The Prophetic Books in 2min

Connecting The Prophetic Books to the Big Picture of the Bible

Action Steps

in order to better understand the prophetic books of the Bible let's place them within the bigger picture in the Bible God reveals himself as both the Eternal God who knows the end from the beginning and as the holy God who brings all evil to light it is this God who communicates with people sadly mankind Rebels against God and turns away from him nevertheless God carries out his plan to save Mankind through Jesus Christ in the old Testament this Plan of Salvation focuses on the problem of sin and its consequences and in the prophetic books God uses individuals to address the problem and announce the solution although the prophets speak at different times to different audiences they all follow the same pattern they contrast God's righteous standard in the law with the current sinful state of the people they warn of the consequences of Disobedience and call for repentance this warning is usually offered with a positive outlook because despite the Israelites unfaithfulness God remains true to his promises he promises that he will carry out his Plan of Salvation through a person who is repeatedly announced the Savior this savior will free his people from their enemies and establish a kingdom in which peace and Justice will finally Reign but there's also a promise of a suffering servant of God who will eliminate the problem of sin and restore the broken relationship between God and Mankind now exactly how God will fulfill these promises and carry out this Plan of Salvation is revealed to us in the New Testament so the prophetic books show us how God uses the prophets to expose the difference between the people's current sinful State and God's righteous standard as set forth in the law they talk about the sad consequences of disobeying God's good Commandments but they also show how turning back to God is possible at any time now ultimately God will be the one to come and rescue his people when you examine your own life where do you see differences between how you live compared to what the Bible says