SOME MEMORABLE PROMISES OF GOD

SOME MEMORABLE PROMISES OF GOD

There are a variety of promises mentioned in the Bible which were written by different writers with the inspiration of God. It is said about 40 writers compiled the Holy Bible and it was done in about 1500 years starting with the prophet Moses and ending with St. John with the book of Revelation. All these promises are written here Alphabetically. So that the readers can easily locate them in the Holy Bible.

A

1)Lord, you established peace for us. All that we have accomplished, you have

done for us. (Isaiah 28.12)

2)A longing fulfilled is a tree of life (proverbs 13.13)

3)“Every one may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his toil that is the

gift of God”. (Ecclesiastes 3.13)

(psalms 128.2)

5)Jesus said, “In that year you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the

truth my father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you

had not asked anything in my name. Ask and you will receive and your joy

will be complete”. (John 16.23-24)

6)In my distress I called to the Lord and he answered me From the depth of

the grave I called for help and you listened to my cry. (Jonah 2.2)

7)“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things,

you do not know” says the Lord. (Jeremiah 33.3)

8)“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of that, we do not see”.

(Hebrews 11.1)

9)Those who have served will gain on excellent standing and great assurance

in their faith in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 3.13)

10)I am not ashamed because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced

that he is able to guard. What I have entrusted to him for that day”. (2

Timothy 1.12) The above said passages speak about the promises of God and His answering our prayers and His security.

B

1)“God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only son that whoever

believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”. (John 3.16)

2)Jesus said. “I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life”. (John

8.47)

3)Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved you and your household.

(Acts 16.21)

4)Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned. (John 3.18)

those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20.29)

6)Blessed is the man who does not walk in the council of the wicked or stand

in the way of sinner or stand in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the

law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night”. (psalm 1.1-2)

7)Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord whose confidence is in him.

(Jeremiah 17.7)

8)“Every good and perfect gift is from above coming down from the faith of

the heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows”. (James

1.17)

9)“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For them is the kingdom of heaven”. (Matthew

5.3)

The above quoted promises speak about our faith and belief and the blessings of God.

C

1)Blessed is he who is kind to the needy. (proverbs 14.21)

2)He will give to the poor will lack nothing but he who closes his eyes to them

receives many curses.

3)He who is kind to the poor leads to the world (proverbs 27.27) and he will

reward him for what he has done. (proverbs 19.17)

4)A generous man will himself be blessed. For he shares his food, with the

poor (proverbs 22.9)

5)Train a child in the way he shall grow. And when he is old he will not turn

from it (proverbs 24.8)

6)Discipline your son and he will give peace, he will bring delight to your soul.

(Proverbs 29.17)

7)Jesus said, “Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the

kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18.4) The above said references speak about the advantages of charity and proper

bringing up of the children.

8)“I will be a father to you and you will be my sons and daughters” says the

Lord Almighty (2 coronations 6.18)

9)The spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children”.

(Revelation 1.7)

10)Look he coming with the clouds and every eye will see him (Revelation 1.7)

11)Jesus said, “Behold I am coming soon; my reward is with me and I will give

to every one according to what he has done”. (Revelation 22.12)

12)Jesus said, “you also must be ready because the son of man will come at an

hour when you do not expect him (Like 12.40)

13)God’s house-hold ............... is the church of the living God the pillar and

foundation of the truth (1 Timothy 3.15)

14)The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in

spirit (psalm 34.18)

15)You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassion slow to anger, and

abounding in love. (Nehemiah 9.17)

16)The Lord is good to all he has compassion on all he has made. (Psalms

145.9)

17)As a Father has compassion in his children. So, the Lord has compassion on

those who fear him (Psalm 103.13)

18)Your compassion is great to Lord, preserve my life according to your laws.

(Psalms 119.156)

19)The lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot, from being smared.

