c1880 Prophecies of Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah-Brown's Family Bible

Description: British Parliament 1925 Vintage Lithograph Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE c1880 Prophecies of Micah, Nahum and Habakkuk - from Brown's Family Bible Chapters by the Minor Prophets: Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah Micah: (7 chapters; 740 to 701 B.C.) Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah. Some of his oracles precede the destruction of Samaria in 721 and some come after that. Like Amos, he lived in the country and rebukes the corrupt ways of city dwellers in Samaria and Jerusalem. The book bounces back and forth from threats to promises. He threatens Israel and Judah with punishment and destruction if they do not repent of their sins of injustice. If they do repent, God will be gracious to them and promises to bless them abundantly. The prophet sees the Assyrians as the instruments in the hands of God to punish his people. But a remnant will survive to be the carriers of God's promises to his people. Micah proclaims that the political and military disasters which threaten Israel and Judah come from the anger of the Lord which the people have aroused by their sins. Micah views the coming punishment as something through which Israel must pass in order to survive. The reason for the punishment is to save and not to destroy. Micah predicts the destruction of Jerusalem in 3:12--which happened over 100 years later. For him the charisma of the prophet is power and the spirit of Yahweh, judgment and strength to denounce sin and injustice. Micah practically summarizes the teachings of the prophets when he says bluntly what the Lord asks of his people, "Only this, to do what is right, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God" (6:8). St. Matthew in 2:5-6 quotes Micah 5:1-3 to prove that Jesus is the Messiah because the prophet had predicted he would be born in Bethlehem. There is also an allusion to Micah 7:20 in the Canticle of Zechariah, the Benedictus, in Luke 1:72. Nahum: (3 chapters; ca. 610 B.C.) Nothing is known of Nahum except his name and that he is from the town of Elkosh which is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. The book was most probably written either during or shortly after the siege and fall of Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, by the Babylonians in 612 B.C. The theme of the book is simple: the fall of Nineveh. The Assyrians had harassed and devastated Israel and Judah for over 100 years. Now they are to be repaid for all the evil they have done to God's people. The Assyrians had destroyed the ten tribes of Israel in the north and had brought in foreign peoples to settle there and mingle with the few Israelites left; together they became the semi-pagan Samaritans who were despised by faithful Jews. Nahum utters oracles of doom and exultation over the destruction of the chief enemy of Judah and Jerusalem. The prophecy seems to be quite secular and political. There are no threats against his own people and the name of Yahweh is mentioned twice (2:13; 3:5). The prophet sees that the fall of Nineveh proves the principle of Israelite belief that the Lord will eventually punish the wicked and those who oppress others. From a literary point of view, the oracles of Nahum reach a high poetic level. Some scholars consider Nahum to be among the best written books in the OT. Habakkuk: (3 chapters; ca. 600 B.C.) Because of the subject matter of railing against the Babylonians, and before the invasion of 597 B.C., it is most likely that the prophecy was composed between 605 and 597. Nothing is known of the life of Habakkuk except that he seems to have been associated with the Temple in Jerusalem in some way. The theme of the book is the problem of evil, and specifically how God permits his ends to be accomplished by evil and unbelieving oppressors. The book moves from a certain doubt about the evil around us, to a vision of how God will deal with it, and finally to a basic trust in God no matter how bad things may appear to be. The first step in the answer to the problem of evil is that God brings down one oppressing nation (Assyria) by another (Babylon). The next step is that in the rise and fall of nations the just or righteous man will survive by his fidelity to Yahweh (2:4). The final step is that Yahweh himself is the one who saves the just man (ch. 3). In this prophecy for the first time in Israelite literature a man questions the way of God. For Habakkuk calls him to account for his governance of the world. God replies that he is using Babylon to punish the wicked, but he reassures the prophet that the just Israelite will not perish in the coming disaster. Because there are several obscurities and ambiguities in the book of Habakkuk, it has stimulated many commentaries over the centuries. In developing the idea of faith, St. Paul quotes Habakkuk that the just man lives by faith (Gal. 3:11; Rom. 1:17; cf Hab. 2:4). The author of Hebrews quotes the same text to stress the importance of faith in order persevere in times of persecution (Heb. 10:38; cf Hab. 2:3-4). Finally, in her Magnificat Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is an example of the faith and confidence in God foreshadowed in Habakkuk when she prays, "My spirit rejoices in God my Savior" (Luke 1:47; cf. Hab. 3:18). Zephaniah (3 Chapters) Zephaniah's ministry occurred during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah. Zephaniah was the grandson of Hezekiah, but we cannot be sure that this Hezekiah was the same Hezekiah who ruled Jerusalem during the time of Isaiah. These books are contiguous and total six(6) double-sided pages. THIS ITEM IS NOT A COMPLETE BIBLE - It is a selection of Bible Chapters Sound with minor age and use A rather interesting piece of religious history. Offered for study. The frontispiece art, Title page, and 10-page Biography of Rev. John Brown from a c1880 copy ofBrown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible Containing the Old and New TestamentsPublished by Walter Scott, London and Newcastle-On-TyneThe Rev. John Brown of Haddington was “a tirelessly faithful pastor”—“For eight months of the year he delivered a lecture, two sermons, and an exercise each Sunday”—and also a prolific author. He is best remembered for his Self-Intepreting Bible, first published 1778, which became “as familiar in Presbyterian households as John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Thomas Boston’s Human Nature in its Fourfold State” THIS ITEM IS NOT A COMPLETE BIBLE - It is a selection of Bible Chapters only Pages approx 9" x 12-1/2" Condition: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest) A great piece of history << Click Here to See Other Items >> Important: P/H is combined on multiple items that can be mailed together. 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