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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 Amos

Amos (780-740 B.C.) "amos" (burden). Amos was born in Judah but prophesied in Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II. He condemned Israel`s neighboring countries for their cruelty, but mostly Israel for breaking God`s laws. He prophesied at Bethel which became the center of idol worship and the residence of king Jeroboam II. He warned that t...

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The Prophet Joel

Joel (790-770 B.C.) "yo el" (Yaweh is God). Joel prophesied during a devastating plague of locusts that was unparalleled in history. He warned all of the inhabitants of the land of Israel of devastation which would sweep across the land in the days soon to come. He called for a season of fasting, mourning, and repentance. Joel seized upon th...

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The Prophet Habbakkuk

Habakkuk (606-586 B.C.) "haba kuk" (embrace). Habakkuk asked two questions to God, first: Why He allowed such evil to continue in Judah for so long and go unpunished? And second: How could a holy God allow the cruel Babylonians to defeat His own people. In response to the first question God revealed to Habakkuk: "Look among the nations and w...

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The Prophet Hosea

Hosea (760-720 B.C.) "hoshea" (deliverer) Israel`s continued unfaithfulness is dramatically illustrated in brokenhearted Hosea`s relationship with his unfaithful wife. God`s love is also illustrated in Hosea`s willingness to buy back his wife after her harlotry had led her to be sold at the slave block. In the years leading up to the fall of ...

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The Prophet Ezekiel

Ezekiel (592-570 B.C.) "yehetzk`el" (God will strengthen). Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judah 3 times and took captives each time. In 607 one of the captives was Daniel, in 597 Ezekiel was taken, and in 586 Jerusalem was destroyed and all the people taken. Ezekiel prophesied to the captives in Babylon. The captives thought Jerusalem would be delive...

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The Prophet Obadiah

Obadiah (586-583 B.C.) "obadi yah" (servant of Yaweh). Obadiah prophesied judgement against Edom for attacking Judah at the time of the Babylonian invasion and for rejoicing over the misfortunes that befell Jerusalem. Obad 1:13-15 You should not have entered the gate of My people in the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gaze...

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The Prophet Isaiah

Isaiah (745-695 B.C.) "yesha yahu" (Yaweh is salvation). Isaiah lived in Jerusalem at the time Judah was threatened by the Assyrians. He warned Jerusalem about idolatry and foreign alliances, although he was usually scoffed at. He spoke about the miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem from the Assyrians. He also spoke of the destruction and cap...

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