(Proverbs 3.26)

20)This is the confidence we have in approaching God that if we have anything

according to his will he hears us. (1 John 5.14)

21)The fear of the Lord leads of life; Then one rests content untouched by

troubles................ (proverbs 19.23)

22)Godliness with contentment is greatest gain (1 Timothy 6.6)

23)Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you................ (Hebrew 13.5)

24)If we have food and clothing we will be content with that (1 Timothy 6.8)

25)The cheerful heart has a continual feast. (Proverbs 15.15)

26)Be strong and take heart all you who hope in the Lord (psalms 31.24)

27)The Lord your God, who is among you is a great and awesome God

................. (Deuteronomy 7.21)

28)I will strengthen you, and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous

right hand. (Isaiah 41.10)

29)With your help, I can advance against a troop; with my God, I can scale a

wall. (Psalm 18.29)

The above mentioned quotations from 8 to 29 speak about the churchmen’s

contentment,man’s compassion add man’s courage which are necessary in

man’s life.

D

1)Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things,

you do not know says the Lord. (Jeremiah 33.3)

2)This is what the Almighty Lord says, “Give careful thought to your ways”

(Haggai 1.5)

3)Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him. (Psalms 37.5)

4)In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.

(Proverbs 16.9)

5)Trust in everything; hold on to the good, avoid every kind of evil -(1

Thessalonians 5.21-22)

2.3)

7)Jesus said, “This is my Father’s glory that you bear much fruit showing

yourselves to be my disciples (John 15.8)

8)Jesus said, all men will know that you army disciples if you love one another”

(John 13.35) These 8 references speak about our decisions to become true disciples.

E

1)You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted, you encourage them and you

listen to their cry. (Psalm 10.17)

2)The Lord is good to those who help is in them to the one who seeks him; it

is good to wait quickly. For the salvation of the Lord. (lamentations 3.25)

3)Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you he will never let the

righteous fail ................ (Psalms 55.22)

4)Encourage one another and build each other up first as in fact you are

doing. (1 Thessalonians 5.4)

5)The world and its desires pass away but the man who does the will of God

lives forever. (1 John 2.17)

6)The ways of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus

our Lord. (Romans 6.23)

8)“Having been justified by his grace we might become heirs, having the hope

of eternal life”. (Titus 3.7) These 8 references are concerned to the eternal life and encouragement.

F

1)If your enemy is hungry guve him food to wat if he is thirsty give him water

to drink. (proverbs 25.21)

2)Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all those things

will be given to you as well”. (Matthew 6.33)

God wanted to say through these two passages that if we are good to others, God will also be good to us.

H

1)“I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security”

says the Lord (Jerimiah 33.6)

2)O Lord my God, “I called to you for help and you healed me”. (Psalms 30.2)

3)“Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a salvation from there

the Lord Jesus Christ”. (Philippians 3.20)

4)God did not call us to be impure but to live a Holy life. (1 Thessalonians

4.7)

5)“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless who walk according to the law

of the Lord”. (Psalms 119.1)

6)An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. (Proverbs 24.26)

7)“The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his

unfailing love”. (Psalms 147.11)

8)Humanity and the fear of the Lord bring wealth, and honour and life.

(Proverbs 22.4)

9)“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up” (James 4.10)

10)The Lord takes delight in his people he crowns the humble with salvation.

(Psalms 149.4)

The above quotations speak about the gift of God to the people, who are humble to Him.

I

1)As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with

compassion, kindness, humanity, goodness and patience”. (Colossians 3.12)

2)When man’s wages ate pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his enemies

live at peace, with him. (Proverbs 16.7)

In this two passages, God gave some suggestions to his chosen people how they can live peacefully.

J

1)You made me glad by your deeds O Lord, I sing for joy at the works of your

hands. (Psalms 92.4)

K

1)Count yourselves dead to sin, but dive to God, in Christ Jesus. (Romans

6.11)

2)The spirit of God, has made me the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

(Job 33.4)

3)We love because he first loved me. (1 John 4.19)

4)Love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins. (1 peter

4.8)

5)Jesus said, “The Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and

have believed that I came from God – (John 16.27)

The above said passages give us the idea about God’s unconditional love toward his loved one’s.

M

1)Teach us to number our days aright that we may be given a heart of wisdom.

(Psalms 90.12)

2)“Within your temple O Lord we meditate on your unfailing love”. (Psalms

48.9)

3)The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. (James 5.11)

4)The Lord has heard my cry for mercy the Lord accepts my prayer”. (psalms

6.9)

These quotations speak about our prayers to God and His acceptance of our prayers with compassion.

