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
G - Genre:
R - Region:
A - Author:
C- Context:
E - Emphasis:
G - Genre: Prophecy
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A - Author:
C- Context:
E - Emphasis:
G - Genre: Prophecy
R - Region:
A - Author:
C- Context:
E - Emphasis:
*Prophecy relies on imagery
*Prophecy describes what it, for the author, future events
G - Genre: Prophecy
R - Region:
A - Author:
C- Context:
E - Emphasis:
*Prophecy relies on imagery
*Prophecy describes what it, for the author, future events
G - Genre: Prophecy
R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”
A - Author:
C- Context:
E - Emphasis:
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
G - Genre: Prophecy
R - Region: Old Testament; Minor Prophets – “The Twelve”
A - Author: “Zechariah”, son of “Berechiah”, son of “Iddo”
C- Context:
E - Emphasis:
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:
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
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