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The NT understands prophecy to be a divine and inspired message from God. This word has several meanings:

The Lord called prophets to speak for Him to the people regarding their sinful behavior. The prophets were God’s “spokesmen,” who were called by God, held accountable by God, and empowered by God to deliver His messages. Idolatry, social injustice, and religious ritualism had become prevalent in Israel and Judah and is rampant in today’s society as well.

The word prophet comes from a Greek word, which means “inspired teacher” and indeed that is the primary role of the prophet: to teach the gospel (“Prophets”). LDS Prophets are also the presidents of the church during their time of service. They lead the Lord’s church on earth toward salvation. The church has these leaders to teach them the gospel, they are appointed to lead because prophets are special witnesses of God. These Leaders are very looked up to by the members of the church and are very important to the church. (The picture to the right is off of pinterest)

“A prophet declares the mind (message) of God, which sometimes predicts the future (foretelling) – and more commonly, speaks forth His message for a particular situation. Then is someone inspired by God to foretell or tell-forth (forthtell) the Word of God.” (Bible Hub, n. d.) In religion, a prophet is an individual who has claimed to be contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them, serving as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people.

The Bible has many passages that require interpretation for a deeper understanding of its meaning and purpose. For example, Ezekiel’s vision in chapters 40-48 is a difficult interpretative passage because of the eschatological and hermeneutical discrepancies in Ezekiel’s prophetic vision of a new temple. Ezekiel’s descriptive details of the new temple leads many scholars to sift through an exegetical interpretative methodology in order to, decipher whether

The prophets were great in many ways, such as their teaching always involved God and the teachings of Exodus 20. Moreover, throughout the book of Exodus, the prophets repeatedly announces that God is only. Also, He there will never be any other gods before or after Him. All through the Old Testament, many examples if idolatry is epitomized. Also, a prophet by the name of Amos remarkably glorifies the decrees of God’s spoken words audaciously!

A prophet was or is a specially chosen person by God, who would convey His message to certain people or in some cases the world. Prophets go before God to counsel and receive instruction. It is then by this that they go out and dispense it to the people, giving all credit to God. One of the main duties or roles was to tell only what God had told him(her) to say, not adding anything to it and not taking anything from it. They truly are messengers from God.

Understanding Prophecy is split into three different sections. In the first section the authors, Bandy and Merkle, cover some basics and do some term defining, part two focuses in on some Old Testament Prophecies, and part three focuses in on some New Testament Prophecies. Bandy and Merkle are quick to point out that when talking about prophecy the word, “eschatology” is usually thrown out there. The problem with this is that “eschatology” varies somewhat drastically in a few different ways. It can be different based on the Individual; Historical; Consistent; Realized; Existential; Comprehensive;

In Islam, it is believed that many prophets have come and go, and that all of them have been messengers of God and were sent in order to renew the message of God to prevent the religion from decaying (388). The most famous of these prophets was the

God’s warnings and accusations that are recorded in the books of the Major and Minor Prophets are not just for these ancient Kingdoms. They apply to our world today. If we focus on His accusations of evil and not the people or nations that these prophets warned, we can see the same rebellion and wickedness in our

In ancient Israel, prophecy is constituted by two criterion. Firstly, prophecy is both the word and will of God. It is His desires, His commands, and His wishes for us to find salvation in a world cluttered with temptation. Secondly, prophecy is based on action. Whether a call to live out God’s will or a prediction of events to come, prophecy revolves around the realization of God’s word. The role of the prophet is to be the vehicle by which the Word is delivered. The term prophet finds its roots in the Greek word prophētēs, translating to ‘one who speaks forth.’ As we say “go forth and serve the Lord” at the end of every mass, the prophet inspires action grounded in the testament of God. In Ezekiel 3:17, God appoints Ezekiel “a watchman

The purpose of this analysis is to consider parts of the context in which the Book of Ezekiel was written in. Through this, we can come to a better understanding of the meaning of the passages by studying the authorship, time period, the setting, and the people to whom it was written. In Ezekiel 36:22-32, Ezekiel prophesies about the restoration of Israel and delivers God’s promises to the people of Israel. In this analysis, we seek to understand what meaning these prophecies and the text have in the setting of the Old Testament. We also want to know how these prophecies which were addressed to the people of Israel apply to us today. Finally, I will share my personal interpretation of the

Robertson begins by explaining the need for prophets and the origin of prophets in Israel. He focuses on God’s covenant and compassion with His people. Recognizing that Moses was a prophet (16), Robertson devotes several chapters to examining his call and commission, the characteristics of true and false prophets (67-69), the use of the covenant in critiquing the culture, and the call of contemporaries to a life of repentance, faith, and obedience. Robertson does an excellent job of combating liberal viewpoints that are introduced throughout the book. There are many applications presented that the reader can apply to their lives.

istorically, the Biblical Prophets emerged as a powerful evolving illumination of God, with various ones readily proclaiming that “Our Maker is our Husband.” The beautiful Song of Solomon materializes as a blissful love letter, reflected as the Holy of Holies. Persistently, throughout the Bible, the prophets portray their allegiance to God and demonstrate the significance of “loving the Lord God, with all our heart, soul and might” (Deut 6:5); however, initially this tremendous devotion within these strong warriors existed far from my appreciation.

During the years of the Old Testament, the prophets kept teaching and prophesizing against the people that committed idolatry. From Abraham to Malachi, the prophets would try to make the people of Israel understand what