BI-314 OT Prophets

The prophets are among the most quoted and least understood books of the Bible. Learn to hear them in their own time and to see how they are fulfilled in Christ.

Following OT Prophets, this course reads the prophets as God's covenant enforcers: each one applies the covenant of Sinai to a crisis of his own day, before the exile, during it or after the return. It then shows how the New Testament "fills up" their words: the Messiah, the new covenant, the Day of the LORD and the new creation. You also learn to test a promise lifted out of its place, and a "word from the Lord" today.

What you will study

• How the prophets speak: the covenant lawsuit and prophetic poetry
• Three horizons: before the exile, in the exile and after the return
• Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel
• The Twelve, from Hosea to Malachi: covenant love, justice and steady faith
• The Messiah: king, Servant, Son of Man and priest-king, joined in Jesus
• The new covenant, from Jeremiah and Ezekiel to Christ's blood
• The Day of the LORD and the restoration of all things
• The prophets' call to justice for the church today

Course materials

• OT Prophets, a WWES textbook
• The Bible