Prophet

• Man of God
• Messenger
• Watchman

Reveal the will of God to the People

Receives information – Shares the information

• The receiving dictates and drives the sharing.
• From God to the people

Deliver the information accurately

• Exactly what God had revealed.
• 1 Kings 22:14 – I must speak
• Jer. 20:9 – Could not keep silent.
• Jonah 1:3-4 – Corrected when silent
• 1 Kings 13:15-24 – Judged when disobedient

General flow and message of the prophets

1. Warning of impending judgement due to sin
   1. Not heeding.  Not obeying God
2. A description of the sin
3. A description of the coming judgement
4. A call to repentance
5. A promise of future deliverance

850-417 B.C. (Years of the prophets)

Nation had been divided.

• Israel – North
• Judah – South

Neighbors

Edom, Ammon (Syria), Moab, Tyre

Super Powers

Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Persia

Pre Exile

To Israel (Fell 722)

Amos (763-755)

Hosea (755-710)

To Nineveh

Jonah (784-760)

Nahum (650-630)

To Edom

Obadiah (850-840)

To Judah (Fell 586)

Joel (835-796))

Isaiah (739-680)

Micah (735-710)

Zephaniah (635-625)

Jeremiah (627-570)

Habakkuk (620-605)

Exile

To the Jews in Babylon. 70 yrs.

Daniel (605-536)

Ezekiel (593-570)

Post Exile

In Jerusalem

Haggai (520-505)

Zechariah (520-470)

Malachi (437-417)