Major Prophets - Fill in notes
The Prophets
Role of the Prophets
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life…Who has ______through the prophets
The Church ______to the Holy Spirit
God’s Spirit ______for the time of the Messiah…When the Church reads the Old Testament, she searches there for what the Spirit, “who has spoken through the prophets,” wants to tell us about ______
Role of the Prophets
Through the prophets, God forms His people in the ______of salvation, in the ______of a new and everlasting ______(CCC 64)
Through the prophets, God calls Israel and all nations to ______to Him (CCC 201)
“Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other” (Isa 45:22-24)
Isaiah
740-680 b.c.
______-______
Audience is Judah (the Southern Kingdom)
Assyria is the World ruler
Isaiah
6 – “I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne…______, ______, ______is the Lord
7 – A ______to conceive and bear a son…______(God with us)
9 – The Prince of ______…from David’s ______
Isaiah
22 – The Prime minister…with the ______of the kingdom
44 – Cyrus, king of ______mentioned by name
53 – The Suffering ______
60 – The Lord will shine in a time of darkness…kings, camels, ______, and ______
Jeremiah
625-580 bc.
______-______
During reign of Josiah (G), Jehoiakim (B), & Zedekiah (B)
Audience is ______
World Ruler = Assyria then Babylon
The ______called Jeremiah to be a prophet and bring His word to the Jews while the Babylonians were the ruling force of the world.
The Lord destined Jeremiah to be a prophet even from his ______(Jer 1).
God placed His words in Jeremiah’s ______.
Jeremiah was told to speak the word of God to the people regarding their ______to their covenant with Him. This made him rather unpopular.
God speaks of the people like an unfaithful ______.
God wanted Judah to turn back to Him and give Him their ______.
Jeremiah foretold the destruction of Jerusalem by the ______. “Evil I will bring from the north and great destruction” (Jer 4:6).
The ______plotted against Jeremiah and warned him not to prophesy in the name of the Lord.
But the Lord continued to speak through Jeremiah about their destruction and exile to Babylon.
They were to be enslaved to the Babylonians for ______years. Then, under the rule of ______, the Persians would defeat Babylon and allow the Jews to ______to the promised land. (25:11-12)
Jeremiah
23 – The failure of the ______…God will be their ______.
25 – Seventy years in Babylon
29 – “I know the ______I have for you…to give you a future and a ______”
31 – A new ______with Israel and Judah
Jeremiah
33 – A righteous ______from David…to bring justice and righteousness
34 – Reason for the Exile…they did not set their ______free
Daniel (name = “God Judges”)
605-535 bc.
______(deported in 605, the first wave)
Audience = Jews in Exile
World Ruler = Babylon then Persia
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
Dn 3:16-18
Taken to the palace of Nebuchadnezzer.
Interpreted Neb’s ______
Interpreted the ______on the wall
Lessons from Daniel
God mercifully ______a ______of Jews even in exile.
Daniel represent this faithful remnant that God cares for.
Daniel reminds us of a previous character in the OT: taken captive, interprets dreams, speaks of a future exodus…??? ______
Son of Man
Ch 7 Title used to refer to the coming messiah.
Indicates both ______and ______natures.
This figure will rule as a ______from heaven
See pg. 141 in Ignatius Study Bible
The Dream
2:32ff.
Head of fine ______
Breast & arms of ______
Belly &thighs of ______
Legs of ______
Feet of iron & clay
* Stone was cut by no ______hand struck the feet of iron & clay…the statue was destroyed…the stone became a great mountain and filled the ______
One interpretation is:
Gold = Neb & Babylon
Silver = Persia
Bronze = Greece
Iron & Clay = Rome
70 Weeks of Years
• St. ______told Daniel about 70 weeks of years until the end of the exile (Dn 9:24 ff.)
“Seventy weeks* are decreed
for your people and for your holy city:
Then transgression will stop and ______will end,
______will be expiated,
Everlasting justice will be introduced,
vision and prophecy ratified,
and a holy of holies will be ______” (Dn 9:24).
Ezekiel
590-571 bc.
______
Audience = Jews in Exile
World Ruler = Babylon
Deported in 2nd wave
Ezekiel
Deported in the ______wave of exile to Babylon
Called by God to be a prophet 1:4; 3:15
Message intended to ______fellow exiles for the ______of Jerusalem
Destruction of the Temple for sin 3:22-24
Salvation would eventually come
Ch 9 God departs from the Temple
Ch 15 compares ______to dead wood for the fire
Ch 16 compares Judah with a ______…worse than Samaria or Sodom
Ch 24 wife dies and God doesn’t permit him to publicly mourn…he must be strong enough to lose everything
Ch 11 proclaims eventual ______from exile
Ch 35-37 the Messiah would not be a warrior but a ______- God Himself Will Shepherd His People 34:15-16
Israel (dead) would ______like dry bones covered in flesh with new life.
The Temple in Ezekiel - Ezekiel has visions of a magnificent Temple even greater than ______Temple (Ezek 40-48)
Announcing the Messiah
The coming of God’s Son to earth is an event of such immensity that God willed to prepare for it over ______…He makes everything converge on ______…He announces Christ through the mouths of the ______(CCC 522)