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Bible IV
map for final & millers iv exam prophets
Question | Answer |
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Name 2 misconceptions about prophets | 1) Prophets are primarily future tellers 2) Prophets were well received |
What are prophets? | a truth teller |
Why weren't the prophets well received? | 1) critics from within are hard to accept 2) radical nature of the vision |
T/F prophets are only men | false ex: Deborah, Miriam, Huldah |
Prophets performed object lessons. name a few | Ahijah tearing robe into 12 names their kids curious names Ezekiel lays on his side for 309 days |
T/F prophets are always true & Hebrew | false ex: Balaam: non-Hebrew & false |
T/F Prophets could perform miracles | True Elijah & Elisha raise people from the dead & part the Jordan River Isiah has his shadow go the other way |
T/F Prophets can be eccentric | True Isaiah- walked around naked for 3 yrs Elijah- had a competition with Baal & slaughters the prophets of Baal attacking chariots @ Jerusalem Elisha- bring me music so I can get in the zone Saul- fell to the ground naked & frothed @ the mouth |
T/F Minor means secondary prophets | False smaller length of book |
which are the 4 former prophets? | joshua, judges, samuel, kings |
"But let justice roll down like waters, & righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" | Amos |
"I desire hesed, not sacrifice" | Hosea |
"Out of Egypt I called my son" | Hosea |
"for unto us a child is born, unto us a son is give. Authority rest upon his shoulders, and he is named Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." | Isaiah |
"Look, the young woman/virgin is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel" | Isaiah |
"He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice and to love kindness (hesed), and to walk humbly with your God?" | Micah |
"But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days." | Micah |
"A jealous & avenging God is the LORD, the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and rages against his enemies." | Nahum |
"At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, my scattered ones, shall bring my offering" | Zephaniah |
"Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faith." | Habakkuk |
Speaks of the valley of dry bones these bones turn into skeletons and then into walking beings | Ezekiel |
"Not by might, not by power but by my Spirit says the LORD of hosts." | Zechariah |
"I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come & strike the land with a curse" | Malachi |
"In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and yours sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams." | Joel |
Jonah | Minor 8th century Big fish |
Amos | Minor 8th century Justice |
Hosea | Minor 8th century hesed, Gomer,love |
Isaiah | Major 8th century Christmas, naked 3 yrs |
Micah | Minor 8th century repeater |
Nahum | Minor 7th century Assyria, wrath, vengence |
Zephaniah | Minor th century doom for judah, extends prophets, if then prophesy |
Habakkuk | Minor 7th century conversation making doubts known |
Obadiah | edom |
Jeremiah | Major exilic coming disaster, underwear, yoke, potters, buys land |
Ezekiel | Major exilic weird prophet, ate scroll, mini Jerusalem, dungoamatic, cuts hair 3 piles |
Haggai | Minor post exilic encourages the priest/king |
Zechariah | Minor post exilic proto apocalyptic |
Malachi | Minor post exilic love for the remnant, not giving=stealing |
joel | minor ? locusts |
Daniel | exilic |