WEEK 4 Minor Prophets Pt 1 (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah)

[Jaime Ahumada]

Hosea was a prophet who was told by God to marry a prostitute Gomer. God’s relations hip to Israel was that of Love. The intimacy of God’s relationship between God and Israel is like husband and wife relations. After Hosea and Gomer had a child this was then the relationship between father and child meaning Jesus.
Joel is a prophet. He seen the massive locust plague and severe drought devastating Judah. This day can be described as the Great and dreadful day of the Lord. During this crisis he call on everyone to repent old and young, Joel also describes the locust as the lords army and sees in their coming a reminder that the day of the Lord is near.
Amos was a farmer. God had other plans for him. Amos was vigorous spokesman for God’s Justice and righteousness. Amos declared that God was going to judge his unfaithful. disobedient, covenant-breaking people. Amos condemns all who make themselves powerful and rich at the expense of others.
Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. Edom was proud over their own security has gloated over Israel’s devastation by foreign powers. However, Edom’s participation in that disaster will bring on God’s wrath. They will be destroyed by Mt. Zion and Israel will be delivered and God’s kingdom will triumph.
Jonah- The Lord sent Jonah to Nineveh to warn it of the imminent danger of divine judgement. The Assyrians were the bitter enemies of the Jewish people, they eventually destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel and much of the southern kingdom of Judah. It’s not hard to imagine that later readers of Jonah would have sympathized with Jonah’s reluctance to go to Nineveh. One can also understand Jonah’s anger that God would have mercy on the enemies of Israel.
Micah’s message alternates between prophecies of doom and prophecies of hope. Between God’s sternness and his kindness. Divine judgment and deliverance. Micah stresses that God hates idolatry, injustice rebellion and empty ritualism but delight in pardoning the penitent. Micha declared the Zion will have great glory.

[Vanessa Hernandez]

Jonah-the compassion of God.  Gods merciful compassion is not restricted to insiders his mercies for all who repent. God‘s sovereign purpose. No matter how God‘s people respond, God will accomplish his saving purpose for the world.

[Janina Cuellar]

Biblical Lesson 4 (part 1)  JC

Hosea:  God whose loyalty to His covenant people is unwavering. In spite of Israel’s continual turning to false gods, God’s steadfast love is portrayed in the long-suffering husband of the unfaithful wife. Hosea’s message is also one of warning to those who would turn their backs on God’s love. Through the symbolic presentation of the marriage of Hosea and Gomer, God’s love for the idolatrous nation of Israel is displayed in a rich metaphor in the themes of sin, judgment, and forgiving love.

Joel: A terrible plague of locusts is followed by a severe famine throughout the land. Joel uses these happenings as the catalyst to send words of warning to Judah. Unless the people repent quickly and completely, enemy armies will devour the land as did the natural elements. Joel appeals to all the people and the priests of the land to fast and humble themselves as they seek God’s forgiveness. If they will respond, there will be renewed material and spiritual blessings for the nation. But the Day of the Lord is coming. At this time the dreaded locusts will seem as gnats in comparison, as all nations receive His judgment.

Amos: can see that beneath Israel’s external prosperity and power, internally the nation is corrupt to the core. The sins for which Amos chastens the people are extensive: neglect of God’s Word, idolatry, pagan worship, greed, corrupted leadership, and oppression of the poor. Amos begins by pronouncing a judgment upon all the surrounding nations, then upon his own nation of Judah, and finally the harshest judgment is given to Israel. His visions from God reveal the same emphatic message: judgment is near. The book ends with God’s promise to Amos of future restoration of the remnant.

Obadiah:  Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament, is only 21 verses long. Obadiah is a prophet of God who uses this opportunity to condemn Edom for sins against both God and Israel. The Edomites are descendants of Esau and the Israelites are descendants of his twin brother, Jacob. A quarrel between the brothers has affected their descendants for over 1,000 years. This division caused the Edomites to forbid Israel to cross their land during the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. Edom’s sins of pride now require a strong word of judgment from the Lord.

 

Jonah: Disobedience and revival are the key themes in this book. Jonah’s experience in the belly of the whale provides him with a unique opportunity to seek a unique deliverance, as he repents during this equally unique retreat. His initial disobedience leads not only to his personal revival, but to that of the Ninevites as well. Many classify the revival which Jonah brings to Nineveh as one of the greatest evangelistic efforts of all time.

