The Same Lord in Proverbs, Deuteronomy, and the prophets.

In his excellent commentary on Proverbs and an article about Proverbs and theology of the Old Testament, Dr. Waltke lists these truths about God that are taught in Deuteronomy, the prophetic books, and Proverbs.

THE SAME LORD

Also the wise men ascribe the same attributes and actions to Yahweh as those ascribed to him by the prophets. 

According to both circles He is

• the Creator of the cosmos (Deut. 10:14; Isa. 40:21-22; Prov. 3:19-20) and
• [Creator] of all mankind (Deut. 4:32; Isa. 42:5; Prov. 14:31; 29:13).
• He is the same living God who will avenge wrong (Deut. 32:35, 40-41; Nahum 1:2; Prov. 25:21-22) and
• the same spiritual Being who comforts men and knows man's ways (Deut. 23:14; Jer. 16:17; Prov. 5:21; 15:3).

According to both, He…

o       is the sovereign Lord directing history (Deut. 4:19; 29:4, 26; Isa. 45:1-13; Prov. 16:1-9, 33; 19:21; 20:24 et passim) and

o       is yet present in it,

§         withholding and giving rain (Deut. 11:13-17; Hag. 1: 10-11; Prov 3:9-10),

§         disciplining His children (Deut. 8:5; Isa. 1:4-6; Prov. 3:11-12), and

§         in His mercy answering their prayers (Deut. 4:29-31; Isa. 56: 7; Prov. 15:8, 29).

According to both sources He is

o       merciful (Deut. 4:31; 30:8; Isa. 63:7; Prov. 28:13),

o       wise (Deut. 4:26; Isa. 11:2-3; 31:2; Prov.8:22-31),

o       delights in justice and hates iniquity (Deut. 10:17; Isa. 1:16-17;Prov 11:1; 17:15), and

o       has aesthetic-ethical sensibilities (Deut. 22:4-11; 23:10-14; Jer. 32:35; Prov. 3:32; 6:16-19; 11:20; 15:9 et passim).

To put the matter the other way around, there is no difference between the way God is described in the prophetic literature and the way He is described in the Book of Proverbs.

https://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/ted_hildebrandt/otesources/20-proverbs/text/articles/waltke_provtheology_bsac.htm

The Nature of a Proverb

The Nature of a Proverb

I. Definition of a Proverb

• Vocabulary.com: A proverb is a short, catchy phrase that expresses a true or useful idea.  The Latin root proverbium combines the prefix pro with verbium, which together mean a word that you put forward, or a common saying.
• Oxforddictionaries.com/us: A short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary: a trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isaiah 14:4 ; Habakkuk 2:6 ; "dark saying" in Psalms 49:4 , Numbers 12:8 . Ahab's defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial saying ( 1 Kings 20:11 ).

II. Characteristics of a Proverb

• A proverb is brief. - Focuses on being memorable, not on being complete.
• A proverb is concrete. - The concrete example should bring to mind related principles.
• A proverb is a general truth. - They don't include the fine print or instructions on when they apply.
• Proverbs have diverse applications. - The general principles embodied in a concrete example can be applied to a variety of situations.

III. What Proverbs Are Not

• "A proverb comes to express a general rule through a specific example."
• "The two kinds of literature most often confused with proverbial literature are laws and promises."

IV. Proverb Identification activity

• Identify personally.
• Compare answers with you table.
• Give answers in the big group.

V. Proverbs and context:  Example of Proverbs 16.16-30  http://tulsabible.blogspot.com/2013/08/proverbs-1616-30-notes.html

• ID boundaries formed by six tight proverbs about the king 10-14 and the framed section about age 16.32-17.6
• 16-19 around the core of vs. 17 and staying on the highway away from the town’s trouble
• 20-24 joined by speech words  Saddle bagged around a central proverb (v.22)
• 25-30 joined by word “man” who is ungodly, perverse, and violent in his own way

Walking in Wisdom: Studying the Proverbs of Solomon  by William E. Mouser, Jr.
 

Class Notes:

Understanding the Nature of a Proverb

Definition of a proverb:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Characteristics of a proverb:

1.                                                                                                                                                                                               

2.                                                                                                                                                                                                 

3.                                                                                                                                                                                              

4.                                                                                                                                                                                              

Identify each of the following as a promise, law, or proverb.

__________ 1. You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.

__________ 2. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

__________ 3. Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

__________ 4. I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.

__________ 5. If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

__________ 6. Bad company corrupts good morals.

__________ 7. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself.

__________ 8. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

__________ 9. The fathers eat the sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge.

__________ 10. Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

__________ 11. A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

__________ 12. Physician, heal yourself!

__________ 13. Keep aloof from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

__________ 14. Whenever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

__________ 15. Whoever will call upon the Lord will be saved.

__________ 16. Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness.

__________ 17. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land the Lord your God gives you.

Notes:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

1) De. 25.4   2) 1 Cor. 15.32    3) Matt. 5.44    4) Heb. 13.5    5) Ex. 22.1    6) 1 Cor. 15.33    7) Lev. 19.34    8) 1 Jn. 1.9    9) Ez. 18.2
10)  Is. 40.31    11) De. 19.15    12) Lk. 4.23    13) 2 Th. 3.6    14) Mt. 24.28    15) Rom. 10.13    16) 1 Sam. 24.13    17) Ex. 20.12

Walking in Wisdom: Studying the Proverbs of Solomon  by William E. Mouser, Jr.
141026 Carpenter Flock “Proverbs for Parents”

Millenium and Eternity teaching notes - Carpenter Flock - 141012

I. The Second Coming and Millennium
     A. After the tribulation period...
          1. Christ will come to earth,
          2. Christ will overthrow the antichrist and false prophet, and bind Satan. (Daniel 7:17-27; Revelation 19:11-21; 20:1-7) 
          3. Christ will rule on the throne of David (Luke 1:31-33;  Acts 1:10-11; 2:29-30)  
          4. Christ will establish His Messianic kingdom on the earth for a thousand years. (Revelation 20:1-7 esp.4)  
     B. During the Millennium
          1. The resurrected saints will reign with Him over Israel and all the nations of the earth. (Ezekiel 37:21-28; Daniel 7:17-22; 1 Corinthians 6:2; Revelation 19:11-16; 20:104)
          2. The time of our Lord’s millennial reign will be characterized by… (Isaiah 11:1-16; 65: 17-25; Ezekiel 36:33-38)
               a) harmony,
               b) justice,
               c) peace,
               d) righteousness, and
               e) long life,
          3. The millennium will end with the release of Satan.  (Revelation 20:7-8)
II. Israel and the Millennium
     A. The result of Israel’s disobedience was that they were temporarily set aside. (Matthew 21:43; Romans 11:1-26)
     B. Israel will again be awakened to repentance and enter into the land of blessing. (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:22-32; Romans 11:25-29)
     C. The millennial kingdom will be the fulfillment of God's promise to Israel (Isaiah 65:17-25; Ezekiel 37: 21-28; Zechariah 8:1-17 esp.7-8) to restore them to the land which they forfeited through their disobedience. (Deuteronomy 28:15-68)
III. The Last Judgment:  After the release of Satan, which follows the thousand year reign of Christ, (Revelation 20:7,8-10)
     A. Final Battle  (Revelation 20:9)
          1. Satan will deceive the nations of the earth and
          2. Satan will gather them to battle against the saints and Jerusalem.
          3. As the deceived nations surround Jerusalem will be devoured by fire from heaven.
     B. Following this, Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone. (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10)
     C. The dead will be judged at the Great White Throne. (Rev. 20:11-15)
     D. Those not found written in the book of life will be thrown into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:11-15)
IV. Eternity
     A. After the closing of the millennium,
          1. The temporary release of Satan, and the Great White Throne Judgment, (2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:7-15)
          2. The heavens will pass away, and the elements of earth will melt away with fervent heat. (2 Peter 3:10-11; Isaiah 66:16)
          3. They will be replaced with new heavens and a new earth where only righteousness dwells.   (2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:1)
     B. Following this, the heavenly city…
          1. will come down out of heaven (Revelation 21:2-3)
          2. will be the dwelling place of the saints,
          3. where they will enjoy fellowship with God and one another forever. (John 17:3; Revelation 21 & 22)
     C. Our Lord Jesus Christ, having fulfilled His redemptive mission, will then deliver up the kingdom to God the Father (1 Corinthians 15:24-28) so that the triune God may reign over all forever and ever. (1 Corinthians 15:28) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Recommendations for general dispensational commentaries.
Rydelnik, Michael, and Michael G. Vanlaningham. The Moody Bible Commentary. Moody Publishers: Chicago, 2014. Print.
Walvoord, John F., and Roy B. Zuck. The Bible Knowledge Commentary. an Exposition of the Scriptures. Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1983. Print.    (O.T. and N.T. volumes)
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One thing that is helpful to remember is that these four views show that there is some difficulty in interpreting Revelation. (Be charitable in your discussions.)  It is also helpful to understand that there is not neat agreement between interpreters in each of these four camps. There are even some who describe their views as different from all four of these views.

Four views on Revelation:
 Futurist: This view is that with the exception of chapters 1to 3, all the visions in Revelation relate to a period immediately preceding and following the second advent of Christ at the end of the age.  Variations of this vew were held by the earliest expositors, such as Justin Martyr (c. 165), Renaeus (d.c. 195), Hippolytus (d. 236), and Victorinus (d.c. 303).  After a ten century eclipse, during which time the allegorical method prevailed, the futurist view was revived in the late sixteenth century…
Historist: As the word implies, this view centers on history and its continuity as seen in Revelation.  …Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers came to adopt this view.  That view does not enjoy much favor today is largely because of the lack of consensus as to the historical identification it entails.
Preterist:  According to this view, Revelation is to be seen as related to what happened in the time of the author; as to the time of its writing, it is a contemporary and imminent historical document.  So the main contents of chapters 4-22 are viewed as describing events wholly limited to John’s own time.  As a system, it did not appear till 1614…
Idealist: This method of interpreting Revelation sees it as being basically poetical, symbolic, and spiritual in nature. … Thus Revelation does not predict any specific historical events at all; on the contrary, it sets forth timeless truths concerning the battle between good and evil that continues throughout the church age.  As a system of interpretation, it is more recent than the three other schools and somewhat more difficult to distinguish from the earlier allegorizing approaches of the Alexandrians (Clement and Origen).
Johnson, Alan F. The Expositor's Bible Commentary: With the New International Version of the Holy Bible, Hebrews through Revelation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Pub. House, 1981. Print. (pp. 408-401) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Four views on the millennium explained and compared:
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/mill.cfm 

The Rapture and Tribulation - Teaching Notes - 141004 Carpenter Flock

THE RAPTURE AND TRIBULATION

I.  Four views of the Christ’s return and the Millennium.

A.  Amillennial and Postmillennial -

B. Pre-millennial -

1. Historic

2. Dispensational

II. Basis for Pre-tribulationism. 

 “The Bible does not explicitly tells us the timing of the Rapture. Thus, no one verse tells us that the Rapture will be pre-tribulational (or mid-tribulational or post-tribulational for that matter).”  --Michael Vlach

• A more literal application of the historical-grammatical interpretation of the Bible.
• Distinction between Israel and the Church. “… a distinction between Israel and the church, as taught in the Bible, provides a basis of support for the pre-tribulational rapture. Those who merge the two programs cannot logically support the biblical arguments for pre-tribulationism." (Thomas Ice and Timothy Demy, The Truth About The Rapture, pp. 25-26)”  --Michael Vlach
• Futurism. Pre-tribulationism takes a futuristic interpretation of Daniel 9:24-27 and the book of Revelation.

III. The Rapture of the Church.

A. Imminent. (Luke 12:34; James 5:7-8 esp. 8; Revelation 22:10)

B. Pre-tribulation return of our Lord Jesus Christ to rapture His Church from this earth. (Luke 12:40; John 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-5:11, esp. 4.15-17)

C. To reward believers according to their works. (1 Corinthians 3:11-15: 2 Corinthians 5:10)

IV. The Tribulation Period - Following the rapture of the church…

A. The righteous judgments of God will be poured out upon an unbelieving world.  (Daniel 9:24-27 esp. 9:24a, 27; 12:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12; Revelation 16)      

B. Seven years of tribulation (The seventieth week of Daniel's prophecy). (Daniel 9:24-27)

C. These judgments will be climaxed by the bodily, personal return of Christ in glory to the earth. (Revelation 19:11-16)

D. At that time…

            1. The Old Testament and tribulation saints will be raised.  (Daniel 12:1-2)

                            2. The living will be judged. (Daniel 12:2-3; Matthew 25:31-46)

V.  Applications.

A.  Comfort of sorrow with hope.  (1 Thessalonians 4:13, 18)

      B. Constantly watch and be ready for the blessed hope. (Titus 2:13; 1 John 3:2)