Quick Intro to Jonah

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Jonah prophesied to the Northern kingdom of Israel during the days of Jeroboam II. Jonah was a prophet who didn't like people and didn't listen to God's word. God told him to go to Ninevah, the Assyrian capital. Instead he went the other way on a ship, faced a storm,…
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Quick Intro to Obadiah

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Obadiah prophesies concerning Edom, who gloated over the misfortune of Isreal and who committed violence against God's nation as they were being invaded by another army. Obadiah warns Edom not to gloat, because the house of Jacob will eventually possess the nations, Edom will be burned as stubble, and the…
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Quick Intro to Amos

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Amos is a prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel during the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam II, contemporaneous with Hosea. He prophesies the impending judgment of God upon the northern and in lesser ways southern kingdom. Amos makes clear that just as a lion only roars when there is…
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