O

1)Jesus replied “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey

it”. (Luke 11.28)

2)If anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him that is

how we know we are in him. (1 John 2.5)

The true meaning of these two passages is that man must be obedient to God; so that his love toward man is abundant.

P

1)The righteous man leads a blameless life, blessed are his children after him.

(Proverbs 20.7)

2)Children’s children are a crown to the aged and parents are the pride of

their children. (Proverbs 4.8)

3)Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer – (Romans 12.12)

4)“Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord”. (Psalms

27.14)

5)Since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God, through

our Lord Jesus Christ”. (Romans 5.1)

6)Jesus said, “Blessed are the peace makers. For they will be called sons of

God”. (Matthew 5.9)

7)Jesus said, “I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one will

take your crown”. (Revelation 3.11)

9)Jesus said, “If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer”.

(Matthew 21.22)

10)The Lord replied, “My presence will go with you, and will give you rest”.

(Exodus 33.14)

11)The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want (Psalms 21.1)

12)It is God’s will that my doing good you should silence the ignorant talk to

foolishmen”. (1 peter 2.15)

These passages indicate that we can seek the presence of God and his guidance in everything.

Q

1)The Lord will fight for you. You need only to be still. (Exodus 14.14)

2)I will lie down and sleep in peace. For you alone Lord make me dwell in

safety”. (Psalms 4.8) These two passages tell us that God is always keep us in safe and secure.

R

1)Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us for

it is written, cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree. (Galatians 3.13)

2)Repent then and turn to God; so that your sins may be wiped out that times

of refreshing may come from the Lord. (Acts 3.19)

3)Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for

they will be filled”. (Matthew 5.6)

4)The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their

prayers. (1 peter 3.12)

According to these four passages God wanted us to repent from sins and he will have his redemption plan for all of us.

S

1)God our savior – wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of

truth. (1 Timothy 2.3-4)

2)Jesus said, “It is written man does not live on bread alone, but on every word

that comes from the mouth of God”. (Matthew 4.4)

3)Those who trust in God, the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be

shaken but endures forever. (Psalms 125.1)

4)Jesus said. “Watch and pray, so that you will not fall into temptations. The

spirit is willing but the body is weak”. (Matthew 26.41)

5)A gentle answer turns away wrath. (Proverbs 15.1)

6)I can do anything through him, who gives me strength”. (Philippians 4.18)

The above mentioned passages from the Bible tell us that God will give us strength to do anything and added prayer is very important in the life of everybody.

T

1)The plains of the righteous are just but the advice of the wicked is dreadful.

(Proverbs 12.5)

2)Jesus said, “Trust in God, also trust in me”. (John 14.1)

3)It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. (psalms 118.8)

4)All your words are true. All your righteous laws are eternal. (Psalms 119.160)

These four quotations suggest that we should trust God, and take shelter in him for safety.

U

1)With God, we will win the victory and he will trample down our enemies.

(Psalms 60.12)

2)For lack of guidance a nation falls but many advisors make victory sure.

(Proverbs 11.14)

These two examples give us the idea that we always need to advice of someone for peaceful living especially in the guidance of God.

W

1)The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God

lives forever”. (1 John 2.17)

2)Jesus said, “my father’s will is that everyone who looks to the son and believers

in him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the last days”. (John

6.40)

3)Wisdom makes one wise man, more powerful than ten rulers in a city.

(Ecclesiastes 7.10)

4)Jesus said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the goodness to all the

creation”. (Mark 16.15)

These four passages suggest that we should have faith in Christ then to preach about the creation and the advantages of acquiring wisdom.

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS

1)Number of Gold and silver articles taken away by Nebuchadnezzar king of

Babylon from the Temple of God were 5400 in 586 B.C. But they were

returned to the Temple by the Persian king Cyrus.

2)Elshaddai – is a Hebrew name means the God of Mountain.

3)The first five books from the Old Testament are called Pentateuch and the

law of Moses was called “Torah”.

4)Some commentators called the Book of “Revelation” as the book of seven or

5th Gospel. Gospel means “good News”.

