Know Your Sword: the Minor Prophets

Know Your Sword: Minor Prophets

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Christian soldiers are armed with spiritual tools to do their job. God doesn’t leave us without defenses in our spiritual battle. He not only gives us tools to protect ourselves, He gives us an offensive weapon as well, His word. The word is described as the sword of the spirit in Ephesians 6:17—the climactic component of the Christian soldier’s ensemble. 

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Table of Contents

Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 01

3 minutes
A book labeled as a “Minor Prophet” may be shorter in length, but it is by no means less important than the Major Prophets. Every part of God’s...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 02

5 minutes
Hosea shows the story of an unfaithful nation that looks to the physical for security and abandons their exclusive relationship with God. Ultimate...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 03

5 minutes
The graphic analogy is explained in detail and motives are exposed, followed by a story of God’s mercy and redemption.
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 04

5 minutes
The plot continues . . . Gomer has gone into harlotry and Hosea is told to redeem her. The comparison with Israel is made plain in the words of...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 05

3 minutes
The leaders of a nation are accountable . . . both civil and religious! When judgment comes, it will be harsher on those who should know better and...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 06

4 minutes
God gives clear and meaningful instructions to us on how to follow His commands and worship Him. Choosing to worship God in other ways than He...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 07

4 minutes
God continues warning Israel of impending judgment due to circumstances that sound familiar to our society today . . . God’s pattern of patience and...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 08

5 minutes
God’s love for Israel will bring Israel back. As a father loves and corrects his children, God loves His children and does not abandon them. Israel’s...
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 09

4 minutes
In Hosea 14, the book turns toward long-awaited repentance and reminds us again of the overarching theme of God’s unfailing love.
Know Your Sword: Hosea

Hosea Part 10

4 minutes
To understand and appreciate the messages from the Bible and the prophets today, it is necessary to have some sense of the historical and cultural...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 01

3 minutes
Joel is considered by many to be the most polished literary work among the prophetic writings. The theme is the Day of the Lord, and Joel's writing...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 02

5 minutes
Joel shares the word of the Lord with the people of his time and by extension, us. He calls out to the elders, and the people and encourages everyone...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 03

5 minutes
We can see that “blow the trumpet in Zion” tells us that we, the Church, should not be taken by surprise by the Day of the LORD—we should hear the...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 04

4 minutes
Joel 2:13 tells us to “ rend your heart, and not your garments .” Tearing one’s clothes was a common sign of mourning or distress at that time, but...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 05

4 minutes
Then, after God’s people truly repent, Joel 2:18-19 says, “ Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, and pity His people. The Lord will answer and...
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 03

5 minutes
God reveals His plan to His people. He does this through the prophets and through His inspired Word. Only God can declare the end from the beginning...
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 04

4 minutes
Verse 15 offers a memorable statement from God on what to do in life: “Hate evil, love good; establish justice.”
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 05

5 minutes
Amos 6 contains warnings to those who don’t think that the words of the prophets apply to them. Amos 7 begins the third part of the book, and Amos is...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 06

4 minutes
And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh...These are famous words from Joel that Peter quotes in his legendary...
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 06

4 minutes
One of the most significant warnings contained in Amos 8 is the famine of the hearing of the words of the LORD. The message is urgent, we must share...
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 07

4 minutes
The final chapter of Amos gives several prophetic end-time insights and reminds Israel that God is all-powerful and deeply wants their repentance, so...
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 07

3 minutes
In chapter 3 of Joel we learn about the Valley of Jehoshaphat, which means “YHWH is judge” or “YHWH will judge,” where God will judge many.
Know Your Sword: Joel

Joel Part 08

4 minutes
The Lord through the prophet Joel now addresses Tyre and Sidon and representatives of all those guilty of oppressing God’s people. They were allowed...
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 01

3 minutes
The Book of Amos was a prophecy of immediate warning with a call to repent, and contains end-time prophecy of the Day of the LORD.
Know Your Sword: Amos

Amos Part 02

5 minutes
Israel was held to a higher standard than pagan nations because they had been given God’s law to follow. Luke 12:48 reminds us that “ to whom much is...