But a priest’s tasks went beyond the heavy physical work of dealing with thousands of animal sacrifices. The day-to-day job description of priests lay in slaughtering, butchering, and roasting the sacrificial animals brought by worshipers. Israel’s religious worship was organized around the labor of priests, first in the tabernacle and later in the temple. In the Old Testament history books (Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah), prophets such as Deborah, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, Huldah, and others came forward to speak God’s word to a rebellious people. Moses was God’s first mouthpiece to bring them back into a relationship with God. Again and again, these people turned away from God. Moses was God’s prophet, used to rescue the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt and then to lead them to the land God had promised them. The prophets peopled the pages of Israel’s history. But in marketplace terms, a prophet is often a whistle-blower, particularly when an entire tribe or nation has turned away from God. Who Were the Prophets? Back to Table of Contents Back to Table of ContentsĬalled by God and filled with God’s Spirit, a prophet spoke God’s word to people who had in one way or another distanced themselves from God.
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