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The Prophets. Crying Out the Word of God. In-class review timeline on bottom of page 147 Examine oldest known portrait of an Israelite on page 148
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The Prophets Crying Out the Word of God
In-class review timeline on bottom of page 147 • Examine oldest known portrait of an Israelite on page 148 • As the kingdoms of Israel & Judah declined, prophets came forth to warn the people that they needed to follow God’s law: stop paying tribute to foreigners, stop fighting each other, worshiping foreign gods, etc. • “Non-writing prophets”: prophets whose messages were written down by others, not by themselves
The four “non-writing prophets” were: Samuel, Nathan both of whom we’ve met already; and Elijah and Elisha whom we’ll met shortly • The “writing prophets” are so-called because they have separate books of the Bible named for them: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Micah: • Amos was a herdsman • Hosea was a betrayed husband • Isaiah a counselor of kings • Micah was a devotee of the poor
Watch “Social Locations of Prophets” video • In-class read together the map of the prophets on page 150 • In-class read the list of the prophets on bottom of page 151 • Look at 3 videos in regard to the end of reign of King Solomon: Part 15, Part 16 & Part 17 • In-class read pages 153 to 155 together
Go to video “The Kingdom is Divided” • Read in class the section entitled “Two Kingdoms” on page 151 • Read in class the section entitled “The Wicked Kings of the North” • Go to video “Ahab and Jezebel” • Go to video “The Sins of Jezebel”
We now turn to the prophet Elijah and his victory over the prophets of Baal and how Jezebel reacted to these events (page 154-155 in text) • Watch video “Elijah and the Prophets of Baal” • Watch video “Elijah and Jezebel” • Watch only the start of the video “Elijah condemns Ahab’s Greed” • Read up to and including page 156 in text
In textbook, read together in class section entitled “Condemning Ahab’s Greed for a Vineyard” on page 156 • In textbook, read together in class section entitled “Free to Choose” on page 156 • In textbook, read together in class section entitled “Off in a Chariot of Fire on pages 156-157 • Read “Elisha’s Miracles” on pages 157-158 • Watch videos “Elisha 1 and 2
In textbook on page 158 read entire right column • In textbook on page 160 read entire left column • Watch video “Amos Hosea and Malachi” • Read about God’s disdain for empty worship in right column on page 160 • In class read together entire page 161 • Watch videos “Hosea 1-3”