Analysis Of The Book ' The Lord Of The Potter ' Essay

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

The writer of the Prophet Jeremiah, during Jeremiah’s ministry between 627 and 586 B.C in Tyndale’s New Living Translation Bible has described Jeremiah’s life as a colossal failure. According to them, for the most part of Jeremiah’s life he was poor, unpopular, isolated and persecuted. Jeremiah lived in Judah for 40 years and his main calling was to evangelise and prophecy over the Israelites and the land of Judah. One of Jeremiah’s great missions was to warn Judah of the destruction that would come upon them, because of their unfaithfulness to Yahweh . God wanted to reveal His very heart for his people through Jeremiah. Jeremiah was afraid to go out and tell the people what the Lord had instructed, he feared he was inadequate because of his age, his lack of knowledge and that no one would take any notice of him. God told Jeremiah that He had chosen him and as long as he faithfully obeyed God

     The title of my book is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It is written by J.K. Rowling. I really liked this book. This book is a fiction book. That of course means it’s not true.

My book report is on the book 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone' by J.K.

When the Hebrew peoples lost everything and entered into captivity to Babylon, they were a lost and floundering nation. “After the days of Solomon, the history of Israel was a story of increasing apostasy and judgement” (Clowney, 2013, p. 185). Despite their breaking of the covenants, and sinning against God in the worst ways, God did not abandoned them. He was very unhappy, and sent many prophets to speak His words to try to bring them back into relationship with Him, then God sent judgements down upon them. However, through these judgements, He kept to His promise to Abraham to ultimately bless the nations of Israel. (Clowney, 2013, p. 193) When they were allowed by Cyrus to return to Jerusalem (Arnold & Beyer, 2008, p. 58), with permission

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” is a review made by Roger Ebert on the 2011 finale of the Harry Potter movie series. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: An Action-Packed Curtain Call” by Andrew O’hehir is also a review on the film with a different perspective/opinion. Both pieces are about the same movie, and appeal to different audiences. For example Eberts piece appeals more to those who are not quite familiar with the film but have some general idea of what is going , while Eberts piece leans towards those who are much more informed and familiar about the series, he does this by going into much more depth of the film than Ebert did. To put into perspective the distinct differences in these two review, Ebert said “There is some satisfaction in seeing loose ends tied up, lingering mysteries explained and suspicions confirmed”,while O’hehir on the other hand said that he left the movie feeling baffled and irritated with many questions.

Garber Jr., an associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the McAfee School of Theology. His commentary provides more of a historical background to this passage. According to Mr. Garber, the metaphor of a shepherd as a guiding character has been used frequently in the history of the bible, and even as the opening passage in Hammurabi’s code (Garber). The references to shepherds may have even been responsible for pastors or shepherd standing as the guide to their congregation, or flock. According to Garber, “the years of the prophet Jeremiah's activity were the most turbulent time for the leaders of ancient Judah.” There was a power struggle in the near east, and the Babylonian Empire was taking hold of the area. People were being forced to choose an allegiance with either Babylon or Egypt when they went to pay their taxes. The passage begins with a reference to the failed leadership of Jehoiakim and

Since it is important for us to remember the context into which this is written and how the modern people would have read this writing, a step back must be taken and how Isaiah speaks this word to a people who had suffered much. As God had delivered His people from the bondage and slayery in Egypt, He made a covenantal promise with them, and led them through wilderness into the land of Canaan. It was there that became a nation and constructed a temple for the Lord to be worshiped and glorified. For many, many years they bore witness to numerous wars and politicial uphealeal under many earthly kings and rulers. Time after time the chosen people of God strayed from that covenant promise yet the prophets remained to call the people back to God and repentance. In the 6th century BC the Babylonian army defeated Israel and with this came the destruction of the temple, a loss of their identity and a turning back to a life of bondage and slavery. “By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion.” It is into these circumstances and into this reality that Isaiah speaks his word to the

Jeremiah was a prophet alive during 600 BC and he lived in the southern Kingdom of Judah. People in Judah were not sharing with the poor, or following God’s laws, and they also did not care about peace. Jeremiah told them to treat everyone equally and to stop worshipping idols. They refused to follow what Jeremiah was telling them and they beat him, then sent him to jail. But Jeremiah kept telling them about God and how they had to repent. He told them that if they did not do what God asked them to do then God would re-form them like somebody would re-form clay if they were not happy with it.

First, understand that Jeremiah's prophecy was given to Israelites who, though exiled to Babylon, longed to return home. At that time, a false prophet by the name of Hananiah misled the people into believing they would return to Jerusalem within two years. However, Jeremiah, a true prophet of God, foresaw

From the book of Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 9-10 states, “Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant”.” The Lord gave Jeremiah to spread the

Many of the Prophets tell of the coming exile out of the land that Moses had told the nation will happen as they had failed to follow. The exile comes out of all of the people in the land, rejecting the words of the prophets and of God. In the end many had failed to trust the Lord and the nation was punished. Ezekiel writes excessively to the people as they are in exile from the nation about the coming Savior who will lead them out of the exile into the New Jerusalem. The one who will lead the people is Jesus who is the son of David promised to come. The books give hope of a return from exile by a great leader, however, the great leader or king that was to come has not shown himself yet. Hence, those who hold on to the Lord must wait till He

Although Jeremiah obeys God to be his messenger, he still complains while doing his mission. Philip Stern thinks that “just as the prophet’s call took him by surprise, Jeremiah was not always prepared for the personal consequences of speaking the word of the Lord, even though Jeremiah’s message went against the grain of Jerusalem’s political and religious establishment.” At the beginning of his prophetic ministry, Jeremiah was complaining of the bad effect of the spring and summer harvest which could not save the Israelite people (Jer 8:20). Jer 8: 20 – 9: 6 use some words which show in man in despair for the painful situation of his people. He cries: “Is Yahweh not in Zion?” (Jer 8: 19). However, God’s response was: “why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols” (Jer 8: 19). He immediately recognizes that this dreadful situation is the consequence of “their desertion to their God.” Commentating Jer 9: 1-3, Habel states that: “two courses of action seem desirable to Jeremiah. Either he can attempt to change God’s heart by a flood of sympathetic tears, or he can try to

Jeremiah was a prophet in the nation of Judah, specifically he prophesied to the city of Jerusalem about the coming destruction that it faced. He was the son of a priest named Hilkiah. Jeremiah was born in the town of Anathoth which belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. God spoke to him while he was a young man, when good King Josiah was on the throne of Judah. God had called and set Jeremiah apart to be a prophet before he was born. Jeremiah did not believe that he was capable to be a spokesman for the Lord because of his age, but God equipped and strengthened him. Jeremiah’s message was from God and he did not need to fear the people because the Lord gave Jeremiah the authority. Jeremiah’s calling was confirmed by two visions that God gave to him.

In this paper I did research throughout all seven books of J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter Series. Many people have different opinions as to what was Ms. Rowling’s true theme was towards this series. Some may say that it is; Good V.S Evil, Coming of Age, Death, or Friendship. They always forget that the main theme is Love. Rowling portrayed the theme of the book through her characters personality and how love changed everybody life. Throughout her series there were series of different type of love going one. Some may include Sacrificial Love, Unconditional Love, Love Hate, Love turning evil good. Since Harry really never had love showed towards him in life because he lived with his Uncles, Aunt, and cousins who are muggles. Moving to Hogwarts he was showed lots of love. This love helped Harry destroy evil at its worst and help him protect the ones he love. Even though it was plenty of sacrificial death going on in this series, it was all for the right reasons, protecting the ones they love.