Prophets Test Flashcards
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What is the relationship between a prophet and the king
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Prophets don’t like kings
-bc no social justice
-want money power riches and military
Prophets encourage them to focus on the covenant (1 God and love neighbors)
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What are qualities of a prophet?
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Called by God in first hand experience Check kings power Influence people by speaking Concerned with social justice Use "I" statements referring to God
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What is social justice
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Ensuring that a person has a fair say in social economic and political institutions
- The structure of society and its results
- conflict vs peace
- elites vs everyone else
- poverty vs equal resources
- unfairness vs equality
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What was Isaiah’s call narrative
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- God sent a vision of heaven
- Isaiah said he had unclean lips
- seraphim touched his mouth with an ember to purify him
- mission was to talk to the people even though they would not listen
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What was jeremiahs call narrative
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- word of the lord came to him
- Jeremiah is young and not a good speaker
- he was born to be a prophet, God would put words in his mouth
- mission to tell Judah to stop worshipping other gods
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What is a major prophet?
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Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
-because they have biggest books
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Who are former prophets?
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Prophets of earlier times
-Moses Aaron Samuel Deborah Elijah and Elisha
