Bible Prophets

 of God 

Part 1

 Written By

Pastor Janice L Williams

A prophet is one who speaks by direct inspiration of God; only secondarily does the word mean one who foretells the future.

 PLEASE SEE & READ THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE:

Ephesians 2:20, WRITTEN BELOW. 

THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS CONCERNING YOUR GROWTH IN THE LORD.

 CONTINUING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th-14th, 2010
&
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14th-21st, 2010

BIBLE STUDY

FOR

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24th-MARCH 3rd, 2010

CONTINUING

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3rd-10th, 2010,

 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th-17th,2010,

 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17th-24th, 2010,

 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24th-31st, 2010 &

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31st-APRIL 7th, 2010

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THE BODY OF CHRIST/CHRISTIANS:

"ARE BUILT UPON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE;"

EPHESIANS 2:20 KJV

LET'SLOOK ATSOME WORD DEFINITIONS FOR THIS BIBLE STUDY

1. deuterocanonical * of a secondary collection of scriptures: part of secondary, less well regarded, or disputed collection of religious scripture, especially the Apocrypha.
2. Apocrypha * 1. biblical writings of disputed authenticity: books of the Bible that are included in the Vulgate and Septuagint versions of the Christian Bible, but not in the Protestant Bible or the Hebrew canon 2. early Christian writings: a group of Christian writings dating from the early centuries A.D. that are not included in the Bible
3. Book of Baruch * The Book of Baruch, occasionally referred to as 1 Baruch, is called a deuterocanonical book of the Bible. Although not in the Hebrew or ProtestantBible, it is found in the Septuagint and in the Vulgate Bible, and also in Theodotion's version. There it is found among the prophetical books which also include: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets. It is named after Baruch ben Neriah, the Prophet Jeremiah's scribe. Some scholars propose that it was written during or shortly after the period of the Maccabees. In the Vulgate,and other Bible versions, the Letter of Jeremiah is appended to the end of the Book of Baruch as a sixth chapter
4. Septuagint * Greek version of the Hebrew Bible: a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made in the 3rd and 2nd centuriesB.C. to meet the needs of Greek-speaking Jewish people outside Palestine. The Septuagint contains some books not in the Hebrew canon.
5. Maccabees * 1. followers of Judas Maccabeus: the followers of Judas Maccabeus, who led the revolt of the Jews against Syria in 168 bc.
   The victory of the Maccabees is celebrated at Hannukah. 2. books of Jewish history: four books of Jewish history, two of these are included in the Apocrypha.
6. Vulgate* Latin version of Bible: a Latin version of the Bible produced by Saint Jerome in the 4th century
7. Theodotion *(d. ca. 200 A.D.) was a Hellenistic Jewish scholar, perhaps working in Ephesus, who translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Whether he was revising the Septuagint, or was working from Hebrew manuscripts that represented a parallel tradition that has not survived, is debated.
8. Protestant * member of Christian church rejecting papal authority: a member or adherent of any denomination of the Western Christian church that rejects papal authority and some fundamental Roman Catholic doctrines, and believes in justification by faith.
9. Eunuchs * castrated human male: a man or boy whose testicles have been removed or do not function.
   Eunuchs were formerly employed in Islamic countries to guard the women of a harem, or, as court officials.
10. Pulse * 1. food edible seed: an edible seed from a pod, for example, a pea or bean, eaten fresh or dried 2.plants seed-pod plant: a plant such as the pea, the bean, alfalfa, or clover that has pods as fruits and roots that bear nodules containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
11. Chaldean * 1. a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in Chaldea in southern Babylonia, where they were the dominant ethnic group during the 8th and 7th centuries bc. Also called Chaldee 2.language Aramaic dialect: a dialect of the modern Aramaic language, spoken in Iraq and by some communities now settled in the United States 3.soothsayer: an astrologer, fortune-teller, or enchanter (archaic)
12. Semitic * languages spoken by Semites: a group of languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family and spoken in North Africa and southwestern Asia, including Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Maltese, and Amharic
13. dunghill * pile of dung: a pile of solid animal excrement

MAJOR AND MINOR

PROPHETS OF THE BIBLE

Christian and Jewish ScriptureA major prophet is a book in the Major Prophets section of the Christian Old Testament part of the Bible. The term "major prophet" is typically a Christian term as the Jewish Hebrew Bible does not group these books together and does not include the deuterocanonical/apocrypha Book of Baruch. The Protestant Christian Bible does not include Apocrypha either. The term "major" refers to the length of the book, not its importance. The major prophets in order of occurrence in the Protestant Christian Bible are:

Isaiah

18th CENTURY RUSSIAN ICON OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH

