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Activity 1|Activity 2|Activity 4|Activity 5
Process
Activity 3: Know Your
Prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures
Group 1: Your two Prophets
are: Isaiah (First Isaiah) and Malachi
Complete the tasks for Isaiah and then Malachi.
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Isaiah
Use the following information and the
listed resources to complete your tasks.
Isaiah
- His Profile
First Isaiah or Proto-Isaiah |
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His Name Means |
"The Lord has saved" |
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Appears |
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Kings 19, 20; 2 Chron. 26, 32; Isaiah, and 22 verses in the New Testament
For this webquest, this First Isaiah appears in Chapters 1 - 39 |
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Home |
Jerusalem |
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Family |
Son
of Amoz; may have been related to the royal house of Judah; married to a woman he called
the "prophetess"(8:3); and two sons - Shear-jashub ('the remnant will return')
and Mahershalal-hash-baz ('the booty and shame are imminent') |
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Occupation |
Official
of King Uzziah of Judah; a statesman, a man of position in the capital, with access to the
king and a voice in affairs of state. |
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Best
Known As |
A
Hebrew Scriptures prophet who vividly predicted the coming of the Messiah. |
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Special
Interest |
May
have been executed by King Manasseh by being placed in a log that was then sawed in two.
(cf. Heb. 11:37) When
the United Nations was born into a war-weary human race, it was fitting that on the stone
wall facing the entrance to its building in New York there should be inscribed Isaiah's
vision of a better world: '...and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and
their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more' (Isa 2: 4) |
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Time |
Probably
born about 765 BC. Isaiah was called to be a prophet 'in the year King Uzziah died' (6:1),
i.e. in 742 BC |
 
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Key
Themes/
Messages |
God's power and majesty The sovereignty of God and God's judgement
God's faithfulness to the people and
to Jerusalem
Hope centred on God's anointed
(Messiah)
About holiness
About social justice - oppression of
weaker members of society offended God's holiness (1:10 - 17, 21 - 26; 3: 13 - 15; 5: 1 -
10, 20 - 23; 10:1 - 4)
The corruption of the priests and prophets (5:11-17; 28: 7 -8), politicians
(5:18-21; 28:14-15) and the military (5:22; 22:8 - 14)
About God's plan in history
About pride and judgement |
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Key
Passages |
Isaiah's
vision and God's call (Isaiah 6)
Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel (Isaiah 7: 14, 15)For
to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder,
and his name will be called "Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)
The coming king: the branch of Jesse
(Isaiah 11:2-9) |
Sources:
Bower, J. 1998, The Complete Bible Handbook - An Illustrated Companion,Dorling
Kindersley, UK
Brown, R.E., Fitzmyer, J.A.,and Murphy, R.E., 1992. The New Jerome Bible
Handbook, Geoffrey Chapman, England
Christ-centred
mall - Isaiah
Comay, J., and, Browning, R., 1980. Who's Who in the Old Testament,
Bonanza Books, NY
Drane, J.(ed), 1998, The Lion Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Bible,
Lion Publishing, England
Motyer, S. 1998. Who's Who in the Bible - An Illustrated Guide,
Dorling Kindersley, UK
Resources
Isaiah - A Prophet for Then and Now
The Grace Institute - Isaiah
Catholic Encyclopedia (difficult reading) - Isaiah
Bible Study - Isaiah (extensive
detail)
Bible Basics - you have to scroll
down the left side frame to find Isaiah
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Go to Malachi and complete this
activity
Go back to process when you have completed Activity 3.
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