ST. MICHAEL PARISH FAMILY FORMATION A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD FEBRUARY 2017
A Nation of People Even More People More People Two People
CHRIST
CHRIST
Are you the one who is come, or should we look for another?
CHRIST
Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the one who takes no offense in me. Mt 11: 3-6
Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. And blessed is the one who takes no offense in me. Mt 11: 3-6
HOLY SPIRIT
PROPHET
SPOKESMAN
SPOKES-WOMAN
PROPHETS
PROPHETS A Nation of People Even More People More People Two People
WHAT DO PROPHETS DO?
TRUTH TO POWER
REPENTANCE
HOPE
PROMISE
ISRAEL S MISSION
A QUICK CHAT Have you ever had to tell someone something but did not want to do it? Could God help you in that situation? Have you ever had someone say something to you that sounded like God might have said it?
OFF TO CLASS!
ST. MICHAEL PARISH FAMILY FORMATION A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD FEBRUARY 2017
AGENDA Takeaways Prophets Prophecies So What? Witness
ST. MICHAEL PARISH FAMILY FORMATION A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD KEY TAKEAWAYS
VOICE OF TRUTH
INSPIRED WORDS, INSPIRED PEOPLE
BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM.
WHEN WE LAST LEFT OUR HEROES
CA. 1050 B.C = 587 B.C. PROMISED LAND ONE KINGDOM (DAVID) TWO KINGDOMS TEMPLE DESTROYED EXILE.
CA. 587 B.C = 0 A.D EXILE (BABYLON) RETURN TEMPLE REBUILT CITY WALLS REBUILT ROMAN OCCUPATION
WHAT IS A PROPHET?
SPOKESMAN
Through the prophets, God forms his people in the hope of salvation, in the expectation of a new and everlasting Covenant intended for all, to be written on their hearts. - CCC 64
PROPHECY PROPHESY
Before his Passover, Jesus announced the sending of "another Paraclete" (Advocate), the Holy Spirit. At work since creation, having previously "spoken through the prophets", the Spirit will now be with and in the disciples, to teach them and guide them "into all the truth. - CCC 243
Major Prophets Ezekiel Jeremiah Isaiah
Minor Prophets Hosea Joel Obidiah Micah Habakkuk Jonah Amos
Themes Repent! A Savior Is Coming! He Will Save!
EZEKIEL
Time Period: 622 B.C. Messages: Forecast of temple destruction Restoration of Jerusalem
Say to them, As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their evil ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel? - Ezekiel 33:11
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. - Ezekiel 36:26
JEREMIAH
Time Period: 626 B.C. - 587 B.C. (Temple destroyed 587 B.C) Messages: Repentance (from Idolatry) Forecast of Exile
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the LORD. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. - Jer 31:33
ISAIAH
Time Period: 740-686 B.C. (Ish) Messages: Wrath Remnant Suffering Servant
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.for the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, and the rod of their taskmaster you have smashed, as on the day of Midian. For a child is born to us, a son is given us: upon his shoulder dominion rests. They call him Wonder- Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever; Prince of Peace. - Isaiah 9: 1; 3; 5.
Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we are healed. - Isaiah 53: 4-5.
JOHN THE BAPTIST
Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! - Jn 1:29
DOES THIS STILL HAPPEN?
NO.
THAT SAID
SO WHAT?
CONTEXT
CONNECTION
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CONTINUITY
ISAIAH 1:1 (King James Version)
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. To what purpose is the multitude of sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doing from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgement; relieve the oppressed; judge the fatherless; plead for the widow.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat of the good of the land: but if ye rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah 1: 2-3; 11; 15-20
WOW.
ST. MICHAEL PARISH FAMILY FORMATION A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD FEBRUARY 2017
VOICE OF TRUTH
INSPIRED WORDS, INSPIRED PEOPLE
BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM.
CAN I GET A WITNESS?
THANK YOU