5)It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting to

console the believed family. (Ecclesiastes 7.2)

6)Observing the Sabbath strictly is a sign between God and Israelites.

7)Prophets of the New Testament were – Easues, Agabu, Silos and Julius and

four daughters of Philip. (women prophets)

8)More than 40 members of Jews took oath that they would not eat or drink

until they kill Apostle Paul. (Acts 20.12)

Saul, King David, Solomon, Queen ‘Esther, all apostles all disciples and

Jesus Christ were the descendants of Judah and Benjamine called Jews.

10)People used anti-lops skins for writing in olden days.

11)Bless them which persecute you, bless and curse not. (Romans 12.14)

12)The kingdom of God is not meat or drink but righteousness and peace, and

joy in the Holy Ghost. (Romans 14.17)

13)Charity is the greatest spiritual gift.

14)If Christ is not raised on the third day, your faith is vain. You are yet in your

“sin”. (1 Corinthians 15.17)

15)For we walk by faith but not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5.7)

16)If we live in spirit let us also walk in spirit. (Galatians 5.25)

17)For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man

Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2.5)

18)According to the Bible, Melchizedec was called the first high priest. He was

the great, great grandson of Noah. He wrote a book called “The Roots of

Mount Hararath” where in he gave the genealogy of “Noah”. He was a

shepherd boy God directly anointed him, and sent him to a distant place,

and asked him to build a city. As God asked, he built a city and called it

“Salem”. (Genesis 18.14) which later became Jerusalem. He gave a name to

that place “Canaan” the name of his grandfather, and later that was promised

by God to Abraham and his descendants.

1)Melchizedic was called the king of Righteousness.

2)He was called the king of Salem.

3)He was called the king of peace.

19)The second High priest was Jesus Christ................

20)In the book of Hebrews, chapter 11 is called “the fruits of faith” because that

chapter contained many examples of Faith.

21)Abraham justified his faith by offering his son as sacrifice when God asked

him; so by work faith can be made perfect.

22)As the body without spirit is dead, so the faith without work is dead.

23)Humble yourself in the sight of God, and He shall lift you up. (James 4.10)

24)And prayer of faith shall save the sick; the Lord shall have him up. (James

5.15)

25)Because it is written, “be ye holy for I am holy”. (1 peter 1.16)

26)But beloved be not ignorant if this one thing that one day with the Lord, as

a thousand years, and thousand years as one day. (2 peter 3.8)

27)Jerusalem was attacked by different enemies 17 times and finally got

independence in 8th may 1948 from British.

28)The “Dead Sea” is the lowest part of the earth, about 1300 feet below the

sea level. In 1947 about 900 scrolls were discovered in Qumran caves. They

were also called “Dead Sea scrolls”. Among them, the manuscript of the

Book of Isaiah, prophet, and the Ten Commandments were part of them.

29)The place of Armageddon is about 70 miles away from Jerusalem.

30)The crusade means, “war of the cross” that took place during 12th and 13th

centuries.

31)If we confess our sins before God he is faithful and just to forgive us our

sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1.9)

32)If we love this world, and things the love of Father (God) will not be with

us”. (1 John 2.15)

33)He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love. (1 John 4.5)

34)No one hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth

with us and His love is perfect in us. (1 John 4.12)

35)John seemed to have written the “book of Revelation” in the island of “Patmos”

as he was taken to that place as punishment. There he got vision to write

this book primarily regarding the second coming of Christ. The Lord cometh

with clouds.

36)Wormwood is the name of the “star” that would fall down from heaven at

the trumpet sound of the third angel.

37)The “Book of Jubilee” was in existence before the Holy Bible was compiled.

It was a holy book to Ethiopians along with the book of Emoch. According

to this book, Adam and Eve had 9 children both boys and girls.

38)Emoch was a scientist and astrologer. He wrote two books about wars between

giants and fallen angels. I.The book of Emoch with 108 chapters. II.The book of science about astrology.

39)Epiphany is the name of a Christian festival held on January in memory of

the Magi, who came to see the baby Jesus from East.

