Schedule for the Week Ending June 17, 1911
Schedule for the Week Ending June 17, 1911 Our first four days are in the first part of Isaiah, chapters 23 to 39. Mighty prophecies of the future, near and far, are given; strong denunciations of Ephraim and Judah, the prophet looking forward again and again to the coming and reign of Christ. Chapters 36 to 39 deal with the experiences of the good and great King Hezekiah, his sad mistake, and its predicted result. Micah was contemporaneous with Isaiah during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He prophesied very definitely of Christ's coming, and holds out wonderful promises to the repentant sinner. Nahum's prophecy, in the latter days of Isaiah, is chiefly concerned with Nineveh, the wicked capital city of Assyria. That city is a type of many later ones. Zephaniah seems to have prophesied just before Jeremiah, about B.C. 630. His burden is the great day of God's wrath, the necessity of preparation for that day, with prophecies against certain wicked nations, with a promise of future restoration. Habakkuk is believed to be contemporary with Jeremiah. His reproof is against the oppressive and wealthy in Israel. He warns them against the coming of the Chaldeans. The Spirit uses the prophet's times as a type of our own. The last chapter is a majestic and beautiful poem. Obadiah's prophecy (about B.C. 587) is against Edom, and the oppressors and revilers of God's children. It points to their utter destruction.