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Although several scholars have written about how Luke portrays Jesus and the apostles as prophets, no one has yet provided a comprehensive theory as to why Luke's protagonists resemble the prophets. McWhirter shows that Luke uses these biblical prophets as precedents, seeking to legitimate the apostles teachings in the face of events, such as the destruction of Jerusalem and the deaths of Peter and Paul, which seem to contradict those teachings. In order to show that all this was part of God's plan, Luke compares Jesus and his witnesses to Israel's prophets who were rejected by their own people.
GOD ENCOUNTERS ARE FOR EVERYONE! Every sincere seeker of the Lord can have God encounters! Journey with James and Michal Ann Goll as they share how they discovered a lifestyle of God encounters. You will enjoy a new depth of fellowship with God as you find yourself enjoying a new and refreshing intimacy with your Lord; an intimacy that brings the most powerful deliverance and healing in your life. You will see how God's tangible presence will: Free you from guilt Free you from bitterness and fear Heal you from pain of the past Open your heart to hear and respond to God like never before. Jim and Michal Ann Goll are seasoned prophets, recognized internationally for their work. Their exhaustive research on this topic, endlessly backed up by Scripture, is evident throughout this book. God Encounters is an excellent primer on how to move into deeper realms of the prophetic and supernatural as well how to reap the benefits of God encounters.
Shalom! I know you may have read many prophetic books before, but the difference with this book is that it's more than a book that can be read. It's a manual that can be lived. This manual holds all the wisdom and years of my experience in the prophetic office. I freely share all the wisdom, instruction, trials and errors that have groomed me to where I presently am in power, anointing and ministry. I have had the prophet's school in session for the last nine years, releasing 200 prophets and prophetess in the kingdom that operate in protocol, order, and accuracy. Well all that I have been through is the result of the birthing of this manual. This manual is used in our P.I.T. School of training as the text book to enhance the teaching. Read, study and bind this wisdom and teaching to the spirit of your mind so you can freely apply the instruction. Also look for volume 2 the advanced training prophetic manual, entitled "Going to the Higher Place".
Combining a remarkable degree of scholarship, theological depth, and readability, these essays from the journal Interpretation will be an up-to-date and valuable resource for teaching and preaching the prophets. Contributors include: Walter Brueggemann; Brevard S. Childs; R.E. Clements; John J. Collins; James L. Crenshaw; Michael Fishbane; John G. Gammie; Moshe Greenberg; William L. Holladay; Klaus Koch; Werner E. Lemke; James Limberg; Carol A. Newsom; Thomas M. Raitt; J. J. M. Roberts; James A. Sanders; David C. Steinmetz; W. Sibley Towner; Gene M. Tucker; Robert R. Wilson; Hans Walter Wolff.
Paul Hedley Jones presents a coherent reading of 1 Kings 13 that is attentive to literary, historical and theological concerns. Beginning with a summary and evaluation of Karl Barth's overtly theological exposition of the chapter – as set out in his Church Dogmatics – Jones explores how this analysis was received and critiqued by Barth's academic peers, who focused on very different questions, priorities and methods. By highlighting substantive material in the text for further investigation, Jones sheds light on a range of hermeneutical issues that support exegetical work unseen, and additionally provides a wider scope of opinion into the conversation by reviewing the work of other scholars whose methods and priorities also diverge from those of Barth and his contemporaries. After evaluating four additional in-depth readings of 1 Kings 13, Jones presents a more theoretical discussion about perceived dichotomies in biblical studies that tend to surface regularly in methodological debates. This volume culminates with Jones' original exposition of the chapter, which offers an interpretation that reads 1 Kings 13 as a narrative analogy, where the figure of Josiah functions as a hermeneutical key to understanding the dynamics of the story.
