NAHUM
Na.1
2 - “...A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; The Lord is avenging and wrathful. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies...”
Is God like this?
3 - “...The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet...”
5 - Mountains quake, earth upheaval.
7 - He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Superstition?
Is there a difference between knowing how and knowing why?
Na.2
Prophesy against Ninevah (Ninevah falls in 612BC)
Na.3
1 - “...Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs...”
5 - "...Behold, I am against you," declares the Lord of hosts; "And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And show to the nations your nakedness And to the kingdoms your disgrace...”
19 - “...There is no relief for your breakdown, Your wound is incurable. All who hear about you Will clap their hands over you, For on whom has not your evil passed continually?...”
HABAKKUK
Hab.1
2 - “...How long, O Lord, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence!" Yet You do not save...” Not hear, or not answer?
4 - “...Therefore the law is ignored And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted...”
5 "...Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days— You would not believe if you were told...”
13 “...Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?...”
Hab.2
3 - “...For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay...”
4 - “...Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith...”
6 "...Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, 'Woe to him who increases what is not his— For how long— And makes himself rich with loans?'...”
14 - “...For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea...” When? Is this different than the earth being filled with the glory? [Lord, increase our awareness of your Glory.
15 - “...Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness!...” Date rape drugs?
20 - “...But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him..." Are we too full of ourselves to sit back and be silent?
Hab.3
13 - “...You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah...”
18 - “...Yet I will exult in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation...”
ZEPHANIAH
Zeph.1
2 - “...I will completely remove all things From the face of the earth," declares the Lord...” Has this occurred yet?
7 - “...Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near, For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests...”
17 - “...I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind, Because they have sinned against the Lord; And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung...” What does this look like?
Zeph.2
3 - “...Seek the Lord, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the Lord's anger...” Hidden? Is this like the Israelites in Goshen?
Zeph.3
4 - “...Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law...”
7 - “...I said, 'Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.' So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds...”
8 - "...Therefore wait for Me," declares the Lord, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal...”
12,13 - “...But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord. "The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble..." What will the remnant be like? When is this - All the earth destroyed with fire, yet a people established who live the way God intended?
HAGGAI
Hag.1
1-4 Challenge to stop looking out for own wants and desires and start looking out for God’s purposes.
5 - Consider your ways.
7 - Consider your ways.
9 - “...You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?" declares the Lord of hosts, "Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house...."
12-14 The people obeyed. The people showed reverence. The Lord stirred up spirits.
What house today? Living stones that build the community of believers.
Hag.2
4 - Take courage (3x) and work, for I am with you.
5 - My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear.
9 - I will give peace.
11-14 The spreading of uncleanness - the snowball of uncleanness. Jesus turned the tide - making everything He touches clean.
ZECHARIAH
Zech.1
3 - “...Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Return to Me," declares the Lord of hosts, "that I may return to you," says the Lord of hosts...”
7-17 Glimpse of patrolling horses - God’s involvement in the governing of earth, and His intentions for restoration.
18-21 Four horns that scattered God’s people. Four craftsmen that will terrify and overthrow the horns.
Zech.2
Surveyor of Jerusalem.
11 - “...Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you...”
Zech.3
1-7 God cleanses the leadership of His people (filth to clean).
8-10 Messianic reference: “...I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day...”
Zech.4
2-3 Gold lampstand, 7 lamps, 2 olive trees.
6 - “...Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts...”
10 - The eyes of the Lord range to and fro throughout the earth.
14 - Two anointed ones standing by the Lord of the whole earth. Are these Joshua (high priest) and Zerubabbel? Moses and Elijah? The 2 witnesses of Revelation?
Zech.5
30ft by 15ft flying scroll.
3 - Curse consumes iniquity (stealing and lying).
6-11 Wickedness in a basket, covered, taken to Shinar. To a temple?
Zech.6
Four chariots - Four spirits of heaven, again patrolling the earth.
12 - Branch will build the temple.
15 - “...Those who are far off will come and build the temple of the Lord." Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And it will take place if you completely obey the Lord your God...”
Zech.7
5 - “...Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?..” Why do we do what we do? What should we do?
9,10 - “...Thus has the Lord of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another...”
Zech.8
7,8 - “...Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west; and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness...”
12,13 - “...For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things. 'It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong...”
16 - Speak the truth, judge with truth.
19 - Love truth and peace.
Zech.9
9 - “...Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey...”
10 - His dominion will be from sea to sea ... To the ends of the earth.
Zech.10
8 - “...I will whistle for them to gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before...”
12 - “...And I will strengthen them in the Lord, And in His name they will walk," declares the Lord...”
Zech.11
Object lesson.
7 - Two staffs (FAVOR and UNION)
10 - FAVOR is broken.
12,13 - 30 shekels of silver, the Exodus price for a slave gored by an ox (Judas/Jesus), thrown to the potter.
14 - UNION broken.
16 - Bad shepherd
Zech.12
3 - “...It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it...”
9 - “...And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem...”
12 - “... I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.;...”
Zech.13
2 - “...It will come about in that day," declares the Lord of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land...”
8,9 - “...It will come about in all the land," Declares the Lord, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it. And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, 'They are My people,' And they will say, 'The Lord is my God..."
Zech.14
9 - “...And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one...”
12 - “...Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth...” Nuclear war devastation?
MALACHI
Mal.1
1-5 Jacob and Esau (I have loved Jacob. I have hated Esau)
Party Line: “eternal reward goes only to those who are faithful to Him”
Romans 9:10-26: Paul references Malachi and Hosea. Look at these verses.
6-14 Not giving our best to God. His name will be great among the nations ... But you are profaning it.
Mal.2
2 - “...If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the Lord of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart...”
7 - “...For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts...”
15 - “...But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth...”
16 - “...For I hate divorce," says the Lord, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the Lord of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously..."
Mal.3
1 - “...Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the Lord of hosts...”
2 - “...But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap...”
5 - “...Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the Lord of hosts...”
9,10 - “...You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the Lord of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows...”
This often quoted section of Malachi doesn’t often include the following two verses
11,12 - “...Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes," says the Lord of hosts. "All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land," says the Lord of hosts...”
Identifies an entity that God can control.
Identifies what the world will see.
16 - “...Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name...”
Mal.4
2 - “...But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall...”
5 - “...Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord...”
6 - “...He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse...”
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