A DIVIDED KINGDOM KING SOLOMON DIES

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A DIVIDED KINGDOMKING SOLOMON DIES

• NORTHISRAEL
• SOUTH---JUDAH

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SUPERPOWERS OF THE TIMEEGYPT,ASSYRIA,
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THE PROPHETS

• WHAT IS PROPHECY?The Words of GOD Delivered
  Through a Spokesperson.

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3 PROPHETS TO ISRAEL3 PROPHETS TO JUDAH

• NORTH(ISRAEL)--- AMOS, HOSEA, ELIJAH
• SOUTH(JUDAH)----ISAIAH,EZEKIEL,
• JEREMIAH

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THE PROPHET AMOS

• A SHEPHERD FROM THE SOUTH
• SPOKE OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE IN THE NORTHERN
  KINGDOM.
• TOLD THE NORTH --THEY WOULD GO INTO EXILE FIRST.
• SPOKE ABOUT DIVINE JUSTICE

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THE PROPHET HOSEA

• HIS PROPHECIES TO THE NORTHERN KINGDOM.
• HIS PROPHECY COMES TRUE WHEN ASSYRIA SENDS 27,000
  ISRAELITES INTO EXILE.
• USED HIS WIFE GOMER AS COMPARISON TO ISRAELS
  RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

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THE PROPHET ELIJAH

• ONE OF HIS MIRACLES---HE RAISED A YOUNG CHILD
  FROM THE DEAD.
• ISRAEL TORN BETWEEN 2 GODS---BAAL and GOD OF
  ISRAEL
• ELIJAH CALLS FOR A SHOWDOWN---ELIJAH WINS!
• JEZEBEL TRIES TO KILL ELIJAH and HE RUNS AWAY.

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THE PROPHET ISAIAH

• CONSIDERED THE GREATEST OF ALL PROPHETS
• PROPHESIED IN SOUTHERN KINGDOM
• SPOKE OF A SAVIOR WHO WOULD BE A SUFFERING
  SERVANT.

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THE PROPHET EZEKIEL

• PROPHECIES DURING BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OUTSIDE OF
  PALESTINE.
• TELLS PEOPLE THEY ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR THEIR
  IDOLATRY.
• HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF JUDAISM BECAUSE
  OF HIS FOCUS ON THE TEMPLE AND THE LITURGY.

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THE PROPHET JEREMIAH

• A PROPHET AND A PRIEST IN JUDAH.
• USES ANALOGY OF POTTER AND CLAY.
• WROTE THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS
• COMPLAINED TO GOD ABOUT BEING TOO YOUNG TO BE A
  PROPHET.