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God-Ordained Leaders the Powers Ordained of God Liberty University Scholars Crossing God-Ordained Leaders The Powers Ordained of God 1-2019 God-Ordained Leaders - Prophets Harold Willmington Liberty University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/ordained_leaders Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Willmington, Harold, "God-Ordained Leaders - Prophets" (2019). God-Ordained Leaders . 7. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/ordained_leaders/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Powers Ordained of God at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in God-Ordained Leaders by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. God-Ordained Leaders—Prophets OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS Enoch Prophesied before the Flood on the theme of judgment (Jude 14-15) Noah Predicted the destiny of his three sons’ descendants (Gen. 9:24-27) Jacob Predicted the future of his twelve sons’ descendants (Gen. 48-49) An unnamed Explained to Israel the reason for their sufferings (Judges 6:7-10) prophet An unnamed Predicted the death of Hophni and Phinehas, Eli’s two wicked sons (1 prophet Sam. 2:27-36) Predicted the nature of judgment that would fall upon David for the Gad king’s sin in numbering the people (1 Sam. 22:5; 2 Sam. 24:11-19) Court prophet who took David to task for his sin of adultery and Nathan murder (2 Sam. 7, 12; 1 Kings 1) Predicted that Jeroboam would rule over ten of the tribes after Israel’s Ahijah civil war (1 Kings 11:29) An unnamed Predicted the name and reforms of King Josiah 315 years before he was prophet even born (1 Kings 13:1-24) Iddo Prophesied against King Jeroboam (2 Chron. 9:29) Shemiah Warned King Rehoboam against a war with Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:22) Prophesied God’s favor upon King Asa if he would honor and obey Oded I the word of the Lord (2 Chron. 15:8) Azariah Prophesied to King Asa as did his father Oded (2 Chron. 15:1-2) Was thrown into prison by Asa for rebuking the king’s sin (2 Chron. Hanani 16:7-10) Rebuked King Baasha and King Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 16:1-12; 2 Chron. Jehu 19:1-3) An unnamed Predicted God would deliver the Syrians into the hands of Ahab (1 prophet Kings 20:13-42) Predicted wicked King Ahab would not return alive from a battle (1 Micaiah Kings 22:8-28) The great prophet who opposed Baal worship in the time of Ahab and Elijah Jezebel (1 Kings 17; 2 Kings 2) The successor to Elijah who performed many miracles and who Elisha predicted the healing of Naaman and the salvation of Samaria (2 Kings 2-13) 1 An unnamed Told King Amaziah he need not depend upon some northern hired prophet troops to help him deport the Edomites (2 Chron. 25:7-16) Zechariah Ministered to King Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:5) Prophesied against the sins of Judah and was martyred by wicked Urijah King Jehoiakim (Jer. 26:20) Oded II Prophesied in the days of King Ahaz (2 Chron. 28:9-11) NEW TESTAMENT PROPHETS Zacharias Predicted the ministry of his son, John the Baptist (Luke 1:67-69) Simeon Predicted the future ministry of Christ (Luke 2:25-35) Predicted the ministry of Christ and final judgment (Matt. 11:9; Luke John the Baptist 1:57-80) Agabus Predicted a famine and the imprisonment of Paul (Acts 11:28; 21:10) Judas and Silas Exhorted believers in the days of the Jerusalem council (Acts 15:22) Two tribulational They will prophesy against the coming Antichrist (Rev. 11:3-12) prophets 2 .
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