The slides to accompany Bill's talk at Bristol Vineyard on Sunday 26th February - the Old Testament Prophets. Enjoy...

1. OT Prophets

2. “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

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8. I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

9. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive you.

10. OT Prophecy

11. Understanding OT Prophecy 1. Understand the Context

15. Deuteronomy Reminder: Terms of Covenant What will you choose?

16. OT Timeline 2000 BC 1000 BC Abraham Joshua David 760 BC 460 BC Fall of Israel Fall of Judah

18. “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

19. 33 “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will they teach their neighbors, or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Jeremiah 31:33-34

21. “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

23. Hezekiah Josiah

25. Jeremiah

26. Jehoiachin Nebuchadnezzar 597BC Siege of Jerusalem

27. Zedekiah 597: Puppet king installed by Babylonians

28. Jehoiachin Exiled to Babylon “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

29. Zedekiah Rebelling again “ I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.”

30. Zedekiah 586: Jerusalem Destroyed “ I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.”

31. Jehoiachin 537: Return to Jerusalem begins “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”