KIZHI MONASTERY, KARELIA, RUSSIA

THE BOOK OF ISAIAH HAS 66 CHAPTERS

• The Book of Isaiah is a book of the Bible, containing 66 chapters, traditionally attributed to the Prophet Isaiah, who lived in the second half of the 8th century BC.
• Isaiah was part of the upper class but urged care of the downtrodden. At the end, he was loyal to King Hezekiah, but disagreed with the King's attempts to forge alliances with Egypt and Babylon in response to the Assyrian threat.
• Isaiah prophesied during the reign of four kings: Uzziah (also known as Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah [Isaiah 1:1 KJV]. That he is described as having ready access to the kings would suggest an aristocratic origin. According to tradition, he was martyred by being cut in two with a wooden saw, during the reign of Manasseh, who came to the throne in 687 BC.

• Of central importance in Isaiah are the prophecies in the first part of the book, especially chapters six to twelve, concerning the coming of the Messiah-King; and the prophecies at the end of the book, about the salvation of all creation in the suffering servant of the Lord. In the New Testament scriptures there are many quotations of the prophecy of Isaiah made in reference to John the Baptist, and most especially to Jesus Christ Himself, our precius Lord and Savior.[Isaiah 9:14 KJV *Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.* Matthew 1:21 thru 23 KJV * 21/ And she shall bring forth a son and shall call His name JESUS: for He shall save his people from their sins. 22/ Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23/ Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. In the book of Luke 4:18, 19 KJV, Jesus quoted the scripture found in Isaiah 61:1, 2 KJV. * [Luke 4:18, 19 KJV * 18/The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted; to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. 19/To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.*Isaiah 61:1, 2 KJV* 1/ The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2/ To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;]

• In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. [Isaiah 3:8, 9 KJV * 8/ For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: BECAUSE THEIR TONGUE AND THEIR DOINGS ARE AGAINST THE LORD, to provoke the eyes of His glory. 9/ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and THEY DECLARE THEIR SIN AS SODOM, THEY HIDE IT NOT. WOE UNTO THEIR SOUL! FOR THEY HAVE REWARDED EVIL UNTO THEMSELVES.]

• The last 27 chapters prophesy the restoration of the nation of Israel. This second part of the book's two major sections also includes prophecies of a new creation in God's glorious future kingdom.

• The 66 chapters of Isaiah consist primarily of prophecies of Babylon, Assyria, Philistia, Moab, Syria, Israel (the northern kingdom), Ethiopia, Egypt, Arabia, and Phoenicia. The prophesies concerning them can be summarized as saying that God is the God of the whole earth, and that nations which think of themselves as secure in their own power might well be conquered by other nations, at God's command.

Jeremiah

ICON OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH

THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH HAS 52 CHAPTERS

• Jeremiah is known as "the weeping prophet", and was the most persecuted character of the old testament.
• According to the Bible, the Prophet Jeremiah was a son of a priest named Hilkiah, from Anathoth in the land of Benjamin [Jeremiah 1:1 KJV]. He lived in the last years of the Kingdom of Judah just prior to, during, and immediately after the siege of Jerusalem, culminating in the destruction of Solomon's Temple and the raiding of the city by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. According to the Bible, for 25 years prior to the destruction, Jeremiah repeatedly issued prophecies predicting God's forthcoming judgment; advocating the Jews put down their idols and repent in hopes of turning away God's judgment and fulfilling their destiny as his chosen people. Jeremiah's fellow Jews refused to heed his warnings and did not repent. He witnessed the destruction of everything he knew, the exile of the Jewish elite to Babylonia, and the fleeing of the remainder to Egypt.
• The book of Jeremiah depicts a remarkably introspective prophet. Jeremiah alternates efforts to warn the people of God's coming judgement; with pleas to God for mercy, until he is ordered to "pray no more for this people." He engages in extensive performance art, walking about in the streets with a yoke about his neck and engaging in other efforts to attract attention. He is taunted and retaliates; he is thrown in jail as the result. At one point he is thrown into a pit to die.

LAMENTATIONS

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS HAS 5 CHAPTERS

• Lamentations, also known as the Lamentations of Jeremiah (listed with the Ketuvim in the Tanakh/Tanach * sacred book of Judaism: the sacred book of Judaism consisting of the Torah, Prophets, and Hagiographa
  
• According to Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions, authorship is assigned to the Prophet Jeremiah, who was ministering the Word of God during the conquest ofJerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, during which the First Temple was destroyed and King Zedekiah was taken prisoner (2 Kings chapters 24 & 25, Jeremiah 39:1 thru 10 and Jeremiah chapter52).

• Baruch (deuterocanonical; may be placed before Lamentations.) This work is not incorporated into the Hebrew Bible nor the Protestant Bible. Please click on and view the "About Us" page, located on the right hand side near the top of this page.