The 18 essays by members of the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies published in this volume showcase the work of leading authorities on ancient Israelite and Jewish historiography as it intersects with the phenomenon of prophecy. A deep divide exists between the traditions of historiography and prophecy in the academic study of the Hebrew Bible, and the concern of the contributors is to close that gap, to expose the close relationship between these two traditions in the literature of the Hebrew Bible. The first section of the book explores prophecy and prophets in ancient Israelite and Jewish historiographic books (Torah, Deuteronomistic History, Chronicles, Ezra–Nehemiah, Second Temple Jewish historiography). The second section surveys historiography in Israelite and Jewish prophetic books (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Book of the Twelve, Daniel, 1 Enoch). The contributors engage diverse methodological perspectives in these studies, the goal first being to show the role that the prophets played within the great Hebrew historiographic works and, second, to demonstrate the role that historiography plays within the great Hebrew prophetic works; this makes it clear that the influence is bidirectional. Prophets, Prophecy, and Ancient Israelite Historiography will be of value for advanced students and scholars working on historiographic and prophetic materials in the ancient Israelite and Jewish traditions, featuring the best of research and analysis and interacting with many major ancient literary traditions of historiography and prophecy.
Prophets come in many varieties—ecstatic worshipers, inspired preachers, social justice advocates, and even political pundits. Their messages vary accordingly. The purpose of this book is to dig beneath the message to understand the how. How do modern-day prophets experience the prophetic impulse? The phenomenological study at the core of this book answers that question directly by examining the experience of Canadian Pentecostals. From there, the experience of modern-day prophets is compared with Old Testament prophets, with special attention given to Jeremiah. It turns out that prophets today share in the same experience as their Old Testament predecessors. This book can benefit three audiences. For the academy, this work provides the first phenomenological study of prophecy in Canada. For pastors, reading this book will be an exercise in empathy, placing you in the shoes of the prophets in your congregation, helping you to understand what goes on when someone prophesies. For everyday prophets, this book will affirm your connection, through Jesus, to the Old Testament prophetic tradition, enabling you to read those Old Testament books in a new experiential light.
The Prolonged Struggle of Supernatural Forces for Creation’s Loyalty as Revealed In— Vol. I.—Adam and Eve Through King David’s Reign — Patriarchs and Prophets Heritage Edition—Some 110 Century-Old Illustrations, 658 pages. This volume gives the account of the beginning of this world, of mankind, and of the evil so prevalent today. Starting with creation week with the founding of God’s holy day as a memorial of His creative power, this volume recounts the struggle of mankind as buffeted by the forces of evil through the awesome world-wide flood, the lives of the patriarchs, the slavery of Israel in Egypt, their miraculous deliverance and establishment as God’s chosen people entrusted with His eternal commandments in the Promised Land down through the reign of king David. CONTENTS SECTION I. — PARADISE & PARADISE LOST 1. Why was Sin Permitted? ............................ 19 2. The Creation ...................................... 28 3. The Temptation and Fall ...............................36 4. The Plan of Redemption .......................... 46 5. Cain and Abel Tested .............................. 54 6. Seth and Enoch .................................... 62 SECTION II. — THE CREATOR “REPENTS” 7. The Flood ........................................... 72 8. After the Flood ....................................... 84 9. The Literal Week ................................... 89 10. The Tower of Babel ................................. 94 SECTION III. — THE FRIEND OF GOD 11. The Call of Abraham............................... 102 12. Abraham in Canaan .............................. 109 13. The Test of Faith .................................... 120 14. Destruction of Sodom ............................... 131 15. The Marriage of Isaac .............................. 144 SECTION IV. — FROM SUPPLANTER TO ISRAEL 16. Jacob and Esau....................................... 151 17. Jacob’s Flight and Exile ........................... 157 18. The Night of Wrestling ............................ 167 19. The Return to Canaan .............................. 174 20. Joseph in Egypt.................................... 182 21. Joseph and His Brothers ........................... 191 SECTION V. — DELIVERANCE FROM SLAVERY 22. Moses ............................................. 207 23. The Plagues of Egypt ................................ 220 24. The Passover ........................................ 234 25. The Exodus .......................................... 240 26. From the Red Sea to Sinai ......................... 248 27. The Law Given to Israel .............................258 28. Idolatry at Sinai .................................... 269 29. Satan’s Enmity Against the Law ..................... 282 30. The Tabernacle and Its Services ..................... 