Habakkuk (Prophetic Profiles, Part 9)
9.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) The superscription of Habakkuk does not include the familiar monarchical dating formula and the prophet Habakkuk is not mentioned by name elsewhere in...
View ArticleZephaniah (Prophetic Profiles, Part 10)
10.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Most commentators set the date of Zephaniah’s book during the reign of Josiah (640-609 B.C.) sometime before 622 B.C. The reason for such dating is...
View ArticleJeremiah (Prophetic Profiles, Part 11)
11.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Jeremiah dates his ministry to the reigns of the Judahite kings from Josiah until the end of the monarchy. He received his prophetic call in the...
View ArticleEzekiel (Prophetic Profiles, Part 12)
12.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Ezekiel provides precise information regarding the dates of his prophetic call and work. According to Ezekiel 33:21, he was deported to Babylon...
View ArticleDaniel (Prophetic Profiles, Part 13)
13.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Daniel was taken captive as a young man to Babylon in 605 B.C. His training as a statesman in the king’s palace began almost immediately. Daniel and...
View ArticleHaggai (Prophetic Profiles, Part 14)
14.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Haggai begins the ministry of the post-exilic prophets. His first prophecy is dated precisely in the superscription (1:1) to the second year of King...
View ArticleZechariah (Prophetic Profiles, Part 15)
15.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Zechariah was a contemporary of the prophet Haggai. Of the four separate occasions when he received divine revelation, he dates three of them...
View ArticleMalachi (Prophetic Profiles, Part 16)
16.1 The Date (of the prophet’s ministry and work) Malachi does not date his prophecy, but the overwhelming consensus among scholars is that it is a product of the Persian period. The first clue is...
View ArticleThe Prophets in Redemptive Historical Context
How does the redemptive historical context of the prophets inform our understanding of their message? This essay answers this question and identifies an erroneous use of the prophets that results...
View ArticleThe Suffering and Glory of Christ in Jonah
This paper explores how the Prophet Jonah typologically prefigures Jesus Christ. Introduction (Jonah 1:17-2:10) 17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly...
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