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74 Cards in this Set
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-hebrew name of the prophetic section of the canon
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-nebi'im
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-former prophets (listing)
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-joshua
-judges -samuel -kings |
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-latter prophets (listing)
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-isaiah
-jeremiah -ezekiel -the 12 |
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-what distinguishes major prophets from minor prophets
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-length, major books are longer
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-messenger formula
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-"thus says the Lord"
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-origin of the messenger formula
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-taken from the established protocol of official messages and letters in the ancient near east
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-definition of seer
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-someone with the gift of clairvoyance who is able to see what others cannot see and thus inform them of truths they cannot know
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definition of diviner
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-someone who reads the signs of nature in an effort to determine the will of the deity or deities
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-definition of ecstatic
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-someone who prophesies from within a trance like state
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-cult prophets
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-prophets who were attached to shrines or the temple
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-court prophets
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-employed by the king and summoned when the king needed special direction during a crisis time
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-judgment of a nation elements
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-reason
-messenger formula -announcement of judgment |
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-why the word had power
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-prophet's word was in reality the word of God and carried His authority and power
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-symbolic action of the word
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-an enacted word
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-minor prophets known collectively as
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-the twelve
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-what minor book is unique
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-jonah
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-why jonah is unique
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-biographical rather than hortatory
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-amos's two jobs
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-herdsman
-vinedresser |
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-where amos had to travel and prophesy
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-northern kingdom of israel
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-what "sins" refer to
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-acts of rebellion against one in authority
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-the more likely explanation of what covenant the nations had broken
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-the Noahic mandate that prohibited murder
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-what ruled israel at the time of the oracle against israel
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-royal military bureaucracy
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-what happened as the bureaucracy expanded
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-it acquire more and more land and gradually commandeered the economy and legal system
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-what happened to the common people at the time of the oracle against israel
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-gradually disenfranchised and lost their landed property, and with it, their means of survival and their rights as citizens
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-what the "horns" of an altar were
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-the projections on an altar's four corners
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-what fugitives could find by holding on the the "horns" of an altar
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-asylum
-justice -safety |
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-what the "horns" being cut off symbolized
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-Israel would find no place of asylum from the coming judgment
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-how amos referred to the wives of the wealthy in samaria
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-cows of bashan
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-name of hosea's wife
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-gomer
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-what name jezreel was an omen for
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-the demise of the israelite royal dynasty
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-who wiped out ahab's descendents
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-jehu
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-what the name lo-ruhamah means
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-unloved
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-what the name lo-ruhamah foreshadowed
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-the lord's rejection of israel
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-what the name lo-ammi means
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-not my people
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-what the name lo-ammi foreshadowed
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-lord's rejection of israel
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-what "cursing" refers to
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-the misuse of oaths and imprecations
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-what an imprecation was
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-a formal curse, made in the name of a deity, in which one person would call calamity down upon another
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-when worshipers of baal practiced self mutilation
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-during times of drought
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-what caused drought according to canaanite belief
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-baal was temporarily subdued and imprisoned by his archenemy mot, the god of death
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-how baal worshipers facilitated baal's return
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-mourned his death and cut themselves
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-the lord's supreme act of love
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-the exodus
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-who/what serve as witnesses in isaiah
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-personified heavens and earth
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-how the phrase "holy one of israel" pictures God
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-sovereign king whole rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them
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-basic sense of the word "holy"
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-special, unique, set apart from that which is commonplace
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-how the phrase "lord almighty" often describes God
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-as a mighty warrior-king who leads his armies into battle
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-what the woe oracles condemn
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-rich royal bureaucrats for building large houses and accumulating fields at the expense of the common people
-bureaucrats' excessive lifestyle -spiritual insensitivity of the people -poeple's social injustice and the excessive lifestyle to which injustice gives rise |
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-meaning of immanuel
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-God is with us
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-why the egyptians wanted judah
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-as a buffer state against assyrian aggression
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-why the assyrians wanted judah
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-as a base for operations against egypt
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-what curds and honey would be a sign of
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-deprivation
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-how wonderful counselor portrays the king
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-warrior-king
-extraordinary military strategist |
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-how mighty God portrays the king
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-God's representative on the battlefield
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-how everlasting father portrays the king
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-protector of his people
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-how prince of peace portrays the king
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-one who establishes a safe socipolitical environment for his people
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-what is meant by associating the new king with jesse
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-prophet pictures this ruler as a new david, not just another disappointing davidic descendent
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-what energizes the king
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-God's spirit
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-how "knowledge" is used
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-in covenantal sense
-refers to recognition of God's authority and a willingness to submit to it |
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-meaning of "fear of the lord"
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-refers to a healthy respect for God's authority that produces obedience
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-purpose of the prophecies for leaders who insisted on getting involved in international politics
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-a reminder that judah need not fear foreign nations or seek international alliances for security reasons
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-purpose of the prophecies for the loyal remnant
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-a reminder that their God was indeed the sovereign ruler of the earth, worthy of his people's trust
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-what the word "friend" probably reflects
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-Abraham's covenantal relationship with God whereby the patriarch became God's partner in a special arrangement
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-meaning of "redeemer"
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-one who protected the interests of his extended family in a variety of ways
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-who God used to accomplish his will
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-cyrus
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-term used to describe cyrus
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-shepherd
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-meaning of name amos
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-burdened
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-meaning of name hosea
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-save!
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-meaning of name isaiah
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-the lord saves
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-"but let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never failing stream"
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-amos 5:24
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-"i will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will i turn and devastate ephraim. for i am God, and not man-the holy one among you. I will not come in wrath"
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-hosea 11:9
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-"come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool"
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-isaiah 1:18
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-"therfore the lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him immanuel"
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-isaiah 7:14
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-"but those who hope in the lord will renew their strength. they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint:
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-isaiah 40:31
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"but he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed"
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-isaiah 53:5
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-isaiah's career spanned
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-at least four decades
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