Amos was a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam ben Joash ( Jeroboam II ), ruler of Israel from 793 BC to 753 BC, and the reign of Uzziah, King of Judah, at a time when both kingdoms ( Israel in the North and Judah in the South ) were peaking in prosperity.

Amos, however, is the first prophet whose name also serves as the title of the corresponding biblical book in which his story is found.

Amos also made it a point that before his calling he was a simple husbandman and that he was not a " professional " prophet of the prophetic guild.

Amos is the first prophet to use the term " the Day of the LORD ".

Chapters seven to nine include visions that YHVH gave Amos as well as Amaziah's rebuke of the prophet.

The obligation imposed upon the Israelites was emphasized by the prophet Amos ():

Russian icon of Prophets Amos ( prophet ) | Amos and Obadiah, 18th century.

* Amos of Israel, future prophet and author of the Book of Amos ( according to Bible )

The prophets Amos and Hosea write of events during the 8th century kingdom of Israel ; the prophet Jeremiah writes of events preceding and following the fall of Judah ; Ezekiel writes of events during and preceding the exile in Babylon ; and other prophets similarly touch on various periods, usually those in which they write.

If the sluggard is rich, he should avoid getting that lazy insensitiveness of the chief people of Zion, that delight themselves in every way possible, and whom the prophet Amos predicted they would become slaves.

A major earthquake is referred to in the book of the prophet Amos.

According to this view, James decreed that Christianity was for the Gentiles and not just for the Jews, and quoted the prophet Amos in support of this position ( the Apostolic Decree is found in ).

Amos (; ) is a minor prophet in the Old Testament, and the author of the Book of Amos.

Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer.

Amos ' prior professions and his claim " I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet " () indicate that Amos was not from the school of prophets, which Amos claims makes him a true prophet ().

The fourth encounter is with Micaiah, the prophet who, when asked for advice on a military campaign, first assures Ahab he will be successful and ultimately gives Ahab a glimpse into God's plan for Ahab to die in battle ( 1 Kings 22 ).

Section two deals with the idea of revelation, and what it means for one to be a prophet.

Similar to the traditional view in Judaism, conservative Christians view the Book of Daniel as written by the prophet Daniel, who they claim wrote the book around 536 BC after having been in captivity for about 70 years.

In Islam, Job ( ايوب ) was a prophet renowned for his endurance ( assumed to be of pain and suffering ).

In Revelation 21-23, as in the closing visions of Ezekiel, the prophet is transported to a high mountain, where a heavenly messenger measures the symmetrical new Jerusalem, complete with high walls and twelve gates, the dwelling-place of God, producing a state of perfect well-being for his people.

Then, in Chapter 12, the prophet pleads for Israel's repentance.

* Judgement against Samaria ( 1: 2 – 7 ): Drawing upon ancient traditions for depicting a theophany, the prophet depicts the coming of Yahweh to punish the city, whose sins are idolatry and the abuse of the poor.

" The prophet Jonah shows us where God shows concern for the people of Nineveh, while Nahum ’ s writing testifies to his belief in the righteousness / justice of God and how God dealt with those Assyrians in punishment according to " their cruelty " ( Nahum 3: 19 ).

Three general possibilities are that a person, possibly named Zephaniah, prophesied the words of the book of Zephaniah ; the general message of a Josianic prophet is conveyed through the book of Zephaniah ; or the name could have been employed, either during the monarchic or post-monarchic period, as a ‘ speaking voice ’, possibly for rhetorical purposes.

In the final part of the first chapter, the prophet expresses shock at God's choice of instrument for judgment.

Divine revelation for the direction of the entire church comes from God to the President of the Church, who is viewed by Latter-day Saints as a prophet in the same sense as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, and other biblical leaders.

The prophet has a vision of the angel Gabriel, who tells him, " Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city ( i. e., Israel and Jerusalem ).

" There have been people who have come to the prophet and explained how they love to be engaged in prayer and fasting for the sake of God.

Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: " When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son " ( Matthew 2: 12 – 23 ).

By January 1972, Berg introduced through his letters that he was God's prophet for this time, further establishing his spiritual authority within the group.

Based on the above, the number of revelations ( accounting for sections that are not revelations ) presented by each Community of Christ prophet, are as follows:

In the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, " Alexander the false prophet ", trained by " one of those who advertise enchantments, miraculous incantations, charms for your love-affairs, visitations for your enemies, disclosures of buried treasure, and successions to estates ",< ref >

Led by their prophet Moses they journey through the wilderness to Mount Sinai, where Yahweh promises them the land of Canaan ( the " Promised Land ") in return for their faithfulness.

