Banished to Patmos A.D. 95 then
released. Tradition: Died a martyr's death.
Paul
Jew
Pharisee/
Tentmaker
Romans, I & II
Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I
& II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus,
Philemon (maybe Hebrews)
Tradition: Beheaded at Rome on Nero's
order A.D. 67 or 68
James
Jew
James
Tradition: Died a Martyr's death A.D.
62
Peter
Jew
Fisherman
I & II Peter
Tradition: Crucified up-side-down by
Nero at Rome A.D. 67 or 68
Jude
Jew
Jude
Tradition: Died a martyr's death.
BOOKS OF THE PROPHETS
PRE - EXILED PROPHETS
Prophet
Spoke To:
Message
Joel
Judah
Joel calls out for national and
personal humility and repentance warning that destruction
awaits the wicked on the Day of the Lord about the Spirit's
outpouring awaits the faithful
Jonah
Nineveh
Jonah prophesies against the wicked
Gentle nation of Nineveh and God accepts their repentance,
demonstrating the extent of His love and mercy.
Amos
Israel
Amos pronounces
judgment against Israel because of their social injustice,
moral decadence, apostasy, and lack of concern for the needy.
Isaiah
Judah
Isaiah warns of
judgment because Judah's careful attention to religious
ritual is not combined with love for others and holiness
before God. He offers hope through God's Suffering
Servant to come.
Micah
Judah
Micah warns that the
nation's corruption will bring imminent judgment but consoles
the people with the promise of the future messianic kingdom.
Hosea
Israel
The unfaithfulness of
Hosea's wife depicts Israel's infidelity to God. Hosea
calls the nation to return to their first love.
Hahum
Nineveh
A century after
Nineveh's repentance, Nahum proclaims their doom because of
unprecedented pride, oppression and idolatry.
Zaphanniah
Judah
Zaphanniah speaks of
a universal judgment to begin with Judah, yet concludes his
message with a promise of restoration.
Habakkuk
Judah
Habakkuk learns that
God will judge Judah by using the ruthless Chaldeans, and that
no matter what the circumstances, the just always will live in
God's faithfulness.
Jeremiah
Judah
Jeremiah tells the
people of Judah that judgment awaits them because they have
left their first love by forsaking their covenant with God.
EXILED PROPHETS
Obadiah
Edom
Obadiah predicts
Edom's destruction as punishment for the people's sins against
Israel. Not even their supposedly impregnable mountain
fortress will protect them.
Daniel
Babylon
Daniel foretells the
judgment and overthrow of the Gentile world powers as well as
the future deliverance of God's people.
Ezekiel
Exiles
Ezkiel has a message
of destruction for Jerusalem. Then, after Babylon's
conquest of Judah, Ezekiel tells the exiles of hope in the
future messianic kingdom.
Haggai
Judah
Haggai rebukes the
returned exiles for concentrating their efforts on their own
prosperity rather than first rebuilding the temple and
re-establishing the priestly offerings.
Zechariah
Judah
Zechariah moves the
people beyond rebuilding the temple toward individual
spiritual reconstruction while warning that the messianic
kingdom lies in the distant future.
Malachi
Judah
Malachi warns a
lethargic and spiritually-indifferent Judah that they must
repent and humbly obey God in view of the coming Day of the
Lord when the wicked will be judged.
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