Picturing Theology, Revised Edition

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Old Testament, continued

20. PROVERBS – Wisdom

30. AMOS – God Judges Sin a. Neighbors judged b. Israel judged

a. Wisdom versus folly b. Solomon c. Solomon – Hezekiah d. Agur e. Lemuel 21. ECCLESIASTES – Vanity a. Experimentation b. Observation c. Consideration 22. SONG OF SOLOMON – Love Story 23. ISAIAH – The Justice (Judgment) and Grace (Comfort) of God a. Prophecies of punishment b. History c. Prophecies of blessing 24. JEREMIAH – Judah’s Sin Leads to Babylonian Captivity a. Jeremiah’s call; empowered b. Judah condemned; predicted Babylonian captivity c. Restoration promised d. Prophesied judgment inflicted e. Prophesies against Gentiles f. Summary of Judah’s captivity 25. LAMENTATIONS – Lament over Jerusalem a. Affliction of Jerusalem b. Destroyed because of sin c. The prophet’s suffering d. Present desolation versus past splendor e. Appeal to God for mercy 26. EZEKIEL – Israel’s Captivity and Restoration a. Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem b. Judgment on Gentile nations c. Israel restored; Jerusalem’s future glory 27. DANIEL – The Time of the Gentiles a. History; Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Daniel b. Prophecy 28. HOSEA – Unfaithfulness a. Unfaithfulness

c. Visions of future judgment d. Israel’s past judgment blessings

31. OBADIAH – Edom’s Destruction a. Destruction prophesied b. Reasons for destruction c. Israel’s future blessing 32. JONAH – Gentile Salvation a. Jonah disobeys b. Others suffer c. Jonah punished d. Jonah obeys; thousands saved

e. Jonah displeased, no love for souls 33. MICAH – Israel’s Sins, Judgment, and Restoration a. Sin and judgment b. Grace and future restoration c. Appeal and petition 34. NAHUM – Nineveh Condemned a. God hates sin b. Nineveh’s doom prophesied c. Reasons for doom 35. HABAKKUK – The Just Shall Live by Faith a. Complaint of Judah’s unjudged sin b. Chaldeans will punish c. Complaint of Chaldeans’ wickedness d. Punishment promised e. Prayer for revival; faith in God 36. ZEPHANIAH – Babylonian Invasion Prefigures the Day of the Lord a. Judgment on Judah foreshadows the Great Day of the Lord b. Judgment on Jerusalem and neighbors foreshadows final judgment of all nations 37. HAGGAI – Rebuild the Temple a. Negligence b. Courage

c. Separation d. Judgment 38. ZECHARIAH – Two Comings of Christ a. Zechariah’s vision b. Bethel’s question; Jehovah’s answer c. Nation’s downfall and salvation 39. MALACHI – Neglect

b. Punishment c. Restoration 29. JOEL – The Day of the Lord a. Locust plague

b. Events of the future day of the Lord c. Order of the future day of the Lord

a. The priest’s sins b. The people’s sins c. The faithful few