Jacob Myers suggests a number of possible reasons for this letter, among them that it may be an example of a better known prophet's name being substituted for that of a lesser known prophet.

He served as a prophet for at least 22 years until, according to scriptures, it is believed Ezekiel's last encounter with God occurred in April 570 BCE.

Rava states in the Babylonian Talmud that although Ezekiel describes the appearance of the throne of God ( Merkabah ), this is not because he had seen more than the prophet Isaiah, but rather because the latter was more accustomed to such visions ; for the relation of the two prophets is that of a courtier to a peasant, the latter of whom would always describe a royal court more floridly than the former, to whom such things would be familiar.

Thus, while the book exhibits considerable unity and probably reflects much of the historic Ezekiel, it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the very words of the prophet.

In Chapter 14, the prophet urges Israel to seek forgiveness, and promises its restoration, while urging the utmost fidelity to God.

Ezekiel was said to be already active as a prophet while in the Land of Israel, and he retained this gift when he was exiled with Jehoiachin and the nobles of the country to Babylon.

In this work, Jesus is described as a prophet and not the son of God, while Paul is called " the deceived.

The author of Kings describes that, while the captains ( commanders ) of the Israelite army were assembled away from the king's eyes, the prophet Elisha sent one of his students to this meeting.

As a general rule, anything spoken or written by a prophet, while under inspiration, is considered to be the word of God.

Mormonism sees Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah and the literal Son of God, while Islam insists that the title " Messiah " means that Jesus ( or " Isa ") was a prophet sent to establish the true faith, not that he was the Son of God or a divine being.

21257 in Musnad Ibn Hanbal ) mentions that there were 124, 000 of them in total throughout history ( with other traditions placing the number of Prophets at 224, 000 while other scholars holding that there is even a greater number in the history of mankind, and God alone knows ), and the Qur ' an says that God has sent a prophet to every group of people throughout time, and that Muhammad is the last of the prophets, sent for the whole of humankind.

In 1 Samuel 9: 6-20, Samuel is seen as a local “ seer .” The Deuteronomistic Historians preserved this view of Samuel while contributing him as “ the first of prophets to articulate the failure of Israel to live up to its covenant with God .” For the Deuteronomistic Historians, Samuel was extension of Moses and continuing Moses ’ function as a prophet, judge, and a priest which made historical Samuel uncertain.

The Jewish Sages themselves considered this a prophetic work that was written during the time of the Prophet Jeremiah by his colleagues, but these latter prophets then attributed their result to king Solomon, just as other writings of Jewish Scripture have been written by one prophet while being attributed to another, such as the Book of Hosea, Isaiah, and others.

Other books written by him include a biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad titled " First and the Last ", while his other books are focused more on the relation between Islam and science like Miraculous Quran, Life After Death and Doomsday, and Kitab-e-Zindagi ( in Urdu ).

According to the text, it is a comment inserted by the prophet Mormon while compiling the records which became the Book of Mormon.

The Imposter Unnamed-a false prophet ( from ambition, rather than fanaticism ) who creates a radical religious sect in opposition to Adrian while in France.

As punishment for this action, the prophet Elijah visited Ahab while he was in the vineyard, pronouncing doom on him.

The Mandaeans of the southern Iraqi marshes regard Noah as a prophet, while rejecting both Abraham and Jesus as false prophets.

The related meaning " thing spoken or written by a prophet " is from c. 1300, while the verb " to prophesy " is recorded by 1377.

The Islamic prophet Muhammad is reported to have said " Dua is the very essence of worship ," while one of God's commands expressed through the Qur ' an is for them to call out to Him:

" Later that same week, while reading aloud from the prophet Isaiah, he reportedly saw a vision of vast multitudes being converted and baptised.

Sculptures and portraits depicted him alongside the prophet Mohammad, while, following her death, the government produced portraits of Assad's mother surrounded by a halo.

Though man ought to be penitent every day ( Mishna Avoth Chap 2, 10 ; Talmud Shabbath 153a ), the first ten days of every year are the acceptable time announced by the prophet ( Isaiah 55: 6 ): " Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near " ( Talmud Rosh Hashan 18a ; Mishneh Torah Teshuva 2: 6 ).

The Quranic account of Jesus begins with a prologue, which describes the birth of his mother, Mary, and her service in the Jerusalem temple, while under the care of the prophet and priest Zechariah, who was to be the father of John the Baptist.

Early in the religious movement, many tribes sent members to investigate the self-proclaimed prophet, while other communities sent delegates only to be cordial.

Sabbatai, realizing that Jerusalem was not a congenial place in which to carry out his plans, left for his native city, Smyrna, while his prophet, Nathan, proclaimed that henceforth Gaza, and not Jerusalem, would be the sacred city.