Scenes from the Lives of the Prophets Elijah

Scenes from the Lives of the Prophets Elijah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah & Ezekiel

“Who do you say that I am? ” l Some say, one of the prophets. " But who do you say that I am? Peter answered, "You are the Messiah. “ (Mk 8: 28 -29) l “Eli, lema sabachtani? ” (Mk 15: 34) “"Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down. " 15: 36

Elijah stories: 1 Kg 17 – 2 Kg 2 Eli-yahu = "My God is Yahu“ Elijah the Tishbite said to Ahab, "As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word. " Ahab king of Israel reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him.

Drought begins & ends (18: 41)

Fed by the Widow of Zarephath l "Go now to Zarephath, . . for I have directed a widow there to feed you. “ l 1 Kg 17: 18

Ba’al prophets destroyed 1 Kg 18: 20 ff

Naboth’s Vineyard (1 Kg 21)

Now let me die! "Get up and eat. " l He asked that he might l He looked, and there at die: "It is enough; now, O his head was a cake Lord, take away my life, baked on hot stones, and for I am no better than a jar of water. He ate and my ancestors. " 5 Then he drank, and lay down under the again. 7 The angel of the broom tree and fell asleep. Lord came a second time, (1 Kg 19: 4 -5) touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you. "

Meets God at Mt Horeb 19: 13

Taken to heaven (2 Kg 1)

Amos Shepherd and gardener Am 7: 14

Powerful voice for the poor l Hear this, you who trample on the needy l And bring ruin the poor of the land. . l Shall not the land tremble on this account l … I will turn your feasts into mourning… Am 8: 4 -10

Hosea l Learning l God’s from his own marriage mercy towards erring people

Your mother has played. . Shamefeully (2: 5)

I will allure her; bring her into the wilderness 2: 14 I will heal their disloyalty, I will love them freely 14: 4

Isaiah, priest-prophet (Is 6)

Jeremiah: memorable moments l In the potter’s shed (18: 1 ff)

Thrown into the cistern (Jr 37: 16)

Jeremiah & the loincloth (13)

Jeremiah & new beginning (31: 31 -34) The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt - a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the Lord, " for they shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.

Ezekiel’s vision (1)