The God Of The Prophets
1.
Hosea-God prospered them,
but they forgot Him and left Him and when they did they lost it all-Hosea
9:2,6,11,10:1,12:8,14:1-6
A. 2:8-God multiplied their
silver and their gold; He lavished it upon them
1. MSG-She didn’t know it
was I all along who wined and dined and adorned her, That I was the one who
dressed her up in the big city-fashions and jewelry
B. 4:6-10-This poverty came
as they disobeyed
1. 13:6-God prospered them
and they forgot him and they lost it all
2.
Joel-Lack was in the
land-1:9-12-Lack was there because the weren’t serving
God with their whole heart-2:12-13-If they repent the prosperity will come
back-2:19-26
A. 2:19-28-When you turn
back to God it’s prosperity in abundance
3.
Amos-The left God to serve
other god’s and they did immoral stuff (2:6). When they did they stopped prospering
(3:15, 4:6-7)
A. 5:6,14-Seek the Lord that
you may live prosperously
B. 9:13-It’s going to come
up faster than you can harvest it and when it’s time to sow again you’ll still
be reaping
1. NIV-The days are coming,
declares the LORD, when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the
planter by the one treading grapes.
2. Message-Yes indeed, it
won't be long now." God's Decree. "Things are going to happen so fast
your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won't be
able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you
look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I'll
make everything right again for my people Israel: They'll rebuild their ruined
cities. They'll plant vineyards and drink good wine. They'll work their gardens
and eat fresh vegetables. And I'll plant them, plant
them on their own land. They'll never again be uprooted from the land I've
given them." God, your God, says so.
3. NLT-The time will come,”
says the Lord, “when the
grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested.
4. CEV-13You will
have such a harvest that you won't be able to bring in all of your wheat before
plowing time. You will have grapes left over from season to season; your
fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains.
5. NCV-The Lord says,
"The time is coming when there will be all kinds of food. People will
still be harvesting crops when it's time to plow again. People will still be
taking the juice from grapes when it's time to plant again.
4.
Obadiah-Edom were the
seed of Esau and they messed with God’s people and his message to them was you
shouldn’t have done that
A. 13-You shouldn’t have
rejoiced when God’s people fell and you shouldn’t have touched their stuff
B. 11,17-The house of Jacob
is going to get their stuff back
5.
Micah
A. 4:10-13-Their wealth and
profit will be set apart for God and his people
B. 5:4-Prophesying about
Jesus coming they say he’s going to be shalom to you
C. 6:8-The Lord has shown
you prosperity; all He requires is that you obey Him
D. 7:15-20-In spite of
Israel’s unfaithfulness to God, the Lord intends to fulfill his unconditional
promises in the Abrahamic Covenant made to Abraham and confirmed with Isaac and
Jacob
6.
Nahum-Nineveh was a city
in pride about itself and it was coming down
A. 1:7-The Lord is good,
rich, prosperous, kind, pleasant
1. 1:15-The one who’s coming
preaches shalom
B. 2:2,9-God’s restoring the
excellency of Jacob
7.
Haggai-Israel was allowed
to return to Babylon to her homeland under the civil leadership of Zerubbabel and the spiritual guidance of Joshuah the High Priest. They began to rebuild the temple,
but opposition cause the work to be abandoned. 16 years later Haggai and Zecharaiah were commissioned by the Lord to stir the people
up to rebuild the temple and reorder their spiritual priorities.
A. 1:5-11-You’re not
supposed to be reaping little & living in lack so consider your ways
1. There in lack because
they have the wrong relationship with money
B. 2:8-The silver and gold
are his and ours
1. 2:9-He will give peace
C. 2:15-19-I will make you
rich
1. 15-17"'Think back.
Before you set out to lay the first foundation stones for the rebuilding of my
Temple, how did it go with you? Isn't it true that your foot-dragging,
halfhearted efforts at rebuilding the Temple of God were reflected in a
sluggish, halfway return on your crops—half the grain you were used to
getting, half the wine? I hit you with drought and blight and hail. Everything
you were doing got hit. But it didn't seem to faze you. You continued to ignore
me.' God's Decree. 18-19"'Now think ahead from this same
date—this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Think ahead from when the
Temple rebuilding was launched. Has anything in your fields—vine, fig
tree, pomegranate, olive tree—failed to
flourish? From now on you can count on a blessing.'"
8.
Zechariah-Haggai was used
to start the revival using a rebuke towards the people. Zecharaih
was used to keep it going with a more positive emphasis calling people to
repentance and reassuring them regarding future blessings.
A. 1:17-(AMP)-My cities
shall overflow with prosperity
1. 2:4-5-So many people and
cattle that they can’t have walls
2. 2:8-9-God’s people are
getting the stuff back
3. 3:3-4-Rich clothes
4. 7:7-14-They were
prospering, they disobeyed and they stopped prospering
B. 8:7-16-The prosperity of
God’s people
1. 9:12-Double prosperity
2. 10:8-They shall increase
exceedingly
3. 14:1-MSG-Note well: God’s
judgment day is on the way: “Plunder will be piled high and handed out.”
4. 14:14-Silver, gold, and
clothes in great abundance abundance
9.
Malachi 3:10-The temple
had been rebuilt less than a century later the ritual of theh
Jews’ religious routine lead to hard-heartedness toward God’s great love for
them and a departure from His law. Malachai rebukes
them and these abuses and calls them to repentance.
A. 1:7-8-They had the wrong
relationship with money and things; they were brining God second best because
they wanted first best
B. 2:4-8-If they’d obeyed
God they would have seen the Covenant of Shalom manifest
C. 3:7-12-God wanted to
overflow them with blessings
1. 12-All nations will call
you blessed