Last time we looked at the kingdom prophecies in Isaiah. Today we’ll examine Amos, Micah, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Ezekiel, and Daniel to continue developing a biblical picture of the age to come.
This is lecture 4 of the Kingdom of God class, originally taught at the Atlanta Bible College. To take this class for credit, please contact ABC so you can do the work necessary for a grade.
Notes:
We’ve already looked at God’s promises to Abraham and David as well as the richest kingdom book of the bible—Isaiah. Now we will examine several other key prophecies and psalms.
Amos 9.11-15
- 11 “In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old, 12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” declares the LORD who does this.
- restoration of Davidic throne
- 13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.
- what does it mean, “the plowman will overtake the reaper?”
- look at how tactile this kingdom vision is!
- plowing, reaping, treading grapes, wine
- how far is this from floating on a cloud or “polishing rainbows”
- 14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- rebuilding the cities
- enjoying the produce of the land
Micah 4.6-8
- Micah 4.6-8 6 In that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted; 7 and the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore. 8 And you, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, the former dominion shall come, kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
- lame, outcasts, afflicted will live in Mount Zion w/ God forever
Zephaniah 3.8-20
- 8 “Therefore wait for me,” declares the LORD, “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.
- does anyone remember the catch phrase from last lecture that encapsulates the kingdom?
- everything wrong with the world made right
- part of what’s wrong with the world is human rebellion and wickedness
- two sides to the kingdom coin
- many of the majestic kingdom restoration passages come after macabre judgment prophesies
- 7 Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is near; the LORD has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests. 8 And on the day of the LORD’s sacrifice– “I will punish the officials and the king’s sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire. 9 On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master’s house with violence and fraud.
