Men moved by the Holy Spirit
The great men of the Old Testament. were not kings or priests, but the prophets, they always called people to repentance and the will of God that was revealed to man. "In all of ancient history there is nothing equal to the prophecies of the Israelites," wrote Anderson BW.
DEFINITION: A prophet is a man who talks to the people the messages he has received from God. A prophecy is a declaration and an illustration of the principles of divine government, whether in the past, present, or future. The Prophets are messengers specially called and inspired by God. "No prophet spoke on their own. On the contrary, they all spoke from God and were led by the Holy Spirit" (II Peter 1:21). Ro'eh
was called to a person who was possessed of a vision, both internally and externally, of a supernatural foresight. He was called "guess."
Chozeh was an authorized messenger of God, a viewer or prophet, who receives a supernatural vision.
Nabhi was one who spoke for God. He speaks of an inner compulsion of the Spirit of God the message he has received.
NAMES: Several names were the prophets as "men of God, "" Servant of Jehovah (Yahweh), "" messengers of the Lord, "" performers, "" Sentinel, "" men of the Spirit. "
INFLUENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE PROPHETS:" The Holy Spirit inspired the mind of the writers, illuminating the spirit and soaked in their thoughts, while he denied himself and not allowed to express anything if and only what God said. "(Elliott)." The inspiration of the sacred writers was in the fullness of the Holy Spirit influence special educators to enable them to do their job "(Alford). The control and direction by the Holy Spirit in message expression guarantees the expression of truth without any error.
TASK OF THE PROPHET: His job was to call people back to God and God's truth. He warned them of the consequences of their actions and a call to repentance. At times it was a message of God's plan for the future of his kingdom. They were men through whom God spoke his message of love to sinners, and warned them of the consequences of their sins. The heart of his message was God's promise of eternal redemption with the coming of Jesus the Messiah.
PREPARATION: God prepared for each of these men for a special task. There were also "schools" of the prophets in Ramah (1 Samuel 19:18), Bethel (II Kings 2:3), Jericho (II Kings 2:5), and Gilgal (II Kings 4:38).
FALSE PROPHETS: The proof of the prophet was practical and simple. "The prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of the prophet shall be known as the prophet that the Lord hath truly sent him." (Jer. 28:9). The term does not occur in the Old Testament. Available only on the lips of Jesus (Matthew 7:15-23; Mr.13 :21-23, Jer. 14:13-18, 28, 1 Kings 22:5-28). True prophecy does not take it any contradiction. Must always agree with what genuinely is already known about YHVH. . Satan is the counterfeiter.
FEATURES THE PROPHETS:
1. They were sent by God. These men claimed to speak for God and for God. "Reads the Lord" was a clear emphasis of his preaching. The content of his message is proof that they were inspired of the Lord.
2. Your message was related to history. Always left a certain historical situation in which they lived. The prophets were messengers of their times. The message can only be understood by considering it in its original content. You must be a student of history to understand the prophecies of the Old Testament.
3. The revelation of God is progressive. The structures of each message on another revealed truth of God.
4. Prophecy is not always prescient. It is a misconception that the prophecy of the Old Testament were always prophetic, or forecast the future. There were times when the prophet spoke only to his own generation without any special reference to the future. He called his generation to repentance, or social change within the nation, or political changes. Warned the nation and its leaders of the evils that needed to be corrected. Were mostly messengers of God, speaking of past, present, or future.
5. There was absolute predictions of the future. These predictions reveal God's purposes of grace to men. Are dependent on God's sovereign purpose, and are confident of their compliance. A good example is Genesis 3:15, which is not dependent upon man, but only on the proofs of God. Fulfilled in Galatians 4:4-5.
6. There conditional predictions, which are directly the responsibility of men in a proper human response to secure compliance. A good example is prediction of Jonah that Nineveh would be destroyed in forty days.
7. The correct interpretation of the prophecy includes the recognition of literal and figurative language freely mixed. Genesis 3:15 is a figurative way of representing the conflict between Christ and Satan.
8. All prophecy is centered in Christ. It is a testimony of Jesus Christ. He is at the heart of prophecy because he is the central theme of all scriptures. No person or thing can share the center of each prophecy Christ only be considered as the true light.
9. The prophecies of the Old Testament must be interpreted in light of the New Testament. We found the key to the interpretation of Old Testament prophecy by examining how the New Testament writers interpreted the prophets. Olhausen wrote: "The explanation of the Old Testament is in the New Testament and is the very point of which only the divine wisdom explanation should clarify.
10. "Interpretation of prophecy should generally be in the literal and natural meaning of words" (JB Tidwell). Look for plain teaching of the passage. "Compliance with the predictions made by the prophets must be thought of literally and not allegorically. Many predictions can be figurative language. We can or can not understand them. But when the day comes for compliance, should be thought of as literal ( Benjamin).
CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPHETS: The Old Testament prophets are generally known in writing and oral prophets. Within these groupings is another classification based on size, not in content, or quality of inspiration. Four of the prophetic books were longer than the rest in content and were considered most important so-called. "Major Prophets" Not that the "major prophets" are more important or significant issue that the "minor prophets significance. " The "minor prophets are equally important only that they simply wrote shorter books.
IMPORTANT WRITING PROPHETS: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel.
MINOR PROPHETS OF WRITING: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah , Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
ORAL
THE PROPHETS:
1. Enoch (Jude 14-15)
2. Noe (Pedro II. 2:5)
3. Abraham and the Patriarchs (Gen.20: 7; 27:27-29, 49
4. Moses (Deut. 18:18-22, 34:10-12.
5. Miriam and Aaron (Ex 15:20; Numbers .
12:1-8 6. The Septuagint (Numbers 11:24-29)
7. Balaam (22-24 numbers)
8. Joshua (Joshua 1, 23, 24)
9. Deborah (Jude 4 -5)
10. Prophet unknown in the days of Gideon (Jude 6:7-10)
11. Prophet unknown in the days of Eli (2:27-36 I. SAM)
12. Samuel (SAM I. 3:20)
13. Schools of prophets under Samuel (Saul) (SAM I. 10:10-12, 19:20-24)
14. Gad (SAM I. 22:5, II Sam. 24 :11-19, I Cron. 29:29, II Chron. 29:25)
15. Nathan (II Sam. 7, 12, II Chron. 9:29; 29:25)
16. David (Acts 2:30)
17. Ahias (I Kings 11:26-40, 14:1-18)
18. Man of God from Judah (I Kings 13)
19. Shemaiah (I Kings 12:21-24, II Chron. 12:1-8)
20. Iddo the seer (II Chron. 12:15, 13:22)
21. Azariah (II Chron. 15)
22. Hanani (II Chron.
16:7-10. 23 Jehu Son of Hanani (II Chron. 19:1-3)
24. Whichever (II Kings 17-I 2)
25. Micaiaa (I Kings 22)
26. The unknown prophet came to Ahab (I Kings 20:13-15)
27. The unknown prophet Ahab (I Kings 20:35-43).
28. Jahaziel (II Chron. 20:14-17)
29. Eliezer (II Chron. 20:37)
30. Elisa (II Kings 2-8)
31. Elisa prophetic School (II Kings 9:1-13)
32. Zechariah son of Jehoiada (II Chron. 24:20-22)
33. The man of God forbade Amasias league with Israel (II Chron. 25:7-10)
34. The claim unknown prophet Amaziah (II Chron. 25:15 f)
35. Zechariah (II Chron. 26:5)
36. Oded (II Chron. 28:8-15)
37. Hulda the prophetess (II Kings 22:12-20)
38. Uriah (Jer. 26:20-23)
