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HANDOUT # 2 Part 1 - Salvation History (Sept 17 & 19, 2018)
HANDOUT # 2 Part 1 - Salvation History (Sept 17 & 19, 2018)
HANDOUT # 2 Part 1 - Salvation History (Sept 17 & 19, 2018)
Pascual, EHM
THE PROPHETS
In the Old Testament, the Prophets were men who received a special
calling from God to deliver His message to His people.
In the Hebrew concept, the prohets were the “Nabi” whicg means, “one
who has been to be a spokesperson” on behalf of God. In short, a prophet is
one who speaks on behalf of God. He is conscious and mindful that the
message he is going to deliver to the people is not his own, but God do and
inspired by Him. The prophet affirms this when he begins his prophesy with this
phrase. “Thus says the Lord.....” or “... Hear for the Lord speaks...” (Isaiah 1:2) or
“... the Lord came to me thus ...” (Jeremiah 1:4)
God make use of the prophets’ background and style to express His own
message. He respects the individuality of the person.
Since they received a special gift and calling from God, the prophets
could prohesy the past, present and future events concerning the life of God’s
people. they generally appeared in Israel’s history when they turned away from
their God. These were some of the roles they had based on the Old Testament
prophetical books”
The prophets announced God’s word at all points of the people’s lives;
their relationships with God, as well as their social and political conditions.
Concerning their religous situation, the prophets concentrated on reorienting
the people to the basic “truths” about God which the people had forgotten or
had disregard because of others influence or because of their wickedness and
sins.
Kinds of Prophets
The second type of prophets were the writing prophets. Their writings were
considered guided by the spirit of Yahweh. They were preserved in written form
and compiled in books under their names. These documents are now the books
of prophesy. There were sixteen writing prophets. Four of them are called “Major
prophets” and twelve of them are called “Minor prophets” the writings of the
Major Prophets have more recorded details than those of the Minor Prophets.
WORK MINISTRY
MAJOR - their book has plenty of -considered as “Full time prophet”
chapters and long verses
- their book is thicker since they -they performed their ministries as
have plenty of chapters and long prophets from the time they were
verses. called up to the end of their
ministry/life.
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