PROPHET
- A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.
- A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
- A predictor; a soothsayer.
- The chief spokesperson of a movement or cause.
- Prophets (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The second of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve. Used with the.
- Prophet One of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially one believed to be the author of one of these books.
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You will need bubble solution and blowers to use in along with this lesson.
Music was even important to the prophets in seeking the Word from God. The Children learn about the prophets of God and how even they used music and called upon musicicans to seek God's Wisdom.
Hebrew: nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", compare Ps. 45:1)
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N A B I 1 2 3 4 N A B I
Have the children raise there right hand and repeat after the teacher says out loud
as they move their fingers
1 2 3 4 N A B I means a prohpet from on high
1 2 3 4 C is Home as we go up the keyboard to 4
Home is 1 and 1 is C Jesus Christ He died for me (Have the children wiggle their thumb as they do this exercise)
The common word for prophet in Hebrew is nabi and the LXXi usually renders it by the Greek word prophetes which is also used for prophets in the NT. Both are commonly rendered "prophet" in English translations. Two other Hebrew words are associated with prophetic figures: çÉæÆä hozeh and øÉàÆä ro'eh both mean "someone who sees" and can be literally rendered "seer". However ro'eh was already an old fashioned word when 1 Sam 9:9 was written.
The words nabi' and hozeh are close synonyms, in Am 7:12 Amaziah calls Amos "hozeh", but suggests that he "prophesy" in Judah (verb naba' ðáà from same root as nabi' ðÈáÄéà), while in Ez 13:9 the noun verb hazah has "prophet" as its subject and in Is 29:10 nabi' & hozeh are in parallel
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Music used by the Prophets.....We find in Second Kings that Elisha Prophesies with the help of Musicians? 3:15 "But now bring me a minstrel," And it came about, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him! When Elisha needs wisdom from the Lord he requests a minstrel, he seeks the Lord's word as the music is played. The music was a catalyst that brought inspiration to Elisha.
( I Like to have the children poor water into a plastic container or give the children bubble blowing liquid that you purchase at a dollar store. The purpose is to First read Ps. 45 and talk about what a PROPHET is. TO bubble forth as from a fountain. Have the children repeat the word NABI NA BI. Then explain what a Prophet is to the children. We also do two exercises learning about the Prophets. The D exercise and the E exercise. The numbers are 2 and three. We use the Prophets that begin with D and E below.
Nabi is is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, ro'eh, "seer", began to be used (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, hozeh, "seer" (2 Sam. 24:1), was employed. In 1 Ch 29:29 all these three words are used: "Samuel the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer" (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Hebrew) a kosem "diviner," a word used only of a false prophet.
The "prophet" proclaimed the message given to him, as the "seer" beheld the vision of God. (See Num. 12:6,8.) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God's name and by his authority (Ex. 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer. 1:9; Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20,21; compare Heb. 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25).
Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to men (Deut. 18:18, 19). The whole Word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by men who received the revelation they communicated from God, no matter what its nature might be. The foretelling of future events was not a necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was "to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his government."
Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called a prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham and the patriarchs, as bearers of God's message (Gen. 20:7Ex. 71; Ps. 105:15), as also Moses (Deut. 18:15 34:10; Hos. 12:13), are ranked among the prophets.
The seventy elders of Israel (Num. 11:16-29), "when the spirit rested upon them, prophesied;" Asaph and Jeduthun "prophesied with a harp" (1 Chr. 25:3. Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses (Ex. 15:20; Judg. 4:4). The title thus has a general application to all who have messages from God to men.
List of prophets and writters that we teach in the Keyboards for Christ Music Program There are some 55 prophets and we have time just to go through a few of them.
Abraham - Father Abraham father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Genesis 11:27 before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in which he had hitherto dwelt, and went some 300 miles north to Haran, where he abode fifteen years. The cause of his migration was a call from God (Acts 7:2-4. There is no mention of this first call in the Old Testament; it is implied, however, in Genesis 12. While they tarried at Haran, Terah died at the age of 205 years. Abram now received a second and more definite call, accompanied by a promise from God (Genesis 12:1,2; whereupon he took his departure, taking his nephew Lot with him, "not knowing whither he went" (Hebrews 11:8. He trusted implicitly to the guidance of Him who had called him.
Daniel/ Book of Daniel ( The Jews do not believe Daniel to be a prophet)
David - From a shepherd boy who killed a giant to a King. Known for his harp
Deborah -Deborah is one of the few women in the Bible who stands completely on her own merit. Most other women in the Bible are known by who their son or husband or brother is, but Deborah is different. The text of the Book of Judges tells us that "She led Israel at that time." (Judges 4:4) The issue of "time" is important. There is some controversy over where the Book of Judges should be placed historically. According to the order of the biblical books, the events of Judges should be taking place after the Exodus, after the death of Moses, and after the death of Joshua, during the period of the initial conquest of the Promised Land by the post-Exodus Israelites. This would place Judges in the 13th century B.C.E. Some scholars (including my teacher, Dr. David Weisberg) suggest that the stories of the Judges are simply re-tellings of earlier legends. They would put the date several hundred years earlier, to a time before the Exodus (before even the descent into Egypt).Deborah is an interesting combination of prophet and military leader. Unlike the prophets who had to beg people to listen to them, the people came to Deborah to receive her wisdom:
These are examples, please be creative and use these materials to incorpoarate you own work exercises dealing with the prophets. We use C D E as exaples. As always it is important to make sure the children know where HOME is and that it represents CHRIST.
The Three 2's exercise or the three D's. Just have the children WIGGLE their second finger three times. Then the teacher says: Daniel David Deborah The teacher says outloud 12 Wiggle D Daniel, David, and Deborah were the three Repeat this over
The Two E exercise deals with the letter E. Have the children repeat after you. Have them raise their right hand and you say 1 2 3 now comes E 1 2 3 Elijah, Elisha Ezekiel I see Three.
Repeat this several times. Make sure the children wiggle their fingers as you call each one out.
1 2 3 a new heart for me 1 2 3 a new heart for me
1 2 Wiggle D Daniel David Deborah I see
1 2 3 Wiggle now E Elijah,Elisha and Ezekiel it must be
Summary:
C is for Christ the greatest prophet of all
D is for David, Daniel and Deborah
E is for Elijah, Elisha and Ezekiel
CDE 1 2 3 CDE 123 CDE 123 A prophet is things of what is to be
Repeat
Ezekiel / Book of Ezekiel - ). Ezekiel taught the feeling of a "new heart" and "new spirit" that will be given to the people who will be cleansed of their sins (Ezekiel 36:26) and of the return of God's people to Israel (Ezekiel 36:28; 35), where God said "you will be My people, and I will be your God." Ezekiel's most remembered story:
