theme of this publication - the great prophets of the Bible.To tell all the people who carried and carry such service, you will need to write a book, and maybe not one.Also at this time we are only interested in the Bible, the interpretation of which is becoming more available to people who have an idea of its purpose, meaning and content.
To begin with, if not the first, one of the first monotheistic religions today is considered to be Judaism.Monotheistic - which means that its religious doctrine presupposes the existence of only one God categorically denying the existence of other deities in the universe.In this case, such a God is recognized as Yahweh is the Creator of all things, and reigning in the visible and invisible worlds.Accordingly, the Jews began to believe in the prophets, is the mediator between God and men.In the second book of Chronicles 20:20 King calls the people to believe in God and His prophets to succeed in life.
In a way, the role of prophets in Judaism similar to the activities of the pagan priests.Both are brought to God (gods) of the victim to give testimony, information which ought to convey to the people, the king, or a specific person.For example, once the biblical prophet Samuel came to the house of Jesse to report that his son, God chose David, his anointed - King.Samuel anointed David, and committed to the kingdom by the holy oil from the horn.
Biblical prophet of the Old and New Testaments are radical differences.The New Testament ministers have not sacrificed animals to God.In ancient times symbolized the sacrifice of Christ the Saviour of the World, which will be crucified on the Cross.The prophets of the Old Testament in the ground and predicted the coming of the Messiah, born of the Virgin.The aforementioned King David - it is also a Biblical prophet, as his son Solomon.They knew that Christ - the Messiah will come from the world of King David.
there are very few people who are unknown to the Biblical prophet Moses.He was born in Egypt, when his people were in bondage to the rulers of this country - the pharaohs.The Bible tells the story of how Moses was hidden in a small basket in the middle of the River Nile thickets.There he successfully found by Pharaoh's daughter and took the palace for education.In fact, so his life was saved because of Jewish babies while deprived of life immediately after their birth.
When Moses grew up, he learned about his background and could not look calmly at how his people are suffering in the grave, "the Egyptian yoke."He saw the overseer beats a Jew and could not help, killed the Egyptian.As a result, Moses had to flee and live some time in the desert.There he met with the God who spoke from the burning bush.So Moses became God's servant and prophet.He returned to Egypt and demanded that Pharaoh release his people.This story is described in the book of Exodus.Later, the Biblical prophet Moses received the 10 Commandments from God of the Old Testament.
Bible tells us about other people, the prophecies which it recorded and collected in a separate book, and called "the Prophets."They are divided into small and large.The point is not that some are more important, and the text size.More than a prophet considered the book of the prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel.The rest - is small: Joel, Obadiah, Nahum, Micah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Hosea, Zechariah, Malachi and others.If you take a selective, for example, Zephaniah, one can find the following ideas:
- Any events occurring in the world, are the result of God's Will.
- One day of the Lord come, who will bring disasters on a scale comparable to the Flood.Escape will be possible only true believers God-fearing people.
- His chosen children of God will reveal salvation and grant them the kingdom of eternal peace and happiness and joy.
prophets of the New Testament generally carry messages of the Church of Jesus Christ, building up and affirming Christian faith.