Ezekiel

18th CENTURY ICON OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL

KIZHI MONASTERY, KARELIA, RUSSIA

THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL HAS 48 CHAPTERS

• The first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel begins with Ezekiel's record of his vision of God's spectacular chariot. In this vision, God approaches Ezekiel as a divine warrior, riding in his battle chariot. This chariot appeared to be drawn by four living creatures each having four faces (of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle), and four wings. They could travel forward and backward without turning, and travel up and down without turning, and they moved in flashes of lightning. Beside each "living creature" was a beryl-colored wheel, constructed as "a wheel within a wheel," with "tall and awesome" rims that were full of eyes all around. In this appearance of God unto Ezekiel here, he commissions him to be a prophet and a "watchman" in Israel: "Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellous nation that hath rebelled against me:" (Ezekiel 2:3 KJV)

• Ezekiel makes a series of denunciations against his fellow Judeans (Ezekiel 3:22-24KJV), warning them of the certain destruction of Jerusalem, in opposition to the words of the false prophets (Ezekiel 4:1 thru 3KJV). The symbolic acts, by which the extremities that Jerusalem would be reduced are described in Chapters 4 and 5, and show Ezekiel's intimate acquaintance with the Levitical legislation. (See, for example, Exodus22:30; Deuteronomy14:21; Leviticus5:2; 7:18, 24; 17:15; 19:7, 8; 22:8)
• Oracles against Foreign Nations (Ezekiel chapters 25 thru 32). Ezekiel announced that God would bring devastation to the nations that had troubled his people. Against the Ammonites (Ezekiel 25:1-7), the Moabites (25:8-11), the Edomites (25:12-14), the Philistines (25:15-17), Tyre and Sidon (26-28), and against Egypt (29-32).
• Nebuchadnezzar II destroys Jerusalem, when Ezekiel explained that the Jewish exile would come to an end and Israel would triumph..
• The resurrection of the dead in Ezekiel chapter 37 KJV, speaks of God commanding Ezekiel to prophesy life to a valley full of dry dead bones that come to life as he is obedient to speak life to them. (please click on and review, #30 "A Case Not To Cremate" Weekly Bible Study)
• Ezekiel's Vision of Restoration (chapters 40 thru 48 KJV); Ezekiel explained that the temple and Jerusalem would be gloriously restored and the people of God would be gathered and blessed as never before. These would be Messianic times, and there would be the establishment and prosperity of the kingdom of God.

Daniel

ICON OF THE PROPHET DANIEL

THE BOOK OF DANIEL HAS 12 CHAPTERS

IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A MAJOR PROPHETIC BOOK

• Daniel was a child who was taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalam.
• Nebuchadnezzar spoke to Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs [see #9 word definition above], that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, [Daniel being one of them] and of the king's seed, and of the princes, that were well favored and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge and understanding of science. Such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, to whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans [please see #11 word definition above, and read Daniel 1:3, 4 KJV]. They were to be nourished by the king for a period of three years,which afterwards they might be able to stand before him. [Daniel 1:5 KJV]
• Daniel, along with Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were the children of Judah, taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon.
• Nebuchadnezzar's eunuch renamed Daniel - Belteshazzar, and renamed the other children as follows: Hananiah - Shadrach, Mishael - Meshack, & Azariah - Abed-nego.
• Daniel requests that he and the other captive children of Judah, be granted the right not to eat the king's provision of meat and wine, but to be fed their sacred diet of pulse [see #10 word definition above] and water.* Please read Daniel 1:8 thru 16 KJV
• God gave Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, & Azariah, knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom:
• Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. [Daniel 1:17 KJV]

Daniel 1:20 KJV *And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them, 10 times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

• Nebuchadnezzar dreams a troublng dream but can't remember what the dream is. He calls his magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell him what he dreamed and interpret the meaning of the dream. Nebuchadnezzar tells them if they can't make known to him what he dreamed and interpret it, then they shall be cut in pieces, and their houses made a dunghill. [please see word definition #13 above] The Chaldeans answeredthe king, and told him there is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter and that no other king, lord, or ruler had ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. Nebuchadnezzar was furious and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. That meant the children of Judah; Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah would be killed also. Upon hearing of the king's decree, Daniel went to see the king. He asked himto be allowed to show the dream and it's interpretation to the king.
• Daniel went to his house and informed his companions of the kings matter and decree.
• Daniel and the children of Judah prayed to the heavenly Father to reveal the dream and interpretation of it.Daniel prayed for mercy that he and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
• Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision and he blessed Godour Heavenly Father, bysaying, "Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His": also Daniel stated, "He [God] reveals deep and secret things: He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.
• Daniel gives praise and thanks to God.[Daniel 2:23 KJV * I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.]
• Daniel gives God glory, and reveals the king's dream, and the interpretation of it, to the king [Daniel 2:27 thru 47 KJV].
• Daniel 2:48, 49 KJV * 48/ Then king Nebuchadnezzarmade Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49/ Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon, but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

