OT 16.2 | How Israel's Prophets Turned National Defeat Into Theology скачать в хорошем качестве

OT 16.2 | How Israel's Prophets Turned National Defeat Into Theology

When Assyria destroyed Samaria in 722 BCE and Babylon burned Jerusalem in 586 BCE, the obvious conclusion was that Israel's God had lost. The prophets drew the opposite conclusion — and in doing so, built a portable faith that would outlast every empire that conquered them. This video traces one of the most consequential theological pivots in history: how the classical prophets reframed military catastrophe as evidence of divine sovereignty, expanded the moral basis for divine punishment from idolatry to everyday injustice, and paired their message of doom with a vision of future restoration — creating a religion that no longer depended on temple, king, or homeland. Key concepts covered: • The theological crisis of national defeat in the ancient Near East — why a conquered nation implied a conquered god • The Deuteronomistic explanation: God used Assyria and Babylon as instruments of punishment for royal idolatry (2 Kings 17) • The Deuteronomistic cycle: idolatrous king, divine punishment, partial reform, relapse, and eventual total destruction • How the classical prophets (Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah) agreed with but expanded the Deuteronomistic framework • Divergence #1: Expanding punishable sin from idolatry to everyday moral wrongs — false weights, bribery, exploitation of the poor • The prophetic precedent ladder: from the Flood and Sodom to petty economic injustice as grounds for national destruction • Amos 2:6-8 and the charge of selling the needy for a pair of sandals — covenant logic and treaty violation • Divergence #2: The dual structure of doom plus hope, absent from the Deuteronomistic narrative • How context shaped prophetic emphasis — Amos hammering doom during prosperity vs. later prophets foregrounding comfort during exile • The emergence of portable faith: justice, compassion, and covenant faithfulness replacing dependence on temple, king, and territory • The lasting influence of prophetic theology on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SOURCE MATERIALS The source materials for this video are from    • Lecture 16. Literary Prophecy: Amos