day‚ appeared‚ the message was almost always one that would be difficult. Thus‚ the prophetical books belong to times of great trouble and distress for God’s chosen people. In II Kings 17:13‚ we find what God says of the prophets: “The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: ‘Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees‚ in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your fathers to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.’” From
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During the time of Samuel‚ why did the people of Israel desire a king? Why was Saul chosen‚ and‚ ultimately‚ why was he rejected? What attribute did David display that made him a better king than Saul? What sin did Solomon commit that ultimately led to the division of Israel after his death? The elders of the tribes come to Samuel and requested a king. They say that Samuel is too old and his sons are corrupt. They desired a king to “lead them” and to lead them and to go out before them and to
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the covenant. It’s an unconditional covenant that promises David and all his descendants the rightful kings of Israel. “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors‚ I will raise up your offspring after you‚ who shall come forth from your body‚ and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (2Sam. 8:12-13). This shows that God is promising the throne of Israel to David and his family forever. It has been given even more evidence that this is an unconditional covenant when
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his prophetic ministry is from 753-715 BC which is around the 8th century. The prophet Hosea’s ministry occurred during the time of the last two kings of Israel but before the Assyrians had conquered and destroyed the land. Hosea was a modern-day version of previous prophets
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Jeroboam. The kingdom of Israel was split after Solomon died. Prior to his becoming king of Israel‚ Jeroboam encountered Ahijah the prophet in Jerusalem. Catching his own new garment‚ Ahijah tore it into twelve pieces; and giving Jeroboam ten pieces‚ Ahijah declared to Jeroboam these conditional promises of the Lord (1 Kings 11:31- 38): ⦁ that He would rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon’s son and give ten tribes to Jeroboam ⦁ that He would establish Jeroboam’s house in Israel like the house
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has sent him to. Some prophets had written messages while some were just spoken. A king is a leader of a kingdom‚ who governs a kingdom’s people. The old testament of the holy bible majorly speaks of the kingdom of Israel and its history‚ kingship and prophesies. It speaks of different prophets a different periods in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel and 1st and 2nd Kings. The leadership in Israel lands in the hands of Kings and prophets. The Old Testament sites a number of these prophets and kings‚
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king. The Promise Land was not far from Babylon and king Nebuchadnezzar saw all that it had to offer. He saw how great the land was and he wanted it. So‚ he attacked Jerusalem‚ the capital of this land which was home to the Israelites. The King of Israel didn’t know what to do. The Babylonian army surrounded Jerusalem and took all the gold and silver and smashed all the buildings. They even took the Israelites captive and took them back to Babylon to become slaves. One of the Israelites taken back
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would regard it as a tale or a work of imagination to teach the Israel about God. The name “Jonah” means “dove” in Hebrew‚ and it is commonly accepted as the representation the “Jewish people as a whole”. It is possible that the Book of Jonah is a “symbolic writing” which only focuses on delivering the meaning of the story itself. Since the Book of Jonah is one of the twelve prophetic books‚ by using Jonah as a symbol of the Israel‚ I think the entire story of Jonah is the real prophecy in disguised
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TESTAMENT LECTURER: Dr. THUO TASK: DESCRIBE THE HISTORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DUE DATE: 28th January‚ 2013 Introduction The Old Testament was written over a wide historical period‚ it describes the relationship of God and the people of Israel before the coming of Jesus. To make it easy to explain the history in the Old Testament‚ I have seen it best to look at it under the following periods: 1. Primeval History Primeval history refers to the earliest history in the Bible. Genesis
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had a profound effect on him and his writing style and composition. (Amos 1:2; 2:9; 3:4-5; 5:19-20‚ 24; 6:12; 7:1-6; 8:1; 9:3-15). He seemed to be just a humble peasant engaging and being obedient to his command from God “Go‚ prophesy to my people Israel” (Amos 7:15). Amos prominently uses repetition (Amos 1:3‚ 4‚ 5)‚ summary quotation (Amos 4:1; 6:13; 8:5 – 6; 9:10) and irony Amos 4:1). He illustrates a very close covenant with the Mosaic law and the history of the people to whom he belonged
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