The Prophets 1 covers the major prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, both who were called to prophesy to the nation of Judah. Judah was threatened by both Assyria and Egypt; Isaiah proclaimed to Judah a message of repentance from sin and hopeful expectation of God’s deliverance in the future. Jeremiah contains the final prophecies to Judah, warning of oncoming destruction if the nation does not repent. As a result of Judah’s continued and unrepentant idolatry, God allowed the Babylonians to destroy both the city of Jerusalem Solomon’s Temple. The Book of Lamentations is a lament for what occurred to Judah and Jerusalem.
The Book of Ezekiel was written during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. He sought to bring his fellow Jews to repentance and to give them hope for the future. Ezekiel sought to remind the Jews...
Through an invasion of locusts, the prophet Joel speaks to the people of Judah. Amos is a simple shepherd and fruit picker who brings a message of impending doom and captivity for the nation of...
Nahum was written to between 663 and 612 B. C. to tell the people of Judah to not despair because the brutal Assyrians would soon be getting their just punishment from God. The prophet Habakkuk...
The days of the judges were termed the days when everyone did what was right in their own eyes. The people of Israel began following the customs and gods of the nations around them. So God began...
The Babylonian army ransacks Jerusalem in 539 B. C. A young Hebrew boy from the royal family named Daniel and three of his young friends are transported to Babylon.
The Pilgrim's Progress, a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200...