I was studying the Bible and I was awed by the ways and doings of the
biblical prophet of old, lots of faiths and powers were on display
I
do believe that they have set a standard for true and godly prophet of
now these days.. So fellow nairalanders I compiled few top prophet and
their ways
. I GIVE YOU THE TOP SEVEN MOST AWESOME PROPHETS OF THE BIBLE....
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SAMUEL
: Samuel lived in the presence of God all his life, in fact he was the
only prophet in the Bible that God literally called. That is God like
went into his room and called him(awesome right, I mean how many people
can boast of that huh?) but the most awesome thing about Samuel is that
he is also the only prophet in the Bible that God called in his
childhood. SAMUEL was a child when God called him... Totally awesome!
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MOSES
: Moses was awesome. Let's forget the fact that he grew up in Egyptian
court, was a prince, very smart, Led his people out of slavery, talked
with God face to face (mega awesome), lifted his hand and the tide of
battle changes, let's forget those awesome-hard-to-ignore facts, want to
know what the most awesome thing about moses is? I will tell you.....
Never in the history of human race has these two phrases "... Like a god
to them" and "... The Most humble man in all the earth" been used to
describe one person. Anybody who gets a taste of power becomes so
prideful they literally begin to swell, but Moses(who his enemies see as
a god) was humble and that is the very definition of awesomeness
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ELISHA
: The one thing that stands the prophet Elisha out is his boldness. The
guy was bold, can you believe he walked into enemy camp and anoints an
officer of the enemy king to be king while the enemy king who by the way
is still very much alive and want to kill him was a few tents away
drinking with his commanders . He rebuked a tyrant king of Isreal who is
known for his cruelty to those that oppose him. Just when you think
these moves were bold enough, he looked his master Elijah in the eyes, a
man who had called down fire to consume evil prophets of baal, who
summoned rain on a land devastated by drought for three years, who
divided the Jordan river by merely touching it with his cloak, a man who
didn't die but flew to heaven on a chariot of fire ; Elisha my man
looked at such a person and said " master... I want double of what you
got. " Double of Elijah's powers?! Tell me you don't think that's
awesome and I will shoot you.
ISAIAH : Isaiah son of
Amos deserves to be on this list because he was fearless, he commanded
respect. Isaiah was more respected than the Kings he served.
Three things qualifies Isaiah for awesomeness :
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his dramatic calling where in his first vision he was taking up to
heaven which he describes in detail(for those who want a picture of
heaven look up Isaiah 6) in that vision an angel used a coal to touch
his mouth through which he absorbed his sins (just like that no more
sin, I want one) then he heard the voice of the LORD asking 'who shall I
send? Who will go for us?' Isaiah replied ' hear I am, send me!'
* Isaiah also predicted very accurately I might add the birth of Jesus ( Isaiah 7 v 14, Matthew 1 v 23)
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And lastly he made the most wicked king in Israel's history king
Manasseh ( a man who is known for sacrificing his own son to idols,
somebody who God himself describes as a king whose sins surpasses that
of both the former kings of Isreal and Judah combined together) to
repent of his ways and turn to God. As a result one of the deepest
prayers of forgiveness in the Bible was recorded.
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JEREMIAH
: If God said to me " before I formed you in the womb, I knew you,
Before you were born I set you apart. I appoint you as a prophet to the
nations, do not say ' I am too young' you must go to everyone I send you
and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them for I am with
you and I will rescue you ". Then touched my mouth and said to me" I
have put my words in your mouth, see today I appoint you over the
nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow,
to build and to plant ;get yourself ready : stand up and say whatever i
command you. Do not be terrified by them or I will terrify you before
them. Today I have made you a fortified city, a bronze wall an iron
pillar to stand against the whole land, against kings, their officials,
their priest and their people They will fight against you but will not
overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you ". (Do you know what
proud me I will do....?) I will call the presidents of all nations to
come and bow down before me, I'll uproot those that will not, tear down
anybody that challenges me, destroy any form of resistance and overthrow
any government that's a threat . Then I will build a big castle for
myself, plant a beautiful garden in front of it... Then I will have it
written across the skies that I am the king of the world but Jeremiah is
not me so instead he humbled himself before kings, their officials and
the priests and their people. He offered advice to kings,prophesied to
the nations, led the priests in praise and worship even when they threw
him in a well, he still begged God not to destroy them and pleaded with
them to change their ways. And that was awesome.
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ELIJAH
: "the power of the LORD came on Elijah and tucking his cloak into his
belt he 'ran' ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel" (1 kings 18 v 46).
Now the Ahab in question was 'riding' to Jezreel on his royal chariot
(chariots were the fastest means of transportation in ancient times) The
speed of a chariot depends on the number of horses attached to it. A
normal chariot has two horses attached to it and it's speed(on a free
way) is equivalent to that of a sports car doing 350 mph. Now a royal
chariot consists of a minimum of six horses attached to its chariot (no
need to tell you the speed at which such a chariot would be moving) yet
Elijah "ran ahead of " it to its destination (super speed baby, super
speed! )
Elijah had super speed and that's him on a boring Thursday.
Here's what he does on busy week days: commanding the skies to withhold
the rain until he says otherwise, calling down fire on two separate
captains and their fifty men, getting fed by Ravens day and night
(doesn't have to cook), blessing a poor widow abundantly and while he
was at it, raising the dead son of the said widow back to life. Then at
weekends : he challenges 450 prophets prophets of baal to a contest,
calls down fire (yeah he's got a thing for fire) from heaven to consume
slaughtered Bulls that's drenched in water, hangs out occasionally with
God himself on mountains. He's so Cool and awesome that he didn't die
but went to heaven alive in style (on a chariot of fire).
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DANIEL
: Daniel was very smart, very wise, could see visions and interpret it,
he even ate his vegetables, Daniel was so awesome that he told a king "
your days are numbered; you're going to die" and he was rewarded for it
by that king by making him second in command over the whole Babylonian
empire. Daniel was friends with every king that came to power in his
lifetime; they look at him and they get like 'man you're awesome, come
work for me and am not taking no for an answer'. But what made Daniel a
part of this list was his awesome unwavering faith in God he displayed
when his friend king Darius forcefully (yea I know long story) made a
decree that no one for the next 30 days should pray to any god but
himself king Darius.
Now if I was Daniel I be like 'God please
just 30 days, forgive me I promise after the 30 days I'll pray to you
more than I would have done in those days; I don't want this man to kill
me'. But Daniel didn't do that, he prayed seven times a day and that
did not change when he heard the decree ... Even when he was thrown in
with the Lions he still prayed to point where Rocky one of the Lions in
the den told him "boss c' mon you know we ain't gonna eat you... You too
awesome for that shii , God has shut our mouths. But don't worry come
the morn' you gonna be free and the muh'fuckers who put you here will be
our breakfast" . And so it was, Daniel was released and the bad guys
were eaten. Mr D was one of the few people that predicted the end times.
all in all Daniel was awesome
Written and compiled by immortalvoices
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