Zechariah the prophet wrote and worked as a contemporary of Haggai. However, between the two is realized two very distinct approaches to their similar mission. Haggai, in encouraging the people to continue work on the temple previously abandoned, directly and explicitly told the people God was not pleased with their refusal to rebuild His house … Read more…
Haggai is the second shortest book in all of the Old Testament, second only to Obadiah; but contained in its two chapters is a marvelous lesson of renewal, recharge, and rededication to a cause formerly forgotten. Unlike any of the minor prophets up to this point, Haggai’s work was post-exilic, meaning he worked and wrote … Read more…
Well over a thousand years before the prophet Zephaniah was ever born, Moses had warned the children of Israel, “For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God…” (Exodus 34:14). Over the ensuing centuries God’s children would prove from generation to generation their unwillingness to recognize … Read more…
Habakkuk, like many of the other prophets, wrote regarding the general theme of Judah’s sin which would result in their destruction and captivity at the hands of the Chaldeans. However, unlike the other prophets Habakkuk does not limit his prophecy of doom to the dwellers of Judah for their sins, but likewise extends doom to … Read more…
The book of Nahum is one peculiar in its arrangement because the ones about whom he writes are not those to whom he writes. About one hundred years prior to Nahum’s prophetic efforts, Jonah had reluctantly gone up to Nineveh, Assyria’s capital, and preached repentance unto the people. His work was fruitful in that at … Read more…
In September, 1976, in a debate with brother Thomas B. Warren, Dr. Antony Flew affirmed the proposition, “I know that God does not exist.” Such is a very bold position to take, and throughout the debate Dr. Flew was insufficient in proving it because the position itself is insufficient to be proven. A statement that … Read more…
A brief glimpse through the backgrounds of each of the prophets quickly concludes that each prophet was unique and there was no standard as to nationality, lifestyle, or occupation that could define them all. There have been royality and farmers, and city men to hayseeds. Some were forward and confrontational, while others tended to make … Read more…
It is one of the most beloved Bible stories of all time. Most children, even those not in a Christian environment, have heard of the events of his life. Many can recite the account with ease, and the theme is taught repeatedly from pulpits, lecterns, and classroom tables. Jonah forsook God and had to pay … Read more…
The book of Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament and is one of only seven Old Testament books to not be quoted in the New. Obadiah himself is a man of mystery, with nothing being revealed of him in the scriptures, even within his own prophetic book. The subject of Obadiah is … Read more…
It was a cruel and evil plot of wickedness and deceit. Here was an innocent, godly man potentially about to suffer for the stinging jealousy of comparatively few detractors. He had been endeared by all those whom he served, yet those of equal power could not stand that he, a Jew, held similar authority as … Read more…