Micah, A Settings: Prophet Research Form Of Isaiah

The prophet Jeremiah lived during the most critical period of Judah's existence. He saw the destruction of Jerusalem. God’s declared that my people have committed two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. Therefore, I will, I cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets in Jerusalem, the voice in gladness and the voice in joy for the land shall become a desert. Jeremiah had continually warned God’s people to mend their ways before it was too late. And when the devastation finally overwhelmed Israel, he was the one who mourned Israel's terrible fate.

The Book of Ezekiel is and the man himself is in the midst of historical event associated with the demise of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem (587 B.C.E) Ezekiel, along with other Judahites were taken into exile in Babylon in 597. In effect there were two Judahs one in the land of Judah and one in exile. One king, Jehoiachin was in exile and Zedekiah in Jerusalem. Under Babylonian bonds and rejecting prophetic advice, they refused to pay their tribute. Within a few years, the temple, city walls, and homes of Jerusalem were burned and leveled. More citizens were carried away to Babylon, and those who remained soon fled to Egypt for security. Ezekiel was told to warn God’s people that there were consequences to their lack of fidelity. God cautioned them that refusal to live by the covenant would bring its own discipline. The people did not listen to the Prophet Ezekiel: he was disliked for his words, and alienated for his message. He told the people that God would allow them to live as orphans if they chose to be orphans—to live outside of God’s covenant. After the fall of Jerusalem, the Babylonian general Nebuzaraddan was sent to complete its destruction. Solomon 's Temple was destroyed. Most of the elite were taken into captivity in Babylon. Jerusalem was razed to the ground.

The Book of Jeremiah is of prophecy genre. Jeremiah is appointed a prophet to the nations by the Lord. Israel is unfaithful and Jerusalem is attacked. Jeremiah addresses the people of Judah and declares that false religions are worthless. The covenant is not kept. Jeremiah complains to God of the wicked. God answered

Josiah was the last of the good kings of Judah. He is often referred to as the young reformer. His reform program was the last attempt to bring Judah back to the Lord before the end came. The nation was shrinking fast. Josiah must be seen as the last ray of hope just before the darkness of the Babylonian captivity set in. Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-one years. He did what was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord and followed the examples of his ancestor David. During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah begin to seek the Lord. Then in the twelfth year, he begin to purify Judah and Jerusalem, by destroying all the pagan shrines, Asherah poles and the carved idols

The book of Isaiah has a lot of unique historical, social, and political factors to it. The prophet Isaiah prophesied during the reign of King Ahaz and Hezekiah (740-681 BC). Isaiah mainly worked during the reign of Hezekiah, However; his first narrative was under King Ahaz in 734-733 BC. In which, King Ahaz was dealing with crisis regarding foreign powers and was struggling on how to protect his people. One of main themes in the book of Isaiah is that not to trust in human power but instead one should trust in God. Isaiah prophesied under a very complicated social setting, Isaiah lived during a time of rapid corruption in the government of Israel. He preached that the government was not following God's covenant. He also preached to the people of Israel who rebelled against God’s covenant. The prophet Isaiah also guided the leaders of Israel during very tough political times.

I moved on to Joseph Blenkinsopp, who as usual, did not disappoint. Here I found the historical context of this section of Isaiah. Blenkinsopp referred back to Isaiah 58 to shed light on why the vision of theophany in Isaiah 60 had not been realized. Cyrus had release the Jews from Babylonian captivity, and those who wished to had returned to Jerusalem. But the “dominant frame of mind of the people being address (in Isaiah 58) is one of disorientation and disillusionment.” There is corruption in the government and judicial system, and among the religious leaders. The poor are neglected. Jerusalem suffers under “external pressures and internal dissention.” In chapter 60 the vision is unfulfilled; in chapter 58, God tells the

There was nothing the people could do because they had continued to reject God. When King Ahaz asked Isaiah to find him a sign from God, and Isaiah said that no "elaborate preparations" were needed to "overcome these enemies", King Ahaz did not listen and ended up betraying God by performing a sacrifice and worshipping false gods (Newland 168). Isaiah proclaimed that the Davidic Covenant would be put on pause until the Messiah came due to the unfaithful and corrupt leaders in the nation (Newland 167-168). In the Bible, there is also Midrash when Isaiah predicts the coming of the Messiah, Jesus. For example, Isaiah says to the people that "the Lord himself will give you a sign; the young woman," who is a virgin and is "pregnant about to bear a son, shall name him Emmanuel" (The New American Bible Revised Edition, Is. 7:14). He also speaks again about the coming Messiah when he says that "a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder Counselor, God-Father-Forever, Prince of

