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These five Minor Prophets reveal God’s justice and mercy toward both Israel and the surrounding nations.
📌 Jonah
A reluctant prophet who flees from God’s call to preach to Nineveh. Through the great fish and Nineveh’s surprising repentance, the book reveals God’s compassion for even Israel’s enemies.
📌 Micah
Micah confronts injustice and false religion, yet promises a ruler to come from Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) and summarizes true religion: “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”
📌 Nahum
Nahum announces the coming judgment of Nineveh — the same city that repented in Jonah’s day — showing that God’s patience has limits and He will judge cruelty and pride.
📌 Habakkuk
Habakkuk wrestles honestly with God over injustice, and learns to trust and rejoice in God even when circumstances are hard: “the righteous shall live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4).
📌 Zephaniah
Zephaniah warns of the coming “day of the LORD” but ends with a joyful promise of restoration, picturing God rejoicing over His people with singing.
🔴 The Scarlet Thread of Redemption — Jesus Revealed in Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk & Zephaniah
These prophets point to Jesus through the sign of Jonah, the promise of Bethlehem, and the gospel principle of living by faith.
📌 The Sign of Jonah
Jesus pointed to Jonah’s three days in the fish as a sign of His own death and resurrection (Matthew 12:40).
📌 Born in Bethlehem
Micah 5:2 foretells that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem — fulfilled in Jesus (Matthew 2:6).
📌 The Righteous Live by Faith
Habakkuk 2:4 is quoted throughout the New Testament (Romans, Galatians, Hebrews) as a foundation of the gospel.
📚 Key Scripture
“He has told you, O man, what is good… to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” — Micah 6:8
📝 Study Questions
- What does the Book of Jonah reveal about God’s heart for the nations?
- How does Micah 6:8 summarize what God requires of His people?
- How does Habakkuk move from questioning God to trusting Him?
- How does the “sign of Jonah” point to Jesus’ resurrection?
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