The Minor Prophets are one of five subsets of the Old Testament. The other four being the Pentateuch, History, Wisdom Literature and the Major Prophets. The grouping includes the books of Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. Far from being a collection of obscure prophecies from people with strange names the 12 books contain vital lessons on the great God of Heaven. Both His angry wrath against sin and His tender compassion toward His people are the focus of these books. It is sad that these books were ever termed “minor” although Continue reading Not So Minor Prophets
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20 Reasons: God’s Wrath
The wrath of God is real. It is not something to trifle with or make light of. God is angry over man’s sin. Not until we understand just how awful sin is, we will never understand God’s righteous indignation.
I am a Christian in part because of that wrath. Oddly enough, many non-believers use the wrath of God as a supposed reason to show that God does not exist. In fact, without wrath we would wonder at how sin could be so bad without the expression of his wrath.