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Prophets

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noun

, (used with a singular verb)

the canonical group of books that forms the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

Prophets

/ ˈprɒfɪts /

See Hagiographa, Law of Moses
the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, which in Jewish tradition is subdivided into the Former Prophets, Joshua, Judges, I-II Samuel, and I-II Kings, and the Latter Prophets, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets Compare Law of Moses Hagiographa

And like all prophets, he was under-appreciated by his country, his community, and his party for far too long.

Mohammed, for example, in the Quran, made it clear that God “made no distinction between the revelations of any of the prophets.”

Then, with a hearty laugh: “No one wanted to listen to the prophets.”

What do you think about that assessment, about “self-proclaimed prophets.”

For these early prophets the Kingdom of God was not to be a church, but a military and political kingdom on earth.

The prophets had long been painting the visionary dawn with pigments of that glorious sunset.

And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, from day to day, rising up early and sending.

The prophets have spoken in the wind, and there was no word of God in them: these things therefore shall befall them.

He inveighs against false prophets preaching without being sent.

And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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