the Minor Prophets. These prophets provided insight on many issues the Jews were facing. All of the prophets had the same ideas of a warning of impending judgment because of the nations’ sinfulness‚ the coming judgment‚ a call for repentance‚ and a promise of future deliverance of God’s grace. Idolatry‚ social injustice and religious ritualism are three issues that the prophets emphasized on in their teachings and can be inspired in the minds and hearts of believers today. The prophets’ teachings
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Zephaniah was a 7th century Hebrew prophet. He is known as the author of the book of Zephaniah‚ one of the twelve short prophetic books. However‚ some scholars believe that some sections of chapters two and three were added on later. It was written during the time of the Judean king Josias. Chapter one starts off with a gathering of all the inhabitants of world including Judea and Jerusalem‚ to face judgment and total destruction. No hope is given and no one is to be spared. The story is chapter
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Prophet A prophet is a person who is believed to be chosen by God to say the things that God wants us to tell people. A prophet is someone who predicts that something will happen in the future. *Prophet Isaiah Prophet Isaiah‚ the son of Amos‚ was descended from a royal tribe. Isaiah was born during the reign of King Uzziah‚ Jothan‚ Ahaz‚ Hezekiah and Jehovah. During his reign the nation as a whole enjoyed times of prosperity and temporal development. The whole nation mourned his passing
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Authorship The title of the book comes from its writer‚ Amos. Amos is the first prophet whose name also serves as the title of the corresponding biblical book in which his story is found. The prophet’s name means “burden-bearer” or “load-carrier.” He was unassuming‚ but bold and fearless when called to bear witness against the evils of his day. He was not known for his sympathy or warmth‚ but for his sense of justice and pride. Amos’ hometown was Tekoa a village in Judah‚ about ten miles
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2013 Prophets and Figurative Language Jeremiah was a prophet called upon by God at a very young age to do His work. Jeremiah spoke against those who disobeyed God and spoke on the consequences of sin. He had a very hard job of trying to get the people of God to obey Him once again and to get them to stop sinning against Him. Jeremiah used figurative language to tell stories and to explain to the people what was going to happen if they continued to sin. The natural imagery that Jeremiah uses can
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In Jeremiah 31:31-34‚ God makes a New Covenant with the Israelites. This “New” Covenant was made immediately before the Babylonians conquered Judah. God wanted to give hope to the Israelites because He knew that they weren’t going to turn back to Him before the Babylonians destroyed them. This covenant’s promises build upon those of previous covenants‚ promising not only that God would send a Messiah but also that God would dwell in people’s hearts before and after the coming of the Savior.
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Gonzalez Reginald Brantley November 29‚ y This exegesis essay will examine Jeremiah chapter 20:7-13 with the intent of showing the reader two things. First‚ that this passage is a lament‚ and second that as such it offers present day believers an excellent example of the proper reason to God when ones faces time of extreme loneliness anger and frustration on account of the call of God. Conspiracy of nations-The setting of Jeremiah chapter 27-28 falls sometime between 597 BCE when Nebuchadnezzar first
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Chapter 10 Part 1 (Intro to SCM‚ Inventory Turnover‚ Weeks of Supply) What is the difference between Outsourcing and Off-Shoring? 1. Outsourcing means taking some specific but limited function that your company was doing in-house (research‚ call centers‚ accounts receivable) and having another company perform that function. 2. Off-Shoring means moving the whole factory to another country. Products are produced the same way only with cheaper labor‚ lower taxes‚ subsidized energy‚ and
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Prophets of Zion and the Babylonian Exile In ancient Jewish culture‚ prophets were a part of every-day life. They proclaimed what they understood to be God’s word‚ and lived according to it. In times of crisis‚ prophets were even more present‚ to warn and give consolation to the people. One time period in which there were many prophets was the Babylonian Exile‚ where the people of Judah were taken and deported to live in Babylon. Of the books of the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah‚ Isaiah 63:7-64:12
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Brian Sanderson OT 520 Dr. Brian Russell Spring 2011 Research Paper: The Unity of the Twelve ‘The Unity of the Twelve’ The Book of the twelve Minor Prophets is more than a collection of miscellaneous prophetic materials. The twelve books of the Minor Prophets function as a unified literary work. The trend in modern biblical scholarship is to treat the Book of the Twelve as twelve distinct prophetic compositions that have relatively little to do with each other apart from having been
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