Hearing The Bible and The Pillars

Sunday, Nov 10, 2024

Lesson 6.1

I. Hearing the Bible

A. Process – Them then. Church throughout time. Church now. We. Us. To me?!

II. The Pillars of Life (OT), The Fruit of the Spirit (NT)

  1. Hesed Love

  2. Emeth Truth

  3. Shalom Peace

  4. Mishpath Justice

  5. Zedaqah Righteousness



  1. Qawah Hope, Trust, Wait

  2. Hokma Wisdom

  3. Tov Good (Goodness)

  4. Simhah Joy

  5. Batah Trust

  6. Racham Compassion, Mercy

  7. Teshuah Yeshuah Salvation

  8. Emunah Faithfulness

  9. Tebunah Understanding

O. Daath Knowledge

P. Anawah Humility


III. The Old Testament (First Testament)

  1. The Old Testament Torah Law (Genesis – Deuteronomy); History (Joshua – Esther); Poetry (Job – Song of Songs); Prophets(Isaiah – Malachi)

  2. The Prophets (Isaiah- Malachi)

    1. Overview

      1. Charts "The Prophets in Their Setting" (see).

      2. The theme of the nation's decline (pre-exilic), the exile (exilic) to Babylon, and the return to the homeland (post-exilic). Fall of Israel (Northern) to Assyria (721 BC). Fall of Judah (Jerusalem, Southern) (587 BC) to Babylon.

      3. The Iron Age: Assyrian Period (c. 900 - 609 BC)

Babylonian Period (c. 605-539 BC)

Persian Period (c. 539-333 BC)

Hellenistic Period (c. 333-64 BC)

      1. Prophetic Clusters

750-700 BC (Amos, Hosea, Isaiah 1-39, Micah, Jonah?)

640-570 BC (Jeremiah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Ezekiel, Obadiah, Daniel?)

539-450 BC (Isaiah 40-66, Haggai, Zechariah, Jonah? Joel? Malachi)

190-100 BC (Daniel?)

      1. The Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel (4)

      2. The Minor Prophets - Hosea to Malachi (12)



  1. The Twelve Minor Prophets (Major - larger, Minor - shorter)

    1. Composition Chart (Word Biblical Commentary #31, Hosea - Jonah, p. xliii)

Book Order of Composition Order in Hebrew Bible

Amos 1, 2, or 3. [ca. 760 B.C] 3

Hosea 1, 2, or 3 [ca. 760-722] 4

Jonah 1, 2, or 3? [ca. 760-?] 5

Micah 4 [ca. 740-700] Assyrian 721 6

Nahum 5 or 6 [ca. 620] 7

Zephaniah 5 or 6 [ca. 620] 9

Habakkuk 7 or 8 [ca. 598-587] 8

Joel 7 or 8 [ca. 598-587] 2

Obadiah 9 [ca. 585] Babylon 587 4

Haggai 10 or 11 [520] 10

Zechariah 10 or 11 [?-520-?] 11

Malachi 12 [ca. 460] 12



2. Foretelling and forth telling...



D. Habakkuk - Embrace? Not typical Hebrew name, a foreign word. Acadian - "a garden plant" name. Not know much about him. Pre-exilic. Contemporary to Nahum. To Judah (South). Before fall of Jerusalem (587 BC).

1. How long? Hab 1:2-4... First Complaint

2. Second complaint (1:12-17). YHWH Answers (2:1-5)

3. Five Woes (2:6-20). 2:6...

4. Habakkuk's Prayer (3). Beautiful, 3:19!



IV. Our Passage: Habakkuk, The Prophet.

A. Introduction 1:1… Oracle, Burden. Load. Utterance which Habakkuk the Prophet saw (Habaqquq).

B. Habakkuk's First Complaint (1:2-4).

1. O YHWH. How long? Until when? … Do I cry for help and YOU not hear? What? Woe. Wow...

2. I cry out to you (lament, implore) Violence (Ḥamas)! )
And you do not save (deliver, help: deliverance, salvation, freedom, welfare)?! His world Babylon. Our world!



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