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• Belshazzar, son of king Nebuchadnezzar, became king andmade a great feast. While drinking wine he commanded to bring golden and silver vessels which his father had taken out of the temple of the house of God,which was in Jerusalem. They drank wine out of the sanctified vessels while praising the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. Suddenly four fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the wall of the king's palace.KingBelshazzar was so troubled at the sight of the hand writing on the wall till he began to shake and his knees knocked against each other. He called for his astrologers, soothsayers, and the Chaldeans to interpret the writing and they could not. The queen spoke to kingBelshazzar about Daniel ---Daniel 5:11, 12 KJV * 11/ There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothers; 12/ Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, werefound in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

Belshazzar sent for Daniel and the following scripture quoted from the King James Version Bible tells us what happened

Daniel 5:16 thru 31 KJV

16/ And I [Belshazzar] have heard of thee [Daniel], that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed withscarlet and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17/ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18/O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, glory, and honor: 19/ And for the majesty that he gave him, all peple, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. 20/ But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21/ And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. (please review #10 Weekly Bible study, "7 Deadly sins") 22/ And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23/ But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, and thy wives, and thou concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 24/ Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was written. 25/ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26/This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27/ TEKEL;Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28/ PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes [ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present day Iran] and Persians [ethnic group native to Iran]. 29/ Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a gold chain about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30/ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31/ And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore [60] and two [62] years old.

TO BE CONTINUED THRU

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th-14th, 2010 &

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14th-21st, 2010

• After the Persian conquest of Babylon, Daniel held the office of the first of the "three presidents" of the empire under the reign of Darius the Mede, and was at the head of state affairs, with the ability to influence the prospects of the captive Jews (Please read Daniel chapter6:1 thru 3KJV).
• Daniel's fidelity to God exposed him to persecution by jealous rivals within the king's administration. The fact that he had just interpreted the emperors' dream had resulted in his promotion and that of his companions.
• Being favored by the King, Cyrus the Great, Daniel was untouchable. Daniel's companions, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, were vulnerable to the accusation that had them thrown into the firey furnace for refusing to worship the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar's manmade gods; but they were miraculously saved [please review Daniel 3:14 thru 30 KJV], and Daniel would years later be cast into a den of lions (for continuing to practice his faith in God [YHWH or in English Jehovah]), but was miraculously delivered; after which the Persian King Cyrus, issued a decree enjoining reverence for "the God of Daniel" (see Daniel 6:4 thru27 KJV).
• Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian [Daniel 6:28 KJV]

CONTINUING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21st-28th, 2010

MORE WORD DEFINITIONS

1. Babylon -capital of ancient Babylonia, sited on the Euphrates River in modern Iraq. Babylon (or Babel) was founded by Nimrod and latter ruled over by 1 Hammurabi. It was known for its opulence, and the Hanging Gardens there were one of the Seven Wonders of the World
2. Nimrod - son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah. depicted in the bible as a man of power in the earth and a mighty hunter. He is traditionally considered to be the leader of those who built the Tower of Babel.
3. Tower of Babel - according to the book of Genesis, the people wanted to build a city with a tower that would reach to heaven. At that time [after the great flood] the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech [Genesis 11:1]. They wanted to make a name for themselves and glory in their own strength, and not give God glory. God came down to see the city and tower that they had built. God said because the people all have one language and are united, nothing would be restrained from them that they imagine to do. So Father God confounded their language that they would not be able to understand one another's speech. He then scattered them over all the earth, and they stopped building the city [Genesis 11:2 thru 9].
4. opulence - 1. riches: great wealth or affluence 2. luxury: especially of an extravagant, showy, or vulgar nature
5. Persia - 1.Former name for Iran 2. ancient empire in southwestern Asia that, at its height under Darius the Great in the 6th century bc, stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus River in modern-day Tibet.
6. Mede - ancient Iranian people: a people who ruled an empire northwest of Persia [present day Iran], in ancient times
7. Concubine - 1. history - official mistress in some cultures: a woman who is the lover of a wealthy married man but with the social status of a subordinate form of wife, often kept in a separate home.
   2.woman lover living with man: a woman who lives with a man and has a sexual relationship with him but is not married to him 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK FOR "END TIME PROPHECIES" WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL.

DANIEL 12:9 KJV *GO THY WAY DANIEL: FOR THE WORDS ARE CLOSED UP AND SEALED TILL THE TIME OF THE END



GO ON TO PART 2 OF "BIBLE PROPHETS OF GOD", BEGINING WITH THE STUDY OF THE MINOR PROPHETS