292 31. The Sin of Nadab and Abihu ......................... 304 32. The Law and the Covenants ........................ 308 33. From Sinai to Kadesh ............................... 317 34. The Twelve Spies .................................... 327 35. The Rebellion of Korah ............................ 334 36. In the Wilderness ................................. 343 37. The Smitten Rock .................................. 347 38. The Journey Around Edom ........................... 356 39. The Conquest of Bashan ............................ 365 40. Balaam ............................................. 370 41. Apostasy at the Jordan ............................. 381 42. The Law Repeated ................................. 388 43. The Death of Moses ............................... 394 SECTION VI. — “THE PROMISED LAND” 44. Crossing the Jordan ................................405 45. The Fall of Jericho ...................................411 46. The Blessings and the Curses ....................... 420 47. League With the Gibeonites ......................... 425 48. The Division of Canaan ............................... 430 49. The Last Words of Joshua ............................ 439 50. Tithes and Offerings ................................ 443 51. God’s Care for the Poor ............................. 447 52. The Annual Feasts.................................. 453 SECTION VII. — THEOCRACY WITH JUDGES 53. The Earlier Judges .................................. 461 54. Samson............................................. 476 55. The Child Samuel .................................. 486 56. Eli and His Sons ................................. 492 57. The Ark Taken by the Philistines .................. 497 58. The Schools of the Prophets ........................ 507 SECTION VIII. — ISRAEL DEMANDS A KING 59. The First King of Israel.............................. 515 60. The Presumption of Saul ........................... 527 61. Saul Rejected ..........................................534 62. The Anointing of David ............................543 63. David and Goliath ................................... 547 64. David a Fugitive ..................................... 553 65. The Magnanimity of David .......................... 563 66. The Death of Saul .................................... 576 67. Ancient and Modern Sorcery ......................... 584 SECTION IX. — “AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART” 68. David at Ziklag .................................. 591 69. David Called to the Throne......................... 597 70. The Reign of David ................................. 602 71. David’s Sin and Repentance ......................... 613 72. The Rebellion of Absalom ............................ 622 73. The Last Years of David ............................. 639 Appendix .............................................. 648 The Companion Volumes are: Vol. II.—King Solomon Until the Promised Deliverer — Prophets and Kings Vol. III.—The Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ — The Desire of Ages Vol. IV.—The Times and Ministry of the Apostles — The Acts of the Apostles Vol. V.—The Christian Era Until Victory is Unanimously Achieved — The Great Controversy * Supernatural Revelations Explaining Past, Present, & Future * — TRANSFORMING TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION —
The writings of the prophets make up over a quarter of the Old Testament. But perhaps no other portion of the Old Testament is more misunderstood by readers today. For some, prophecy conjures up knotted enigmas, opaque oracles and terrifying visions of the future. For others it raises expectations of a plotted-out future to be reconstructed from disparate texts. And yet the prophets have imprinted the language of faith and imagination with some of its most sublime visions of the future - nations streaming to Zion, a lion lying with a lamb, and endlessly fruiting trees on the banks of a flowing river. We might view the prophets as stage directors for Israel's unfolding drama of redemption. Drawing inspiration from past acts in that drama and invoking fresh words from its divine author, these prophets speak a language of sinewed poetry, their words and images arresting the ear and detonating in the mind. For when Yahweh roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem, the pastures of the shepherds dry up, the crest of Carmel withers, and the prophetic word buffets those selling the needy for a pair of sandals. The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets is the only reference book of its kind. Not only does it focus exclusively on the prophetic books; it also plumbs their imagery of mountains and wilderness, flora and fauna, temple and Zion. It maps and guides us through topics such as covenant and law, exile and deliverance, forgiveness and repentance, and the Day of the Lord. Here the nature of prophecy is searched out in its social, historical, literary and psychological dimensions as well as its synchronic spread of textual links and associations. And the formation of the prophetic books into their canonical collection, including the Book of the Twelve, is explored and weighed for its significance. Then too, contemporary approaches such as canonical criticism, conversation analysis, editorial/redaction criticism, feminist interpretation, literary approaches and rhetorical criticism are summed up and assayed. Even the afterlife of these great texts is explored in articles on the history of interpretation as well as on their impact in the New Testament.