Returning to the Lord

Outline:

I. The prophet of the Lord (v. 1)

II. The anger of the Lord (v. 2)

III. The call of the Lord (v. 3)

IV. The warning of the Lord (v. 4-5)

V. The judgment of the Lord (v. 5-6)

VI. The mercy of the Lord (vv. 1-6)

Israel: its history and its prophets

• In the promised land: Kings, Chronicles, Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah
• In God-ordained exile: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Obadiah
• First wave restoration: Ezra 1-6, Haggai, Zechariah (Temple rebuilt)
• In self-inflicted exile: Esther
• Second wave restoration: Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Malachi (Jerusalem rebuilt)
• In the land and in exile: 400 year silence between Malachi and John the Baptist