Bible 10- Prophets
What's included in the covenant lawsuit
-arraignment in the divine court -accusations -pronoucement of judical sentence -description of coming punishment -promise of restoration
Elements that characterize the relationships between the Lord, prophets and their hearers. List elements
-authority of the Lord over both the prophets and audience -obedience of the prophets, sometimes with inital protest -authoiryt of the prophets as reprentatives of the soverign God -requirment of the audience to choose covenant obedience of disobedience -report of the prophet back to the Lord in the form of prayer
Prophets use poetry to convey their message because:
-it speaks powerfully to the will and emotionsnot only to inorm but move audience -stress on symbolism and imagery is sometimes better than prose to convey the onders of God and charater at the heart of prophets messages -can speak about meaning of future events without having do descirbe all literary details
Most important prophets in the kindom period?
-samuel -elijah -elisha
Two of the Lord's messengers from awhile back?
Abraham ( Genesis 20:7) Moses (Exodus 3:1-4:17)
who are the during the exile prophets ho miistered to the Jews in Babylon
Daniel Ezekiel
Elijah and Elisha prophesied during the divied kingdom and before the exile of 70 years in Babylon
True
pre-exilic prophets that prophesied to Israel
amos hosea
Prophets function
call people to radical obedience and depence upon God
the content to the prophetic messages were shaped by God's ______ with his people and by the particular ___________ of the individual
covenant historical circumstances
what happended in 586 BC
destruction of temple
terms used by Yahweh that allude to the greatest prohpet of all
go send speak i will be with you
Post-exilic prophets who ministered to the remaining remnant
haggai zachariah malachi
terms used by the prohphet
hear thus says the Lord
the prophetic books are largely written in the style of __________ poetry
hebrew
Major prophets
isaiah jeremiah ezekiel daniel
pre-exilic prophets who prophesied to the city of nineveh
jonah nahum
the only difference between major and minor prophets is...
length or their writing
Descirbe the true prophets in the OT
loyal servants of God and convinced foes of idolatarry. They risked their lives to confront wicked kings of their sins and God's coming judgment. They would pled for sinners to return to God
Why was the covenat established
make Israel a holy nation that worshipped the 1 and true God
Greatest prophet
moses
Do bible prophet predict the future
no primarly
houw could the history of israel be characterized
persistent rebellion agaisnt God
Minor prohphets are also called
the twelve
prophets that recorded their messages
writing prophets