40)It is said God created one hundred crores of angels and they were in 10

cadres. I.Arch-angels 7 in number. II.Angels. III.Cherubs, who were incharge of the tabernacle in heaven. IV.Cherubim’s who were incharge of the garden of Eden. V.Power. VI.Crowns. VII.Thrones. VIII.Authorities. IX.Principalities. X.Dominions.

41)Sea of Galilee – 13 miles length, 7 ½ miles width and 32 mile circumference.

42)Dead Sea – 60 miles length, 13 miles width and 1200 feet below the sea

level and deep. The river Jordan starts at the foot of Mt. Herman, passes

through the sea of Galilee and ends its flow in the Dead Sea. The quantity

of water that comes to the Dead Sea is about 70, 00,000 tones. It is said the

same quantity of water would evaporate every day, and so the land of the

water would remain the same.

43)God said about Israelites. “I shall dwell in them and walk in them and I

shall be thin God, and they will be my people”.

44)You must believe in one God, Lord, one faith and one Baptism.

(Ephesus 4.5)

JERUSALEM IN NUTSHELL

The city of Jerusalem had its roots in Judaic. Judaism and Christianity in the early centuries and then came Muslims in 7th century A.D. Its ancient walls measure 2 ½ miles in circumference and has mine gates. Eight of them were open to the public and the closed gate is called “the golden gate” within these ancient walls about 33,000 inhabitants shared four main quarters namely Jewish quarters, Christian quarters, Muslim quarters and Aramaean quarters.

Since ancient times, Jerusalem was prize passion to govern it means ruling of Jerusalem became more beneficial. According to history about twenty different nations had invaded this city. They captured, governed and ruined the city for centuries. For Jews its importance lies in the Temple built by King Solomon and later rebuilt by King Herod the great. For Christians it is within those walls that Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross on the mount Calvary and rose from the dead (from the tomb).

For Muslims it is the ‘Dome of the Rock’ as they believe prophet Mohammad made his night journey to heaven form that place. It is very interesting to note that, since 1966 the average number of visitors to Jerusalem was over 2.3 million years. And 65% of them were with Christian faith. Then in 2001, this tourism was dropped drastically due to some reason. THE GOLDEN GATE:

It was through this gate, in 620 A.D Emperor Herodias entered the city carrying the “True cross” taken earlier by the Persians. It was also through this gate way Jesus made His triumphant entry to Jerusalem. This entry was known as Palm Sunday. In early 1500 A.D Ottoman Empire closed this gate permanently. During some early excavations, in 1960 A.D the until of the early gate was discovered below the present gate dating from 165 B.C. This Golden gate was refered to in the book of Nehemiah as the place of the last judgment. DOME OF THE ROCK:

Within that tomb lies the Rock the Jews claim. According to their faith Abraham sacrificed his son Isaac on that rock which was covered by the tomb. But the Muslims believe that it was the Rock from which their prophet Muhammud took his night journey to heaven. The Dome measures about 64 feet in diameter and it was richly decorated ceilings reflected the beautiful art of Islam. This sacred rock was surrounded by Mahagony barrier. It was built in 691 A.D by Abdul Malik, and it had undergone many external restorations. The newly gold gilded dome was the gift from the late king Hussein of Jordan 1994.. Chapter : 4

TWELVE MINOR PROPHETS

The Jewish scholars happened to put together the twelve minor prophets in a single volume. As a result, the chronological order of the prophets as a whole seemed to have broken up. The three greater prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel are in correct order of the time they lived. Daniel began to prophecy before Ezekiel but continued many years even after him. We can see in the Bible that Daniel prophesied and served under four kings starting with Nebuchadnezzar. The arrangement of the twelve minor prophets by the Jewish scholars is in a sense chronological, that is, they put the earlier prophets in the beginning and the later prophets at the end of the collection. It does not appear that they intended to follow the order of time with proper collection. Had they done so, then in the judgment of many, they would have committed an error.

