theology Ch7
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 non-writing | prophets that do not have books named after them |
| Elijah, Elisha, Nathan | non-writing prophets |
| writing prophets | have books named after them |
| Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel | major writing prophets |
| Zecheriah, Zephaniah, Hosea, Haggai, Habakuk, Micah, Maliki, Joel, Jonah, Obediah, Amos, Nahum | minor writing prophets |
| Rohoboam | Solomon's son. led Judah |
| Jeroboam | led the newly split northern kingdom Israel |
| Israel | northern kingdom |
| Judah | southern kingdom |
| prophets | became the conscience of Israel. called by God. told Israel and the kings to repent before disaster strikes |
| Omri | built Samaria |
| Samaria | capital of Israel |
| Dan and Bethel | religious sites of Israel |
| Jerusalem | religious site and capital of Judah |
| please the Canaanites (represented Baal) and act as a throne to the invisible God of Israel | dual purpose of Jeroboam's golden calves |
| Ahab and Jezebel | wicked rulers.Elijah had to face the one to warn him of a drought. the other ordered the prophets killed |
| Horeb | place where Elijah sees the presence of God |
| gentle breeze | represents the presence of God |
| Naboth | put to death by Jezebel because he will not give Ahab his vineyard |
| free will | the ability to choose right or wrong |
| Elijah | taken to heaven in a flaming chariot |
| Elisha | successor of Elijah. wants a double portion of his spirit |
| Elijah | would return to announce the Messiah |
| Elijah | appears at the Transfiguration of Jesus |
| splits the Jordan, purifies Jericho, helps a widow pay her debts, blesses a childless couple, raises the couple's son from the dead, cures Naaman's leprosy, multiplies loaves of bread, a corpse that touches his dead body is brought back to life | miracles of Elisha |
| Amos | shepherd from Judah. condemns exploitation of the poor and weak in Bethel, and the rich women in Samaria |
| Amos | has a vision of Israel's final fate |
| Hosea | his wife Gomer is unfaithful in the same way that Israel was unfaithful to God |
| Assyrians | defeat Israel in 721BC |
| Samaritans | descendants of the Israelites who remained in the north after Samaria's collapse.. not liked by the Jews |
| Isaiah | greatest of the writing prophets |
| First Isaiah (Isaiah of Jerusalem) | pleaded with Judah's kings and people before exile |
| Second Isaiah | spoke during and at the end of exile (ch.40-55) |
| Third Isaiah | was with the people when they returned to Judah from exile (ch.56-66) |
| a savage condemnation of Judah and Jerusalem for infidelity and corruption | hard message of Isaiah |
| Immanuel | God is with us |
| a virgin, or young women, will bear a son named Immanuel | sign given to Ahaz |
| from the stump of Jesse will come a child who will lead the people to a time of peace never before experienced | Jewish view of Isaiah's message to Ahaz |
| the birth of Jesus | Christian view of Isaiah's message to Ahaz |
| Messiah | name given to Jesus. |
| Hezekiah | the faithful son of Ahaz |
| Micah | grew up as a lowly man, so he shows sympathy to the poor |
| nations "shall beat swords into plowshares/ and their spears into pruning hooks" | Micah's vision of peace |
| sincerity of the human heart, shown in justice, kindness, and humility | what God requires, according to Micah |
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