 

Micah: he message of the Book of Micah is a complex mixture of judgment and hope. On the one hand, the prophecies announce judgment upon Israel for social evils, corrupt leadership and idolatry. This judgment was expected to culminate in the destruction of Samaria and Jerusalem. On the other hand, the book proclaims not merely the restoration of the nation, but the transformation and exaltation of Israel and Jerusalem. The messages of hope and doom are not necessarily contradictory, however, since restoration and transformation take place only after judgment.

[Richard Vara]

<p class=”MsoNormal” style=”margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”>In the book of Jonah, I laugh at him because he thought he could sail away in attempt to escape from the Lord. I laugh because it sounds foolish. He said in verse 9, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land” so I would think that Jonah would know better, but he still tried. However, people do that today; they know the Lord, but choose to run away thinking that they’ll be okay. This is a form of rejection and with that comes a cost. We may not see the results of that in our lifetime, but be assured that we will eventually be judged and that will define our eternity. In the meantime, I rather not be swallowed up in the darkness of this world and be the light Jesus called me to be.</p>

[Kathy Vara]

Joel
In the Book of Joel, locusts destroy all crops in in the land as a result of sin against God. There were no crops left at all. The famine was so severe that even animals were thirsty and starving. There was weeping and sadness of the people including the priests. Eventually the Lord calls the people to return to Him by true repentance of sins. True repentance from their hearts not just outward repentance of tearing of their clothing. God shows his faithfulness, mercy, and compassion for his people by giving them the opportunity to repent so that he could restore them. This shows the character of God. God does not enjoy correcting his people, but he does because he will not conform to our ways, but we must be transformed to his way. If we repent, God is always merciful and forgiving.

[Angelita Madrigal]

The book I chose to write about is Hosea. Hosea was called the death bed prophet of Israel because he was the last to prophecy before the Northern Kingdom fell to Assyria around 722 BC. His prophecy came with peace and prosperity lot seen sine the days of Solomon but that all started to fall apart and doing so Israel worshiped idols. Everything was going good for them till they began to forget about God and started to worship idols. Due to all this that Israel was doing God used Hosea as an example. God told Hosea to marry wife of whoredom. This marriage would be am example of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God.

[Heather Trevino]

The 4 minor Prophets there books are the warnings and reasoning for Gods wrath on His people. Like always because Our God never changes He is giving the people a reminder of what the standard is.  And also that what He says will always happen.

[Joey Morris]

hosea rebukes any other worship of gods that not yahweh.

joel teaches about the power of combined  prayers and what fasting does.

amos fore told the destruction of the kingdom of israel.

obadiah is a prophetic vision concern the fall of certain kingdoms.

jonah is considered the book of repents.

micah prophesied the destruction  of jerusalem and samaria

[Brian Fondanova]

Hosea is a book of unfaithfulness and undying love.  It involves two similar relationships: Hosea and his adulterous wife and God to his faithless people.  Gomer abandons Hosea for other lovers and Israel abandons God for pagan idols.  But perfect love keeps on loving even after betrayal. Hosea had to buy back his wife from her lovers and God restored Israel after purifying them through punishment.

Joel uses the natural disaster of locusts to help illustrate an even worse disaster to befall Judah.(an army from the north)  The only hope of escape is repentance.  If the nation repents God will save them and send peace into the land.

Amos exposed the evil in the land during a relatively comfortable time financially speaking.  The people fail to respond and God judges them accordingly.

Obadiah is the short and sweat chapter of the bible.  After a prediction of destruction God promises that the people will ultimately live in peace through OB.

Jonah happens to be one of my favorite prophets as he was very stubborn kind of like me. Jonah disobeys god and tries to flee his purpose.. He is swallowed whole by a sea creature for three days.  Then he is set on the path God had intended for him with a new heart.

Micah like the previous prophets in this section of the bible shares the message of  repentance.  He also foreshadows the coming of Jesus the deliverer. Peace prevailing is his end message.

