While reading about prophets in Carvalho many questions came to mind. The first question that came to mind was how do prophets come to be? How does God choose who is a prophet, and how does God communicate with them? One aspect I did not know was that there are many different kinds of prophets. Growing up I assumed that the only prophets were the ones listed in the Bible, such as Moses, Elijah, and Joseph. However, this is not the case, according to Carvalho, there were hundreds of prophets just around Samaria alone but much more in the county of Israel. I thought it was interesting to read about the “frenzy”. A “frenzy” is when a prophet acted out the oracles. Why did Ezekiel lay on his side for 430 days to act out the siege of Jerusalem? This was interesting to me because it
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Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” (1 Kings 19:4) This verse was interesting to me because this is talking about when Elijah was praying for his death. At this point in Elijah’s journey, he felt as if he could not go on. However, the angel of the LORD came down and told him “Get up and eat or the journey will be too much for you” (1 Kings 19:5-8). Elijah listened to the messenger and the food and water were able to give him the strength to continue his journey and walked for forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. This was interesting to me because, in the beginning of this chapter in the Bible, Elijah wanted to give up but in the end, he was able to complete the goal. Through a messenger, God was able to help Elijah so that in the end he can stand in front of God to deliver a message. Reading about Elijah was a new learning for me. This is because his story shows how he wanted to give up but the LORD was there to help him complete his journey. I feel as if this story relates to today’s contemporary world because I, along with many others, have experienced the want to give up but through prayer and the help of God anything is
Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” (1 Kings 19:4) This verse was interesting to me because this is talking about when Elijah was praying for his death. At this point in Elijah’s journey, he felt as if he could not go on. However, the angel of the LORD came down and told him “Get up and eat or the journey will be too much for you” (1 Kings 19:5-8). Elijah listened to the messenger and the food and water were able to give him the strength to continue his journey and walked for forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. This was interesting to me because, in the beginning of this chapter in the Bible, Elijah wanted to give up but in the end, he was able to complete the goal. Through a messenger, God was able to help Elijah so that in the end he can stand in front of God to deliver a message. Reading about Elijah was a new learning for me. This is because his story shows how he wanted to give up but the LORD was there to help him complete his journey. I feel as if this story relates to today’s contemporary world because I, along with many others, have experienced the want to give up but through prayer and the help of God anything is