MESSAGE OF JOEL MICAH AND HABAKKUK: LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF GOD (BIBLE SPEAKS TODAY SERIES)

Joel, Micah and Habakkuk - these ancient prophets have urgent relevance for a church and a world living at the beginning of a new millennium. They emphasise the life-or-death importance of listening to what God has to say, in times of disaster, disobedience and destruction. Joel, facing the bleakness of national disaster, anticipates a future outpouring of God's Spirit. Micah declares that God's punishment for wickedness is certain and thorough, but that he will preserve a faithful remnant. Facing imminent destruction of the city, the land and the people, Habakkuk is sure that God's hidden purposes are being worked out. The prophets stood in the market-place, powerfully applying their message from God. David Prior believes that, like them, the church today is to take its values into the market-place into the church. Only this stand will bring hope rather than despair to a society under God's judgment.

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ISBN   1789744342
EAN   9781789744347
Pages   320
Department   Academic
Category   Commentaries, Old Testament
Sub-Category   Joel
Publisher   Intervarsity Press Uk
Publication Date  Apr 2024
Dimensions   0 x 138 x 216mm
Weight   0.326kg