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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1. What was the prophecy of Jeremiah concerning Babylon? The Prophet Jeremiah foretold the destruction of Jerusalem‚ and the subsequent seventy years of the desolation of the land and Israel’s captivity in Babylon. He also foretold the return of the people to their own land following the seventy years. | | 2. What was the prophecy of Jeremiah concerning the Jewish returning to Israel? That they would return after 70 years. 3. Why did King Ahasuerus throw such a big bash? Three
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Stephany Vielman March 12‚ 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
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IS DIVINE REVELATION A VALID SOURCE FOR THEOLOGY? Lim K Tham What is Revelation? Our starting point is to understand the concept of revelation. A simple definition of revelation is this: revelation is the disclosure or unveiling of something that has been concealed. It is the lifting of an obscuring veil‚ so as to disclose something that was formerly hidden. It is of a different order from our ordinary matter-of-fact knowing of the world in that the initiative lies with that which is known
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- Politeness formulas in Arabic: When talking about politeness formulas in Arabic and in English and how they are different‚ it is crucial to take into account the distinction between propositional content of a formula and its illocutionary force potential. A good example showing the relationship between semantic content or propositional content and illocutionary force illustrates in using congratulations in English and “shukran” in Arabic which is equivalent to “thanks”. Sometimes illocutionary
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will and whims of the gods‚ and could not be averted. However‚ some humans‚ by virtue of insight and good character‚ were in theory able to tap into divine knowledge through inspiration or prophecy. Thus‚ fate made itself known through prophecy. The prophet supposedly had a spiritual link with the deities‚ and was considered to be a medium through which the gods communicated their will to humans. The most supreme god‚ Apollo‚ son of Zeus‚ was also believed to be the god of prophecy. To him‚ many temples
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community. Former Prophets: consists of the books of Joshua‚ Judges‚ Samuel‚ and kings‚ which continue the narrative chronology of the Torah. Hebrew Bible: old testament Latter Prophets: the books named after individual prophets Major Prophets: the longer books of Isaiah‚ Jeremiah‚ and Ezekiel and the minor prophets Minor Prophets: the twelve shorter books from Hosea through Malachi Old Testament: is a different canon in terms of both content and order of the books Prophets: second part of the
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Chapter 11: Will The Real Messiah Please Stand Up? 3. The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. How can it show that the prophecies about the coming Messiah could not have been written down during or after the life of Christ (See p. 143.) The Septuagint can show that prophecies about the coming Messiah could not have been written down during or after the life of Christ as it was translated 200 years prior to the birth of Christ. 4. Someone people claim Jesus deliberately
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In analyzing religion as it is displayed in the media‚ one can view a number of patterns that news media use to report on this controversial subject. The book Secular Media‚ by Mark Silk‚ discusses several commonly accepted moral themes‚ called topoi‚ that are present in the news media’s coverage of religion. Several themes‚ including good works‚ inclusion‚ and opposition to false prophecy‚ can easily be found when religion is examined in this light. Silk’s writing helps readers to understand what
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Research Paper - End Times Prophesy “Harold Camping‚ the Radio evangelist who predicted the apocalypse would begin Saturday‚ May 21‚ 2011‚ said today‚ [May 23‚ 2011] his understanding of God’s plan was just a little off” (Schabner). Camping believed that if he put the correct numbers into a mathematical equation that he would be able to predict the exact day and time of the rapture. However in reality‚ The Bible tells us that we are unable to predict this moment‚ that the only thing we can do
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