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Familiarity:

G - Genre

R - Region

A - Author

C - Context

E - Emphasis

Our Plan:

Attention to the Text:

- Only the text is inspired

- God has included exactly

what we need to know

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G - Genre:

R - Region:

A - Author:

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region:

A - Author:

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region:

A - Author:

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

*Prophecy relies on imagery

*Prophecy describes what it, for the author, future events

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region:

A - Author:

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

*Prophecy relies on imagery

*Prophecy describes what it, for the author, future events

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”

A - Author:

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”

A - Author:

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

*Zechariah’s “thesis statement”

Zechariah 1:3-4

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”

A - Author: “Zechariah”, son of “Berechiah”, son of “Iddo”

C- Context:

E - Emphasis:

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”

A - Author: “Zechariah”, son of “Berechiah”, son of “Iddo”

C- Context: Post-exile Israel, ~520 BC

E - Emphasis:

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”

A - Author: “Zechariah”, son of “Berechiah”, son of “Iddo”

C- Context: Post-exile Israel, ~520 BC

E - Emphasis: 1) God is present in your darkest moments

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G - Genre: Prophecy

R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”

A - Author: “Zechariah”, son of “Berechiah”, son of “Iddo”

C- Context: Post-exile Israel, ~520 BC

E - Emphasis: 1) God is present in your darkest moments

2) It is not our faithfulness that gives us hope, we have hope because God is faithful

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