Diana I must agree with you that the reference to Satan in Isaiah 14 can be attributed to the acknowledgement of individuals as gods whose prideful ways will be curtailed by the Master (God). It is important that you also mentioned God’s omnipotence as the ultimate power in the scheme of things. There are no doubt the individuals that were regarded as being powerful became elevated with pride thus equating them with God. As we look at Ezekiel 28 it is more poignant that the king of Tyre would be lifted up in such pride and arrogance to think that he was a god. The prophet Ezekiel expounds on the condemnation of the city and its prideful ways and God’s omnipotence. In many ways the word of God teaches that pride comes before destruction (Proverb

Hezekiah's religious changes are portrayed in detail in 2 Chronicles 29-31. At the time Hezekiah started his changes, both the political and religious atmosphere in Judah were great to an arrival to Yahweh. The prophets Amos and Hosea had been lecturing change in the Northern Kingdom before its death in 722 B.C., while Isaiah and Micah had been lecturing a comparable message in the Southern Kingdom, cautioning the administration of Judah that they couldn't survive in the event that they kept mistreating the general population and advancing the religious practices that were hostile to the religion of Yahweh.

Micah was a worker for isaiah and Hosea who came from a village in the foothills, in his time he had attacked the rich and corrupted. God had rejected Micah's law, so Micah told all the people of judah hat God's judgement is near. Than he said to them, if you follow my law and did good the judgment would not destroy Israel. Micah told Judah all of this so their relationship with God would not get destroyed. Micahs message always began with blame and threat, but always ended in hope and promise. One of his messages are “Listen, all of you, Listen, earth, and everyone in The Master, God, takes the witness stand against you, the Master from his Holy Temple.”

The prophetic community has to be a mature body in order to transplant a community cross culturally. According to Ephesians 4, the bodies maturity can only be attained when all of its members strive to attain in the knowledge of the son of God (4:13). Without a knowledge of the word of God, the prophetic communities efforts to transplant communities cross culturally will fail.

Although Micah and Isaiah prophesied during a similar time frame, each man’s prophesies regarding Jerusalem’s fate during the Assyrian siege were divergent (Tullock & McEntire, 2006, p. 286-287). Isaiah, prophesied Jerusalem would survive Sennacherib and the Assyrian Army’s siege. Whereas, Micah was confident that ruling and affluent class of Jerusalem would be called to account for their sins, thus resulting in Jerusalem falling under Sennacherib’s rule. Moreover, Micah’s prophesies demonstrated a distain for the rich and ruling class of Jerusalem by stating they hated righteousness and loved wickedness. Conversely, given his role as prophet to the Kings of Judah, Isaiah’s pronouncements about the good and evil actions of the people, encompassed

Elijah was a prophet of god here is his amazing story with god he was a child of the tisbe family from the clan of gad the gad clan lived in a place where the old traditional stuff of the past in the time of Joshua where treasured the most he stayed there for 25 years and when he was a man god came to him in a whisper and told him that you must go to to Israel where king Ahab is and announce my curse so he went to king ahab and announced god's curse and god and told the king of the deaths of his sons and the and also then Elijah said there will be no rain unless i say so and the king asked elijah what have i done to deserve that kind of curses and Elijah replied you builded temples of baal your wife's deity to please you wife and because

Isaiah came during a pivotal time in history. The world was changing rapidly and life was on the edge of prosperity and ruin, as it is today. In this uncertain time Isaiah was called by God to deliver a message of warning, comfort, and deliverance. Christians view the prophecies of Isaiah as a projection of the coming of Jesus Christ. Isaiah spoke of divine judgment and the promises of God through the Prince of Peace. Isaiah’s message of the future King was very meticulous. He describes how Christ will come, Christ’s character and Christ’s purpose. In this paper I will dissect Isaiah’s prophecies in the Old Testament and reference them to the events of Christ in the New Testament.

He was a contemporary of the prophet Isaiah and prophesied to the northern and southern kingdoms (Hindson). Because social injustice became very common in Israel and Judah God became angry with them. Wealthy families felt the need to steal land from the needy because they had the power too whether it was legally or illegal. To steal family property was to steal the family's inheritance from the Lord, and that was considered a serious crime (Hindson). Because land was the Lords at this time, he gave some land to his people, the people of Israel. There are twelve tribes in Israel so God gave every tribe, clan, and family some land, in light of this land was not to be handed or traded over to anyone else. Land sold because of debt was to be redeemed by the individual or family, and all land reverted to its original owners in the Year of Jubilee, every fiftieth year (Hindson). This had become a custom to the people of Israel, and because of this Micah had said an army that was foreign would come and take the land as the Israelites were made outcasts. Looking at how the rich had taken the land from the poor families God would now do the same thing to them, and take all of the land. In the book of Amos, the prophet, Amos talks about the problem with religious ritualism. The religious practices of the people were not genuine. “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no