[Maricela Lopez]

<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”><span style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>Hosea</span></p>
<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”><span style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>A prophet is a spokesperson for God and Hosea was that and more because God called for his life to be a representation of the relationship between God and Israel. Hosea had to take a wife from harlotry; he had children with her and God told him to name them after judgements that would come upon Israel. His Gomer went back to harlotry and Hosea had to take her back, forgive her and love her just as God has done for Israel over and over.</span></p>
<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”><span style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>Joel was a prophet to Judah and he called the people to repentance  and he uses the locust plague that happened in Egypt to describe a future event when the locust will now attack His people unless they repent.</span></p>
<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”><span style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>Amos </span></p>
 
<p dir=”ltr” style=”line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”><span style=”font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;”>Because the people were prospering that led to a moral decay and he prophesies against the wealthy for mistreating the poor and selling them into slavery. He called them out on their hypocrisy for acting like they were so religious and he emphasized the need for a true relationship with God.</span></p>

[Maricela Lopez]

Obadiah is a short prophetic poem that pronounces judgement on Edom the decendants of Esau Jacobs brother they are judged for their great sin of pride and hating Jacobs family and they did not let Israel cross their land when they were in the wilderness and when Babylon invaded they joined them and plundered and hurt Israel. He also prophesied about the restoration of Israel and a time when Edom and all the nations that are called by His name will be under his reign.

Jonah is a different kind of prophetic story we all know the story of the fish that swallowed Jonah and spit him up at Nineveh event though he tried to run from God so he didnt want to take the message of repentance because he knew God would have mercy and forgive them and he didnt like them. This story is a message to us for us to see our own selfishness in Jonah actions and realize that God will have mercy on whomever he wants even our enemies, who are we to tell him who He should save.

Micah is known for prophesying the birth place of Jesus the Messiah six specific prophecies have become history the fall of Samaria, invasion of Judah, fall of Jerusalem, captivity in Babylon, returm from captivity, and birth os Jesus in Bethlehem. So that gives us great hope that the rest will come true when Jesus will return and rule all the kingdoms, remove all evil in the millennial kingdom.

[Student Success]

test minor prophets pt 1

[Roberta Tyler]

BIBLICAL STUDIES 103 – LESSON 4 – HOMEWORK
9/30/2021
MINOR PROPHETS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT – PT. 1

THE BOOK OF HOSEA
The theme of the Book of Hosea is for Israel’s people to “return to God” and turn away from all sin. It is fitting that Hosea was the prophet chosen to guide Israel’s people back to God, his name means deliverance or salvation. Hosea had a heart for God and the plight of his kinspeople, God chose Hosea to send a message of His unwavering and unique Love. God commanded Hosea to wed a prostitute for the purpose of her to conceive illegitimate children, signifying how the sin of Israel was illegitimate and impure for worshipping other gods, selling themselves to one another, and forsaking God. The Lord also commanded Hosea to name the children of Gomer with names that showed His disdain for the people of Israel. At the instruction of God, Hosea continually forgave Gomer for her blatant sin, this was to teach the spiritually ignorant people, of His unconditional and unwavering Love for Israel. Because of God desire to show the people how great his Love was, He promises that there would come a time that Israel would be delivered, and they would be restored to grace and the land that they were exiled from.

THE BOOK OF JOEL
In the Book of Joel, we can see the judgement of God being unleashed upon the people of Judah. While there is not much known about the lineage of Joel, he must have been special to God, as his name means Yahweh is God. It appears that Joel was so filled and moved by the Holy Spirit that he prophesies hundreds of years into the future, speaking of the great judgement and outpouring of God’s Spirit upon all humanity. Joel is excited with the anticipation of God bringing judgement upon His enemies and those of Israel. In verses 2:18-31, Joel recounts how the Lord also promises restoration and grace for the people. In Joel’s time he prophesized the devastation by the locust, the repentance of Judah and the restoration of God. In our time he prophesized the “great and terrible” day of the Lord, where there was: the judgement, the grace, and the blessings of God. In sin we will find discipline! In repentance we will find God’s Grace! In Faith, obedience, and devotion, we will find the unwavering and unconditional Love of God! Joel instructs the elders to teach the children God’s way (1:2, 3), he tells them to call on God for forgiveness and salvation (2:32), he tells them to receive the Holy Spirit (2:28, 29), so that Judah’s people will see the Blessings of God (3:17-21).

THE BOOK OF AMOS
The book of Amos is about the wrath of judgement of God towards Israel. The prophet Amos was called by God to bring His message to the northern region of Israel. Amos professes that he is not a learned prophet, instead claims that he was a shepherd. The prosperity of both Judah and Israel was great, with huge growth in their military and political statuses. Yet, the decline of worshipping God non-existent and idol-worshipping was rampant. The regions were experiencing immorality, oppression, and corruption. Amos was tasked with spreading the message that God was not pleased with the nation of Israel. The people of Israel had forgotten their covenant with God. Amos brought severe indictments of punishment against Israel; prophesizing God’s divine judgement of wrath would be great. Amos was a literary polymath, although he claims he was never educated or trained. He preached that if the people would not discontinue the practices of their injustice and immorality, Israel would be destroyed, and they would be exiled. Amos had five distinct visions of judgement, there were two visions hat he old the people hat if they didn’t repent from their ways, God would withdraw from their presence. In verses 9:11-15, Amos prophesizes the promises of God’s restoration, only if Israel returns to righteous living.

