It was in the scroll of Malachi, and then he was quiet for 400 years. If you look at the last words of Malachi and the Old Testament, it reads, “ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
Moses (/ˈmoʊzɪz, -zɪs/) is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Jeremiah was faithful when God gave him a strong word and challenged him to execute that word. They called him the Weeping Prophet because his heart was so tender.”
As a prophet, Jeremiah pronounced God's judgment upon the people of his time for their wickedness. He was concerned especially with false and insincere worship and failure to trust Yahweh in national affairs. He denounced social injustices but not so much as some previous prophets, such as Amos and Micah.
Isaiah is one of the most well-known prophets in the Bible for his prediction of the coming of the Messiah, who would redeem His people from their sins. A book of stark contrasts, Isaiah juxtaposes terrifying warnings of judgement and destruction with uplifting promises of hope and prosperity.
Jeremiah was called to prophecy c. 626 BC by God to proclaim Jerusalem's coming destruction by invaders from the north. This was because Israel had forsaken God by worshiping the idols of Baal and burning their children as offerings to Baal.
Ezekiel prophesied that the exiles from both Judah and Israel would return to Palestine, leaving none in the Diaspora. In the imminent new age a new covenant would be made with the restored house of Israel, to whom God would give a new spirit and a new heart.
God commanded Jeremiah to warn the people of Jerusalem that if they did not repent, the city would be destroyed and they would be carried away captive. Jeremiah also prophesied that the day would come that all of the children of Israel would be gathered and again become God's people.
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them." while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die.
Muhammad is highly venerated by the Muslims, and is sometimes considered by them to be the greatest of all the prophets.
President Harold B. Lee explained that anyone who enjoys the gift by which he may have God revealed has the spirit of prophecy, the power of revelation, and is, in a sense, a prophet within the sphere of responsibility and authority given to him.
Religious significance. David is one of the few Islamic Prophets who received Kingship as well. While other prophets preached during the reign of kings, David, in his time, was the king.
Unwilling to warn Israel's deadly enemies, Jonah decides to run away instead of obeying God.
ʿAmr ibn Hishām al-Makhzūmī (Arabic: عمرو بن هشام المخزومي), (570 – 13 March 624), also called Abu Jahl (lit. 'Father of Ignorance') by Muslims, was one of the Meccan polytheist pagan leaders from the Quraysh known for his opposition towards the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early Muslims in Mecca.
The story of Jonah is one of the most familiar in the Bible. Every child will eventually meet this stubborn prophet who got swallowed by a great fish.
Certain princes, therefore, went to the king and said that Jeremiah was weakening their soldiers' morale and should be put to death. The spineless Zedekiah relented to their wishes, and Jeremiah was lowered into a dungeon of mire, into which he sank.
Jeremiah is mocked for speaking God's word.
... "I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord's temple". Theologian Albert Barnes states that Jeremiah may have been "hindered, perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim"; A. W. Streane suggests Jeremiah "was hindered from addressing the people by ceremonial uncleanness".
Ezekiel had a remarkable vision; I read you part of it. And from the midst of the amazing thing he saw, he heard the voice of God. He fell on his face, and the voice of God said to him, “Mortal, stand up! I have something to say to you.” And that was the beginning of his troubles.
As almost all commentators observe, the introduction of the house of Judah in 4.6 is pivotal to the problem at hand. Up until this point, the instruction that Ezekiel is to lie on his (left) side, for 390 days, to symbolise the guilt of the house of Israel, is relatively straightforward.
He is to preach judgment against the Israelite exiles, predicting the fall of Jerusalem and their beloved temple.
In Jeremiah's story, the Lord reaches out and touches Jeremiah's lips, thus putting His words into the mouth of the prophet.
God Gave Jeremiah Authority
So, in Jeremiah 1:9-10 God makes a symbolic gesture and touches Jeremiah's mouth. By this, the Lord is signifying that he has put and will continue to put his words in Jeremiah's mouth.
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Swensson claims not only that Abraham is the first prophet to appear in the Hebrew Bible, but also that his intimate, friendly relationship with God is the perfect model for the relationship between humanity and divinity.