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I can say the books of the Major Prophets off by heart. Write their names in the shelf below. There are 5 books in this division of the Old Testament. Tell why they are called major prophets

BIBLE FACTS

I CAN FIND THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE MAJOR PROPHET DIVISION IN MY BIBLE.

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Kings & Prophets

Description: This slide contain the full "Kings & Prophets" timeline diagram, showing:

United Kingdom of Israel (1070-970 BC)

Kingdom of Israel (North) - 970-722 BC, including Elijah, Elisha, Micah, Amos, Hosea, Jonah, Nahum

Kingdom of Judah (South) - 970-586 BC, including Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Haggai, Malachi, Zechariah

"Fall of Samaria - Israel to Assyria" (722 BC)

"Fall of Jerusalem - Judah to Babylonia & Destruction of Temple" (586 BC)

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At the time when the prophets began writing, the once united kingdom of ISRAEL had already been split into two for more than 100 YEARS. The two kingdoms were called Israel and Judah. God’s people had been ignoring God and worshipping idols, and shortly God would PUNISH them. Which of the four Major Prophets was prophesying when the northern kingdom of Israel was captured by the Assyrians? Jonah

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The same God PROTECT Judah from the Assyrians, but He knew one day Judah would fall to the BABYLONIANS.
The other three major prophets wrote before, during and after the fall of Judah to the BABYLONIANS. For 70 YEARS, God spoke to the people of Judah through the prophet Jeremiah, warning of the coming destruction. His words came true, and his sorrow at Jerusalem’s destruction is in the book of Lamentations.

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The other two major prophets were among the CAPTIVES taken to Babylon. First, in 605 BC, the teenager Daniel, and then about ten years later in 597 BC, Ezekiel. They spoke to the Jews in Babylon, telling them they would not go home soon, but encouraging them with HOPE of a future when Jews would be REGATHERED, and a Messiah would be king of the WHOLE EARTH.

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Major prophets show that God’s followers need to put God first in their lives, and dare to stand alone.

PSALM 23:4

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USE THE ALPHABET TO HELP YOU REMEMBER WHO PROPHESIED WHERE

AT,

BABYLON THE

CAPTIVES,

DANIEL AND

EZEKIEL SPOKE.

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WHICH PROPHET WAS PUNISHED BY BEING LOWERED INTO A WELL?

JEREMIAH WAS LOWERED INTO A WELL IN THE PALACE COURTYARD. HE SANK DOWN INTO THE MUD. THE OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT TO HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.
JEREMIAH 38: 4-6.

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THERE ARE 17 PROPHECY BOOKS ALTOGETHER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; AND WE CANNOT, IN ONLY FOUR LESSONS, DO MUCH DETAIL ON EACH ONE. SO WE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON EACH PROPHET (SEE NEXT PAGE) PLUS TRY TO REMEMBER ONE THING ABOUT EACH PERSON. THESE PROPHET MEMORY LINKS SHOULD HELP EACH PROPHET SEEM JUST A LITTLE MORE REAL TO YOU, NOT JUST A DIFFICULT-TO-PRONOUNCE NAME!
NOTE: THE COMPLETE LIST OF PROPHETS AND THEIR LINKS APPEARS ON:
PAGE 60, AS PROPHET MEMORY LINKS.
PAGES 191 TO 195 AS PLAYING CARDS YOU CAN CUT OUT.

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WHY THE PROPHET EZEKIEL SPENT 390 DAYS LYING ON HIS LEFT SIDE?

GOD TOLD EZEKIEL TO ACT OUT THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM BY LYING ON HIS SIDE IN FRONT OF A REPLICA OF THE CITY - 390 DAYS FOR ISRAEL, AND 40 DAYS FOR JUDAH.

EZEKIEL 4: 1-6

Do You Know? - Ezekiel

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True or False

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Under Pressure

The four major prophets in this lesson obeyed God, not men. They understood the importance of putting God first, in spite of pressure around them not to do so

The four major prophets in this lesson obeyed God, not men. They understood the importance of putting God first, in spite of pressure around them not to do so.

Activity: Tick any situations on the next page that are like something that has happened to you. Talk with the class to come up with ways you can please God, not other people in those situations.

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When someone at school seems interested in my youth club at church and I wonder about asking them along, but feel too shy.
When all the kids in class make fun of the school R.E. lesson we have each week and say it's boring.
When people around me misuse God's name, and it's hard not to copy them or think it in my head.
When I get into the sports team I tried out for and then discover training is every Sunday morning for the next 4 months.

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Beautiful Word Pictures

Remember parallelism in Hebrew poetry? A lot of the prophecy books contain sections of poetry. Some of the most beautiful poetry in the Bible can be found in the book of ISAIAH. Find Isaiah in your Bible and fill in the missing words from Isaiah 11: 6-9.

The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

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