  which the text provides its own interpretation
• Zechariah 14 - predicted capture of Jerusalem by
  her enemies, who plunder and ravish and enslave
  then as in the past, God comes to the rescue
  restores all things, this time by Christ
• Malachi 4 - foretells the work of a 'last-days'
  Elijah, come to prepare the people for Messiah

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Question / Answer Session

To be continued...