With regard to the first six prophets, the arrangement of the Septuagint differs from the Masoretic, which is followed in our version in the following manner:

SEPTUAGINT VERSION :MASORETIC TEXT :

7. Nahum1. Hosea

8. Habakkuk (Habacuc)2. Joel

9. Zephaniah (Sophonias)3. Amos

11. Zechariah (Zacharias)5. Jonah (Jonas)

12. Malachi (Malachias)6. Micah (Michaes)

This wonderful collection contained the earliest as well as the latest writings of those Hebrew prophets. Some of them are embodied in historical books like Hosea, Joel, and Amos who were treated as older than Isaiah and also those three prophets of restoration are younger than Ezekiel and Daniel. Those minor prophets, in their contribution, exhibited a great diversity of manner and style. In their style, some of the passages reached the point of sublimity of Isaiah, the tenderness and pathos of Jeremiah and the vehemence of Ezekiel. We cannot find sin anywhere rebuked with more awful severity. But the true meaning of the law was made clearly expounded or the future glory of Zion more confidently predicted.

At the same time, some of the writings seemed to be obscure and made with difficult interpretations, and this truth cannot be ignored. The difference partly arises from the character of the style we can find in the case of Hosea and others, partly from the nature of subjects, discussed as in Zechariah, partly from our ignorance of times and circumstances of the writers. In spite of all these variations, prayerful readers will find in them a treasure of divine truth and glory, which will be abundantly awarded for the labor bestowed upon it.

These prophets in the Bible are called “Minor Prophets” but their prophetic contribution was not minor, even though their books contained less number of pages or chapters. The words they used in their writings were with divine guidance and with full of light. When we walk in the darkness, they are good companions, when we are in the barren desert. So they may be called by some commentators as Minor Prophets, but their books are not minor for the valuable matter they contained. We have 12 such Minor Prophets with powerful messages in the Bible.

They are according to their lifetime Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. The books of all these prophets are called small only in manner words or pages but not for the matter they contained. For example, the books of prophet Isaiah or Jeremiah or Ezekiel are no doubt are with many chapters and many pages. The Bible is with 66 books, out of which the book of Jeremiah is considered to be second largest one, whereas the books of Ezekiel and Isaiah are treated as the third and the fifth largest. Largeness of a book here is taken based on the number of words in a particular book in its original language. For instance the book of Isaiah has 66 chapters and 37,044 words. The book of Jeremiah has 52 chapters and 42,659 words, and the book of Ezekiel has 48 chapters and 39,407 words. Among the Minor Prophets there are four shortest books in the Old Testament. They are the book of Obadiah which contains 291 words, the book of Nahum 558 words, Haggai 600 words and Jonah 688 words.

It is really interesting to note here, though the book of Daniel contains only 11,606 words, he secured the status of a major prophet. Daniel’s designation as a major prophet was the result of the economy of the message from his book. The message of Daniel is undoubtedly a stunning panorama of future world

th history. In addition to that the marvelous and most wonderful 9 chapter in his book is often refers to as the bedrock of prophecy. In the same way, we must take into account the messages of all the Minor Prophets. Their prophetic messages are also very important, but they are presented in fewer words than their counterparts. And also the 12 Minor have dealt with miner topics only.

For instance, if we take the book of Hosea, he took the issue of national and individual condemnation of sin. To speak in chronological terms he sits on the tip of the ice-berg. Here is a sample of fire and brimstone problems address by the next 11 prophets.

What are the main problems or issues tackled by these Minor Prophets? They are mentioned below according to chronological order.

1) Joel - He dealt with locust’s invasion, worldwide judgment, at the end of

the age and the redemption of the nation of Israel.

2)Amos - He tackled the problems of national and personal corruptions and

consequently punishment and redemption.

3)Obadiah - He dealt in his book the results of pride, cruelty and the

paying of ultimate price for both.

4)Jonah - His disobedience to God, and His words. The intolerance and

extreme stubbornness.

5)Micah - His message is concerned to the evil lying, spiritual leaders and

the coming of the King Messiah.

6)Nahum - His book dealt with God’s religious indignation and destruction

of the wicked.

7)Habakkuk - He dealt with the issues of God’s strange workings,

questioning. His will and the sovereignty of God.

8)Zephaniah - His main theme is the day of the Lord that reminds people

for repentance and God’s salvation to all His people.

9)Haggai - He tackled with the people of self – centered neglecting the

word of God, and promised blessings for obedience.

10)Zechariah - He dealt with internal fighting’s, indifference, devastating,

destruction and future glory.

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