Paper on Nahum Nahum is telling the people in Nineveh that God will punish them. They are enemies of Israel and Judah. And they have hurt God’s people and people from other countries too. Now God is going to punish them for all the wrong things that they have done. Until now‚ he has been very patient. He is very angry with the people in Nineveh. God has used armies to punish his people. This is because they have not listened to him. And they have not done what he says. One of those armies came
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TO AMOS The author reveals himself from the beginning to be Amos. Not a lot is known of Amos‚ we do know that he was a farmer from Tekoa which was a town about 6 miles southeast of Bethlehem and about ten miles south of Jerusalem in Judah or the southern kingdom. Located on a hill in the desert (2 Chron 11:6; 20:20)‚ the town served as a lookout against invaders approaching Jerusalem (Jer 6:1). In 7:14–15 Amos states he was not a prophet or a son of a prophet by that we understand he was not trained
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AFRICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY TOWN CAMPUS NAME: NJIHIA MARK ADM NO: 12S03ABT003 DEPARTMENT: UNIVERSITY COMMON COURSES COURSE: UCC 105 OLD 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
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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 the tenth
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Robbie Nicholson Religion 304 Professor Glenda Pope Steps to Scripture Analysis Paper 1. Isaiah 2: 1-5 read in different translations. New Living Translation Paraphrase(NLT)‚ King James Version(KJV)‚ New King James Version(NKJV)‚ New International Version(NIV)‚ Webster’s Bible. I read the King James Version because that is the version that we study at bible study and the version we are taught from on Sundays. This version has had the least amount of change from its Hebrew beginnings. I believe
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Amos the Prophet The historical background A wandering people At the start of what is a series looking at some of the prophets of Israel‚ it might be helpful to do a little history which gives us a feel of the background. When I recently visited Israel and went in to the desert‚ it was interesting to note the Bedouin still living there in tents in a very primitive way. I wondered if the reaction to these roaming people was the same as the reaction in England to gypsies. Here in England the wandering
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He provides a timeline through scriptures of II Chronicles and II Kings that Hezekiah reign for twenty-nine years in the southern kingdom of Judah. Through scriptures we also know that the last king of Israel was King Hoshea whose reigned for nine years in Samaria and started on the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s sixteen year reign in Jerusalem. The same scriptures teach us King Hezekiah
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Recognize important features in the Former Prophets • Jerusalem- spoken of frequently • A king for Israel- specifically‚ King David- he is viewed as the ideal king • Yahwist prophets- champions of religious purity • A preference for the Southern Kingdom- Judah • A negative view of the Canaanites 4. Identify details concerning the geographical structure of Canaan • More diversity in such a small area than in most other places in the world • More wars have been fought over this tiny piece of land
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context of the Book of Isaiah and the Old Testament‚ and to consider the context of Isaiah‘s prophecy to the people of Judah. This study will help a better understanding of the expression in the Book of Isaiah.
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marry d. And the people whom they could eat with 5. During the time when the Aryans were expanding east along the Ganges and Yamuna river valleys chiefs were elected by the entire tribe but around 1000 B.C‚ minor kings wanted to set up territorial kingdoms arose among the Aryans.
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