Sometimes the naming of things gives us an inaccurate picture of the thing being named. For instance, many people think the “old” in Old Testament means outdated or perhaps updated by the “new” in the New Testament. When in fact, both Testaments are needed to give us the full picture of God’s love and glory.
A similar thing happens with the headings “major prophets” and “minor prophets.” It makes it sound like the major prophets have something major to say to us, while we could take or leave the minor messages of the minor prophets.
In reality, they were given these headings simply because of the volume of writing—the five major prophets consist of 182 chapters, whereas the 12 minor prophets only have 67 chapters. The volume of their writing may be minor, but their content carries major messages of meteoric power!
Join me this Sunday as we rejoin this highly informative series.
If you have missed any of the messages in this current session, check them out here:
- Messages on Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah
- Messages on Jonah, Micah, and Nahum
- Complaining To God (Habakkuk)
- Really Bad News And Really, Really Good News (Zephaniah)
- People Of The Word (Haggai)
- God’s Precision (Haggai)
- Sword Of God (Zechariah)
- Confident, Bold, And Joyful (Zechariah)
- It’s A Big Deal (Malachi)
Craig T. Owens 
September 13, 2021 at 6:03 am
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September 20, 2021 at 6:02 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the messages in our series looking at the major lessons in the minor prophets, you can find the full list of messages by clicking here. […]
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September 27, 2021 at 6:01 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the messages in our series Major Lessons From Minor Prophets, you can access the full list by clicking here. […]
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October 4, 2021 at 6:01 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the messages in our series looking at the major lessons from the minor prophets, you can access the full list by clicking here. […]
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October 18, 2021 at 6:01 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the messages in our series discovering the major lessons in the minor prophets, you can access the full list by clicking here. […]
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October 25, 2021 at 6:01 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the other messages in our series looking at the major lessons from the minor prophets, you can access all of those messages by clicking here. […]
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October 27, 2021 at 1:03 pm
[…] To check out other resources from the historical and prophetic minor prophets, check out the list I have posted here. […]
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November 1, 2021 at 6:02 am
[…] If you’ve missed any of the messages in our series exploring the powerful lessons in the the twelve minor prophets, please click here to get the list of all of those messages. […]
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November 1, 2021 at 1:04 pm
[…] just finished a series looking at the minor prophets. After Malachi, there is about 400 years of silence as far as what is recorded in the Bible for us. […]
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January 3, 2022 at 1:01 pm
[…] Major Lessons From Minor Prophets—Sometimes the naming of things gives us an inaccurate picture of the thing being named. For instance, many people think the “old” in Old Testament means outdated or perhaps updated by the “new” in the New Testament. When in fact, both Testaments are needed to give us the full picture of God’s love and glory. A similar thing happens with the headings “major prophets” and “minor prophets.” It makes it sound like the major prophets have something major to say to us, while we could take or leave the minor messages of the minor prophets. In reality, they were given these headings simply because of the volume of writing—the five major prophets consist of 182 chapters, whereas the 12 minor prophets only have 67 chapters. The volume of their writing may be minor, but their content carries major messages of meteoric power! […]
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June 30, 2022 at 3:00 pm
[…] teachings is that national adversity is due to national disobedience to God.” In a series of messages I shared from the minor prophets, I noted the precision of the fulfillment of God’s prophecies, especially in the book of Haggai. […]
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