Joy of Living bible study on 1 & 2 Kings and prophets

3. It is important to distinguish between the message
of the prophecy and the fulfillment of the
prophecy.
• The message was to the contemporary
audience, the fulfillment comes in the unfolding of
history.
• Each prophecy had an immediate message
independent of the eventual fulfillment.

4. Types of messages or oracles:
• Indictment oracles – a description of the
offense
• Judgment oracles – punishment coming
because of the offense
• Instruction oracles – how the people were to
conduct themselves
• Aftermath or Hope oracles – after the
judgment the hope for the deliverance and
restoration.

5. We come to know God by what he has done in the
past (history) and by what his plans are for the
future (prophecy). The fact that history and
prophecy flow together in a single sovereignly
devised and executed plan out to produce a
distinctive awe for the creator of that plan.
From A Survey of the OT – by Walton and Hill

10. Early Post- Exile
Elders – not King Classical Prophecy
Similar to Amos & Isaiah
Tyre, Sidon, Philistia Reference to slave trade with
Egypt and Edom Phoenicians and Greeks
Temple worship Apply to the rebuilt Temple

12. The Locusts have come –
more “Locusts” are coming!
Both are instruments of the
LORD’s judgment

16. The Day of the Lord is not just a day
of wrath and judgment on the
disobedient. It also includes
deliverance and restoration for the
righteous, a day of hope and
blessing.
Answers to tough questions

22. You will be convinced that I am in the
midst of Israel.
I am the LORD your God; there is no
other.
My people will never again be put to
shame.
Joel 2:27

25. For look! In those days and at that time I
will return the exiles to Judah and
Jerusalem.Then I will gather all the nations,
and bring them down to the valley of
Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment
against them there concerning my people
Israel who are my inheritance, whom they
scattered among the nations.
Joel 3:1

30. You will be convinced that I the LORD am
your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy
mountain. Jerusalem will be holy–
conquering armies will no longer pass
through it.
Joel 3:17