Searching Messages From the Minor Prophets Volume 2
Malcolm Davis
9781912522545
160 pages
John Ritchie Ltd
Overview
The aim of this book is to present to readers, both Christian and non-Christian, the five rather different messages which the ‘Minor Prophets’ Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, and Malachi preached to their Israelite contemporaries, in the seventh to the fifth centuries BC, in the conviction that they are still very relevant to us today in the twenty-first century AD. The messages are very searching, because they relate to our conduct in daily life today, and speak of our spiritual destiny. They are also very revealing, since they speak both of God’s interventions in the history of ancient Israel, and of His further plans for them and the whole world, probably in the near future. In some of them Christ is clearly predicted to hold the key to Israel’s final blessing, while in others we can learn valuable lessons for Christian life and service. These messages are divinely-inspired to guide us safely through the dangers all around us today into the safety of God’s heavenly harbour. To ignore them is disastrous.
After a General Introduction, each book is introduced individually, then followed by a concise commentary on every chapter in it. The historical background of each is described, as is its outline analysis, but most is said concerning its main message for the original readers and for us today. Linguistic difficulties are considered fairly briefly to ascertain the meaning intended by the prophet, and several helpful more literal translations of the Scriptures are referred to, besides the AV/KJV, which is the base text followed.
Author Bio
Malcolm Davis, raised in a Christian home, first trusted Christ in June 1951, and was baptised in January 1956. Graduating from Oxford University in Classics and Hebrew, he worked as a librarian in Cambridge and Leeds University Libraries, where he catalogued many Hebrew Bible manuscripts, other Jewish books and manuscripts, and various archives. Since June 1980, he and his wife Ruth have been active members of Harehills Assembly, Leeds. He has written six published academic library catalogues, and ten other concise commentaries on books of Scripture.
