Crying Out the Word of God 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”

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