BREIF SUMMARY
It is clear, that all three Books of the Minor Prophets, are God’s warning to Israel and Judah to repent and return to Him, or they will suffer His wrath. However, each Book speaks of God’s willingness to forgive and move back to a loving relationship with His people. Overall, I have learned a great deal from this lesson, and I look forward to Part 2

[Roberta Tyler]

BIBLICAL STUDIES 103 – LESSON 4 – HOMEWORK
9/30/2021
MINOR PROPHETS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT – PT. 1

THE BOOK OF HOSEA
The theme of the Book of Hosea is for Israel’s people to “return to God” and turn away from all sin. It is fitting that Hosea was the prophet chosen to guide Israel’s people back to God, his name means deliverance or salvation. Hosea had a heart for God and the plight of his kinspeople, God chose Hosea to send a message of His unwavering and unique Love. God commanded Hosea to wed a prostitute for the purpose of her to conceive illegitimate children, signifying how the sin of Israel was illegitimate and impure for worshipping other gods, selling themselves to one another, and forsaking God. The Lord also commanded Hosea to name the children of Gomer with names that showed His disdain for the people of Israel. At the instruction of God, Hosea continually forgave Gomer for her blatant sin, this was to teach the spiritually ignorant people, of His unconditional and unwavering Love for Israel. Because of God desire to show the people how great his Love was, He promises that there would come a time that Israel would be delivered, and they would be restored to grace and the land that they were exiled from.

THE BOOK OF JOEL
In the Book of Joel, we can see the judgement of God being unleashed upon the people of Judah. While there is not much known about the lineage of Joel, he must have been special to God, as his name means Yahweh is God. It appears that Joel was so filled and moved by the Holy Spirit that he prophesies hundreds of years into the future, speaking of the great judgement and outpouring of God’s Spirit upon all humanity. Joel is excited with the anticipation of God bringing judgement upon His enemies and those of Israel. In verses 2:18-31, Joel recounts how the Lord also promises restoration and grace for the people. In Joel’s time he prophesized the devastation by the locust, the repentance of Judah and the restoration of God. In our time he prophesized the “great and terrible” day of the Lord, where there was: the judgement, the grace, and the blessings of God. In sin we will find discipline! In repentance we will find God’s Grace! In Faith, obedience, and devotion, we will find the unwavering and unconditional Love of God! Joel instructs the elders to teach the children God’s way (1:2, 3), he tells them to call on God for forgiveness and salvation (2:32), he tells them to receive the Holy Spirit (2:28, 29), so that Judah’s people will see the Blessings of God (3:17-21).

THE BOOK OF AMOS
The book of Amos is about the wrath of judgement of God towards Israel. The prophet Amos was called by God to bring His message to the northern region of Israel. Amos professes that he is not a learned prophet, instead claims that he was a shepherd. The prosperity of both Judah and Israel was great, with huge growth in their military and political statuses. Yet, there is a decline in worshipping God and idol-worshipping was rampant. The regions were experiencing immorality, oppression, and corruption. Amos was tasked with spreading the message that God was not pleased with the nation of Israel. The people of Israel had forgotten their covenant with God. Amos brought severe indictments of punishment against Israel; prophesizing that God’s divine judgement of wrath would be great. Amos was a literary polymath, although he claims he was never educated or trained. He preached that if the people would not discontinue the practices of their injustice and immorality, Israel would be destroyed, and they would be exiled. Amos had five distinct visions of judgement, there were two visions where he told the people that if they didn’t repent from their wicked ways, God would withdraw from their presence. In verses 9:11-15, Amos prophesizes the promises of God’s restoration, only if Israel returns to righteous living.

[Jasmine Martinez]

Hosea prophesied in the northern kingdom of Israel to return to the Lord.

Joel prophesied to Judah about the day of the Lord.

Amos prophesied to northern kingdom of Israel about their judgement.

Obadiah prophesied to Edom about how pride is deceitful.

Jonah prophesied to Ninevah to repent from their sinful ways.

Micah prophesied to Judah about their present judgement and future blessing.

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