Biblical Prophets

SELF PUBLICATION, 2018

This research work aim at the problem that prophet Amos face in the sanctuary. Amos was not allowed to preach the gospel in the sanctuary because his message was against the priest, people at position of honor in the society (Israel) and against the king of Israel. The researcher got information from historical materials. PDF materials, information from the past events, information from internet, consultation of dictionaries, encyclopedia, journals and other books from library materials. It was found out that Today’s prophets have bastardised the prophetic work by not standing on their feet like Amos in his times, Some Prophet on the field instead of helping their targets to do away with customs and traditions and even cultural practices that are unbiblical, but for fear of being attacked both physically and spiritually, they tended to bow into some of the communities’ practices that promoted worldliness. Some communities fund it difficult to accept prophet today because of their encounter with earlier Missionaries who came into the community for evangelism but eventually lost the spiritual integrity on the altar of immoral acts such as lie, speak when God did not speak. For there to be more Hearing of God voice and true prophecy like that time of Amos, the holy living and courage could be of helpful to Prophets today. Holiness is one of the requisite for effective missionaries work and God will be pleased with a missionary who lives a holy life. Holiness ensures a long lasting relationship among co missionaries and the new converts on the mission fields.

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There is certainly no famine for words on the book of Amos. 1 In particular, the religious life of Israel presented in the book continues to be a fertile area of research. This is evident not only in the quantity of works devoted to this issue, but also by the diversity of methodological approaches employed by scholars. Some, for instance, seek to orient Amos visà-vis the development of Israelite religion, bringing diachronic tensions, as well as the material culture to bear on the question. 2 Sociological perspectives, though not necessarily antithetical to this approach, emphasize questions such as the relationship between religion and culture within 1 Certainly, one reason for the scholarly interest in Amos comes from his role as the first of the classical prophets. As Holladay provocatively states, "Like Melchizedek, Amos seems to have been born without benefit of ancestors" (John S. Holladay, "Assyrian Statecraft and the Prophets of Israel," Harvard Theological Review 63, no.

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2023

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