Introduction

• Hebrews 1:1
• Prophets were God’s spokesmen. They did more than just tell the future.
• Ezekiel 4
• There are sixteen or seventeen books of prophecy in the Old Testament, depending on precisely which ones you count. There were many more prophets who did not have their own books.

Time of prophecy	Literary prophets
Divided Kingdom	Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Nahum, Habakkuk
Exile	Ezekiel, Daniel
Return and rebuilding	Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
(Difficult to date)	Joel, Amos, Obadiah

• II Peter 1:20

God loves us!

• Ezekiel 18:23, 27-32
• Jeremiah 26:1-3
• II Peter 3:9
• Jonah 4:1-11 – Jonah had compassion on the plant, but not on the people of the city. God expects us to love souls like He does.

We need His love when times are hard.

• I Kings 18:3-4 – When times were hard, God had hundreds of prophets.
• Jeremiah 6:10
• II Chronicles 24:19
• Hosea 4:6
• When we are in difficult times, we must seek God the most!

With God, there is always something to look forward to.

• Malachi 4:1-6
• Jeremiah 31:31
• We’re looking forward to our salvation with God in heaven.