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    God lifted up to communicate His will to the people of Israel. The prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah often were used to call Israel out on their wickedness, and to warn then of God’s coming judgement that would teach them a lesson. It is clear from what the prophets wrote, that God very much intended to wipe the sins of the nation’s away, one way or another. This is a message that still very much applies today, Isaiah and Jeremiah were meant to steer God’s people back to Him and their messages with Christians

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    Isaiah: The Prophet 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

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    What were the first words of Isaiah’s testament prophecy (Isaiah 1:1-5, 16-20-27-31)? Isaiah told the people of God about the warning from God because of their disobedience to him. 2. Was the prophecy of Isaiah to equally concern both Judah (Southern Kingdom) and Israel (Northern Kingdom)? Compare Isaiah 1:1-9 and 7:1-9? Yes, the Northern Kingdom had sinned greatly against God and the Southern Kingdom was headed in that direction. Isaiah came primarily as a prophet for Judah but his message was

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    someone who was a part of the early Christian church, Isaiah 5 was told by the prophet Isaiah. According to Elmer A. Leslie the “Vineyard Song,” as Isaiah 5:1-7 is most often called, was mostly given at the autumnal festival of Booths. Leslie refers to the song as a “prophetic appeal to the house of Israel, the Northern Kingdom, and to the house of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, for justice and righteousness of conduct in every human relationship.” Isaiah the son of Amoz prophesied from 742-701 BCE. During

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    Book Report Obst 661

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    LIBERTY UNIVERSITY ISAIAH 37:1-38 A BIBLE STUDY SUBMITTED TO DR. ROBERT DIXON IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE OBST 661 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY LYNDA L. DURRETT SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………..2 II. DAY OF TROUBLE………………………………………………….……………..2 A. PLEA FROM HEZEKIAH…………………………………….……………….3 B. SENNACHERIB WILL RETURN AND PERISH...............................

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    Many new prophets came about in books Isaiah through Malachi. The goal for the prophets was to have Christ-like characteristics and tell people the good news. God is the shepherd who chooses his prophets to change the future. This was a time where the nation of Israel, Judah, Jerusalem and Nineveh were not obeying God. However, God offered hope to the people by exiling the nation and offering the people a new opportunity for a personal relationship. The nations existed to be a disappointment to God

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    contrasting thematic pattern of the righteous and the wicked reappears in Isaiah 57 where the faithful who trust in the Lord will inherit the land but the idolatrous wicked will have no peace (57:19-21). Moreover, the thematic pattern of the faithful response (trust in the Lord) and the promise of the new era of salvation (righteousness like the dawn and justice like the noonday sun) in Ps 37:5, 6 reappears in Isa 58:6-10. The prophet Isaiah connects the responsibilities of the new community and the new age

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    main themes and theological message; and theological implications and appropriation. Micah 4:1-5 is paralleled with Isaiah 2:1-4 with some minor differences. Within the context of this paper, I am not going to elaborate their differences and about which one came first. Authorship, Date, Occasion and Purpose Micah lived in a similar period as the other prophets Hose, Amos and Isaiah. According to Micah 1:1, the prophet Micah prophesied during the reigns of three kings in the kingdom of Judah. In

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    ‘Christianity’ was not completely established, and it was entwined with cultural paganism, as seen woven throughout the text. The definition of a messianic narrative (containing the ultimate messianic figure) is found in Isaiah 53, a prophecy spoken by God through the Hebrew prophet Isaiah. This is the standard to which Beowulf must be compared to determination the nature of the poem. Many scholars such as Harold Bloom (quoting E. Talbot Donaldson), Roberta Frank, Rich Lawson, Seamus Heaney, and J. R.

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    Sennacherib vs. Hezekiah In both the Taylor Prism of Sennacherib and 2 Kings 18-19, the event of Judah attacked by Sennacherib is described. However, as both are compared Sennacherib’s story is more boastful and feels to be less truthful because of its boastful nature. They do share components and allow the study of the people, but both stories differ as well. The one thing that could help decide the truthfulness of each story is to know what really happened that night. Within the first paragraph

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