MESSAGE ACROSS TIME

MAJOR PROPHETS:

ISAIAH

JEREMIAH

EZEKIEL

MESSAGE ACROSS TIME

Lesson 1: Isaiah: Live by God’s Standard

Lesson 2: Jeremiah: Shaped or Shattered

Lesson 3: Ezekiel: Model your message

A BRIEF STORY OF ISRAEL THE NATION

Moses

1,446BC

Joshua + 70 elders

1,380BC

God as King, living among Israel in the Tabernacle

Period of 18 Judges 350 years Samuel

1,043BC

Saul 1050 BC-1010 BC(40 years)

David 1010 BC-970 BC(40 years)

Solomon 970 BC-930 BC(40 years)

United Kingdom of Israel

Israel (Northern Kingdom,19 kings – all bad)

Falls to Assyria on 723 BC(207 years after

Solomon)

Falls to Babylon on 597 BC

(333 years after Solomon)

Judah(Southern Kingdom, 20 kings – 8 good)

597BC

Isaiah(740-700 BC)

Ezekiel(593-570 BC)

Jeremiah(627-580 BC)

Jonah went to Nineveh, capital of

Assyria (796 BC)

1. Prophet Samuel anointed two kings – Saul and David. Saul disobeyed and God rejected him. God loved David

2. Solomon was wisest man, but strayed from God because of his wives. God was angered by this – tore half the kingdom from the house of David

3. Judah (Southern kingdom)

1. ruled by house of David – 20 kings, only 8 good

2. God sent them 12 prophets to warn and encourage them

3. In the end, God raised Babylon to punish them

4. Israel (Northern kingdom)

1. ruled by many different families – 19 kings, all bad, they led the people to serve other gods

2. God sent them 9 prophets to warn them

3. In the end, God raised Assyria to punish them

A BRIEF STORY OF ISRAEL THE NATION

THE DIVIDED NATION

WHO IS ISAIAH ?• He is one of the four major prophets in the OT: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel • Prophesied around 700 B.C. in Judah• Name means “Yahweh is salvation” • Royal blood (his father Amoz is the younger son of King Joash of Judah• Influential, educated and well connected • Married a prophetess• Tradition holds that he died a martyr in the reign of Manessah (sawed in half)

Northern Kingdom Ends

UzziahJotham

Ahaz Hezekiah Manassah

Nahum

740 716735 697 687

Ministry of Isaiah

Ministry of Micah

Ministry of Hosea

Amos

WHEN WAS HIS MINISTRY?

KEY POINTS

What’s the BIG Idea?

God expects his people to turn away from sin and live holy lives that honour Him

Why does it matter?

Rejecting God’s standard will result in judgement

How do I live it?

Remove any attitudes or actions that displeases God, and commit to holiness in all you do

1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?

In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

Isaiah 6:1

And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king's house judging the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, has written. (2 Chronicles 26:21-22).

While Uzziah was a good king, he became proud later on

The Vision of God in His temple

1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?

Seraphim (“the burning ones”) stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.

Isaiah 6:2-4

The Holiness of God

1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?

Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”

Isaiah 6:5

How it affected him!

1. WHY DID HE SPEAK?

1. God called him confront to His people, that they were sinning and not living to God’s standard - holiness

2. God warned them of His impending judgment and that they were to repent

3. Did the people receive Isaiah’s message happily and repent?

4. Do you think people today will receive his message?

5. Do you think people will respond if they were told that they are sinners and that they must repent immediately?

Read Isaiah 2:6-8

ISAIAH 1:4

Alas, sinful nation,

People weighed down with iniquity,

Offspring of evildoers,

Sons who act corruptly!

They have abandoned the Lord,

They have despised the Holy One of Israel,

They have turned away from Him.

Literally “Seed of Evil Ones.”

2. WHAT DID HE SAY?

The Bible Isaiah

Old Testament:New Testament:

39 books27 books

Judgment:Comfort:

39 chapters27 chapters

Total books 66 books Total chapters: 66 chapters

Book of Isaiah: A mirror of the Bible!

2. WHAT DID HE SAY?

Chapters 1-35 Chapters 36-39 Chapters 40-66

Judgments in thePresent

Historical Interlude Glory in the Future

The Judgment of GodThe Comfort of

God

Messiah the JudgeMessiah the

Servant

Groan Glory

God’s Government“A throne” (6:6)

God’s Grace“A Lamb” (53:7)

Book of Isaiah: Judgment and Salvation

ISRAEL’S NEED

Our griefs (53:4) He Himself bore (53:4)

Our sorrows (53:4) He carried (53:4)

For our transgressions (53:5)

He was pierced (53:5)

For our iniquities (53:5) He was crushed (53:4)

For our well-being (53:5)

The chastening… fell upon Him (53:5)

THE SERVANT’S REMEDY

PROPHECY OF JESUS

2. WHAT DID HE SAY?

1. God created us – Isaiah 40:26-31

2. Sin has its consequences – Isaiah 1:15-17

3. God offers salvation from sin – Isaiah 53:1-12

4. God promises a great eternity for His people – Isaiah 65:17-25

We must be holy as He is holy

GROUP DISCUSSION

1. List down situations where Christian teenagers might have difficulties being holy

2. Suggest ways to overcome these difficult situations