1. GOD’S PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES

2. IMPORTANCE OF STUDY
Prophet, Prophets and Prophetess – 455
The need to understand why God used prophets in his scheme of redemption
To understand the men and women that God chose to proclaim His message

3. ORIGIN OF WORDS
Prophet
Hebrew – navi’ or naba
Greek – prophetes
Seer
Hebrew – ro’eh and hozeh
Best definition – Ex 7:1,2; 4:15,16

4. GREATER KNOWN PROPHETS BY NAME
Moses
Elijah
Elisha
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
John

5. LESSER KNOWN PROPHETS BY NAME
Zadok
Nathan
Gad
Ahijah
Iddo
Shemaiah
Azariah
Hanani
Jehu
Micaiah
Oded
Jeduthon
Agabus
Silas
Judas
One sent to Israel
One sent to Eli
One from Judah

6. NOT COMMONLY THOUGHT OF AS PROPHETS
Abraham-Gen 20:7
Jacob-Gen 49:1
Joshua-Josh 6:26 and 1 Ki 16:34
Samuel-1 Sam 3:20
King Saul-1 Sam 19:20-24
David-Acts 2:25, 30

7. PROPHETESSES
Miriam
Deborah
Huldah
Elizabeth
Anna
Daughters of Philip

8. LAW OF ADMINISTRATION OF PROPHETS
Deut 18:15-22

9. PROPHECY AND PROPHESY
Not all prophets spoke prophecies
Many prophets spoke current events as they prophesied
Gift of prophecy in the NT church was a temporary gift that disappeared with the complete revelation of God’s word (1 Cor 13:8)

10. PROPHETS TODAY
Have we been entrusted with a message from God that he desires us to deliver?
Let us learn from these men and women in the Bible so that we may better learn how speak that which God has spoken