The Old Testament Prophets

The Old Testament is the largest part of the bible nestled behind the leather binding in the front of the book. Unlike most books, told from one-person or even two this is comprised of multiple, some stories even having two different versions in another point of view; over time it has become a large collection of ancient texts written and re-written by different authors and editors over the many years. The stories show the ancient Israelites, they show the laws, and rituals, which make up their religion and the small embers, which will one day, turn to a flame that is Christianity. The Jewish people view these stories as collected in what they call the Torah, is the collection for what makes up their history and the promise that God gave to them, as well as their laws and what they worship today. For the Christians the Old Testament is still seen as sacred, but most place a stronger importance to the New Testament.

Abraham, Isaac Jacob and Joseph all had lives inspired by God and I love reading about bible stories about that. This lives of these 4 men lead to the Israelites coming into existence. This will show you the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph and of the Old Testament.

In the 1930’s Victor Houteff an Adventist follower, began to claim that he was the chosen prophet of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Houteff believed that the Adventists' doctrines and teachings were inaccurate and attempted to implement his own teachings known as the “New Light.” “New Light” are scriptures revealed by God to chosen prophets to show what the Bible was trying to teach what people have blinded to, thus showing ones chosen the way to salvation. Like William Miller and Ellen White, Houteff’s teachings included areas of the apocalypse and the Second Coming of Christ as well as catastrophes and war. He also believed that the kingdom of ancient Israelite monarch David was to be reestablished in Palestine where it was his task to assemble a brood of 144,000 Christians as scribed in the Book of Revelation 7:4. Houteff’s teachings were not accepted by many of the Adventists, and he was eventually ex-communicated from the church. After his dismissal, Houteff and a group of loyal followers who were also former Adventists migrated from Los Angeles, California to Waco, Texas. It was in Waco where he formed his

Ezekiel was a young priest when he was growing up, he was always around the temple in Jerusalem. The exiles in Babylon received hope from Ezekiel. Quickly after the first exiles arrived in Babylon, he began preaching. When Ezekiel received the messages from God, they mostly came from visions. Once he kept receiving these messages, he then realized that God would still take care of his people. The people of Babylon will receive a new life and return back home to their land from God’s spirit. God was with the people in Babylon the same amount of time he was in the Temple. In God’s exile, he would bring everyone closer to him. It was everybody’s responsibility to share group individuality.

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)

571 While the Jews were in exile in Babylon Ezekiel had a series of visions

Marduk: The main god of the Babylonians and Ea’s son and god of light. Marduk rose from deity in the third Millennium BCE to become one of the important god in the Mesopotamian.

The history of how the Bible came into existence has been explored for centuries and is an active area of study today. There are many facets to the Bible and each has its own set of unique characteristics and teachings. The Old Testament is considered a contemporary guide for daily living, even though it was composed hundreds of years ago. Where did the Old Testament come from? What are some of the influences that shaped the Old Testament? What are the significant events of the Old Testament? In order to gain a better understanding of the Old Testament and its message to Christians, special consideration is given to its historical and cultural context, and to the major milestones in its development. Personal application of the teachings offered in this section of the Bible should be the aspiration of all Christians today.

Daniel Chui 1 The Biography of the Prophet Elijah and His Place in Israelite History” Introduction Elijah is one of the most important prophets of the Old Testament. He lived around the 9th B.C and it was 58 years since the death of Solomon, where the kingdom was divided. He appeared in the history of Israel when the people and kings all turned away from their God Jehovah. Elijah faithfully carried out God’s mission in the face of danger and hardship.

Habakkuk as he writes in these few books he teaches us that even prophets need to listen.The prophet was given a hard pill to swallow finding out what was to happen. As you are a This minor prophet Habakkuk was an important part of his time. Habakkuk was the last of the minor Prophets of Judah. His name means to embrace, and Habakkuk name was earned by wrestling with God about the writing in the beginning of the book but things change at the end. In other words he was in deep intimacy with the Father by then. He ministered from between 612 and 589 B.C. and during that time the spiritual condition was one of dark apostasy.

The Israelites have been granted permission by King Cyrus of Persia to return home to Judah for the restoration of their homeland. This was a devastating time for the people of Judah because of the destruction by invading armies. Several people and leaders died because of these invading armies and now it was time to rebuild Jerusalem. The Israelites were coming out of captivity and they were exposed to pagan gods and rituals. Many of them did not have a relationship with God and now the temple needed to be rebuilt. The general prophetic message was to encourage the Israelites and empowered them to take the limits off God because nothing is impossible for him. Zechariah noticed the natural things were being done concerning building the

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.

Political Situation – Micah prophesies during three kings of Judah; Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah., circa 740 BCE. Isaiah also prophesied in Judah during this period. Micah did not belong to the Jerusalem elite and as an oracle of YHWH he spoke of Israel’s religious sins. Micah viewed Jerusalem as morally corrupt where the rulers abused the downtrodden (not much has changed). He proclaims the end of Jerusalem because of the open market, (socialism was a nightmare in the future) from which Micah claimed all successful people (princes, judges, priests, and other prophets) were corrupt. This county boy prophesied to the poor that it was the fault of the corrupt that YHWH would destroy Jerusalem. There appears to be enough evidence that the Book contains oracles after his death, he remains another prophet proclaiming doom only to end with the redeeming salvation of the people.

The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics,

Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi were the three prophets from the period following the Babylonian captivity. It was in 538 B. C. when Cyrus king of Persia issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (NIV Study Bible, 2008: 1418). That period was called “Restoration Period” or post-exilic period. Haggai was a post-captivity prophet when Zerubbabel led the first group back from Babylon. Together with Zechariah, they were concerned with the rebuilding of the temple which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians (Hag. 1-2; Zech. 4:8 NKJV). By that time people were living comfortably in their paneled houses, his first message was to warn the people that if they continued to neglect the Lord’s house, they could expect nothing but drought. They obeyed the word of the Lord and began rebuilding the temple (Haggai 1:12-15 NKJV) (http://home.hiwaay.net/~wgann/walk/malachi.htm).