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The Prophets

The Rest House of the Judge and the Prophet

In the chronicles of ancient Israel, amidst the shifting sands of leadership and the unwavering voice of divine revelation, there stand out figures called by God to guide His people. Among them were the Judges, raised up to deliver, and the Prophets, appointed to speak His word. And for these consecrated servants, burdened with the weight of divine...

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The Lodging of the Prophet’s Widow

And there dwelt a certain widow in the land of Israel, in the days when the sons of the prophets walked humbly before the Lord. Her husband, a servant of Elisha the prophet, had died, and left behind neither gold nor silver, but a heritage of faith and debt. And the creditor came nigh, to take her two sons to be bondmen, that her house might be emp...

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The Fire That Burneth and Purifieth: A Testimony of Flame from the Beginning

In the beginning, when the Lord made the heavens and the earth, He set the stars in the firmament to give light, and the sun to give warmth. And from His hand came also fire, which bringeth heat, light, and power. Fire was a gift and a sign, both to bless and to judge. For it is written: “Our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:29). Fire as a Bles...

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The Prophet Zephaniah

Zephaniah (639-608 B.C.) "tzephani yah" (Yaweh is my treasure). Watched Judah revert back to their evil ways under Manasseh and Amon. He prophesied during the revival under good king Josiah`s reign. Condemned the worship of Canaanite and Assyrian gods and predicted disaster for the pagan nations around such as Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Ethiopi...

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The Prophet Micah

Micah (740-700 B.C.) "mika yahu" (who is like Yaweh). Warned of the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions and predicted the fall of both Samaria and Jerusalem, the capital cities of both the northern and southern kingdoms. It is set forth in the form of a lawsuit by God with Micah as the prosecuting attorney and the mountains and hills (places o...

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The Prophet Haggai

Haggai (520-516 B.C.) "haggay" (festal). In 520 B.C. eighteen years after the Jews had returned from exile in Babylon, Haggai urged them to forget their own interests and finish rebuilding the temple. The Jews, under the leadership of Zerubbabel, started to rebuild the Temple but somehow they became discouraged and quit. They were more conce...

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Persian Period Prophets

Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi were the prophets of the Persian Period....

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The Prophet Nahum

Nahum (630-610 B.C.) "nahum" (compassionate). Nahum`s main message was the destruction of Nineveh as a judgement on the Assyrians for their cruel treatment of other nations. He revealed much about the majesty and goodness of God as well as God`s anger and wrath. Nah 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those ...

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The Prophet Zechariah

Zechariah (520-516 B.C.) "zekari yah" (Yahweh is my remembrance). Zechariah, along with Haggai prophesied to the returned Jewish exiles between 520 and 518 B.C. The message begins with a reminder that the captivity had been a result of disobedience. He then has a series of visions revealing that God is in control of history and will bring a ...

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The Prophet Malachi

Malachi (450-400 B.C.) "malachi" (My messenger). A prophet who lived in the fifth century B.C. By this time the Jews had become disillusioned and apathetic. Things were not as good as they had hoped. Drought and crop failures along with opposition from various enemies had made life difficult. They were neglecting the things of God and offeri...

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