by Justin Marple | Feb 12, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The book opens, “The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1). Dating by the...
by Justin Marple | Feb 7, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The first and third installments in The Twelve both begin by dating the prophecies that follow by the reigns of both southern and northern kings. Those two books in this collection also were written primarily to the northern kingdom. But Joel, the second...
by Justin Marple | Jan 10, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Hosea was the last to prophesy to the northern nation before it fell to the Assyrians circa 722 B.C. The book is a collection of prophetic oracles.The genre identification and setting: “The word of YHWH that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of...
by Justin Marple | Jan 7, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The Book of the Twelve does not refer to some lost manuscript of writings by the Twelve Apostles. No, these are the writings of twelve prophets of YHWH spanning a large range of time: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,...
by Justin Marple | Nov 29, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Most people have a hard time getting started on Ezekiel because of the strange Temple vision of the first chapter, but they also have a hard time finishing the book because of the Temple vision of chapters 40-48. Like the similar passages in Exodus describing...
by Justin Marple | Nov 14, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The second half of the oracles of restoration include a vision including a valley full of dry bones, a sign-act with two sticks, and an apocalypse featuring Gog of the land of Magog. I include some Hebrew text upon request because of the popularity of...
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