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Thus it was with Moses, of whom, to the very day of his death, it could be said that his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated (Deuteronomy 34:7). It is ever the privilege of those who witness the fulfillment of prophecy to remember and believe (John 13:19; 14:29; John 16:4). The glorious promises originally made to literal Israel are meeting their fulfillment today in the proclamation of the gospel to all men (Revelation 14:6, 7). Solomon's, so that we have a scale of increasing year numbers. In the 5th year of Jehoiachins captivity, 593/92, Ezekiel had his first vision by the river Chebar, a canal near the famous city of Nippur in lower Babylonia (chapter 1:1-3). Hearing of all the advantages with which the God of Israel had blessed His people and all the prosperity He had procured for them (Jeremiah 33:9), the pagan nations would admit that their own fathers had inherited lies (chapter 16:19). God may reject one nation or group of people in favor of another if those first summoned persistently refuse to cooperate with Him (see Jeremiah 18:6-10; cf. 4. together with the dates and lengths of the reigns, and the prophets But Judah failed to learn the lesson, and a little more than a century later her apostasy, also, was complete (see Jeremiah 22:6, 8, 9; Ezekiel 16:37; 7:2-15; 12:3-28; 36:18-23). Jotham (750 -735) inactive in rule after Hosea Amos Zechariah The profound conviction that the messages of the prophets had been fulfilled led many to believe in Christ as the Son of God. Click on the different category headings to find out more. *The prophets are listed according to their order in the Scriptures. The Incredible Bible - First in the BKA Series. Malachi 3:12), and their God the only true God (Isaiah 45:14). The British-Israel movement teaches that the Anglo-Saxon peoples are the literal descendants of the ten so-called lost tribes of the northern kingdom and that the promises will, in large measure, be fulfilled to their modern posterity. Salvation was to be of the Jews, in that the Messiah would be a Jew (John 4:22), and by the Jews, as messengers of salvation to all men (Genesis 12:2, 3; 22:18; Isaiah 42:1, 6; 43:10; Galatians 3:8, 16, 18). endobj Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. On the other hand, the destruction of Nineveh is described as an event still future (chapter 3:7). To the very last, Christ would have averted the doom of the Jewish nation if the people had received Him. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. The Kings of Israel & Judah Why Study the Kings? "yonah" (dove) Sent to warn the inhabitants of Ninevah (Capital of Assyria) of God's Judgement. The transition from literal Israel to spiritual Israel, or the Christian church, is the subject of Romans 9-11. As he was escaping on a ship bound for Tarshish a great storm arose. With the crucifixion of Christ they forever forfeited their special position as Gods chosen people. In the inspired utterances of the prophets of old the sincere seeker for truth will thus find messages of inspiration, comfort, and guidance for today. Unfortunately, Nehemiahs second term as governor cannot be dated, which fact makes it also somewhat difficult to date Malachi. At times they had an import, not only for the age in which the prophet lived, but also for a day far future; in other words, they had a dual application. Josiah was also still a young king, having reached the age of but 21 years at that time. endobj x=kU0g\ET,? That some of the words he uses are also found in Jeremiah (Obadiah 1, 3, 4; cf. In so doing we shall be secure against the fanciful explanations sometimes given certain Old Testament prophecies. 3:5). Both of these extreme methods wrest the obvious intent of the Scriptures and render a sound understanding of the messages of the prophets for the church today unattainable.