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5: School of the Prophets - Coggle Diagram
5: School of the Prophets
Setting
• Formal schools
• Often in cities or towns
• Informal instruction by individual prophets in a variety of
settings
Program of Studies
• Character Development
• Core Values 1 : Justice
• Core Values 2 : Mercy
• Core Values 3 : Humility
• Music
• History
• Health
• Manual Labor
• Decision-making training
• Understanding consequences
• The blessing of forgiveness
Activities
• Witnessing (Evangelism)
• Serving
• Praise
• Prophesying
• Preparing food and accommodations for the school
• Delivering messages from God
• Evaluation
Background
• Establishment of training programs to prepare spiritual leaders
• Revived by the prophets Elijah and Elisha
• Located at Jericho, Bethel, and Gilgal
• The role of the prophets were extended to the Old Testament period.
Teachers
• Civil leaders
• Population at large
• “Sons of the prophets”
Curriculum
• Based on the Word of God
• Especially an understanding of God’s character and His Law
• Study of specific doctrines such as :
Tithing
Sabbath
Mission and ministry of the Messiah
Second coming
New Earth
Teaching methods
• Mentoring
• Parables and allegories of concepts and events
• Visual illustrations
Purpose
(1)To promote revival and reformation
(2)To provide moral guidance, especially to civil leadership
(3)To mentor a new generation of spiritual leaders
Teachers
• Called by God
• Filled with His Spirit
• Received and faithfully conveyed God’s message
• Reviewed God’s leading in the past
• Pointed out the consequences of choices
• Recorded current events as lessons for future generations
• Addressed social issues such as injustice and violence
• Led out in special events of praise and celebration
• Related to the students in personable ways
• For example :Samuel shared meals with his students, looked out for their welfare, took time to converse with his students and demonstrate compassion
• Persons of prayer, interceding on behalf of their students
Results
• National peace and prosperity
• Revival and reformation
• Outpouring of God’s Spirit
• Often ignored
• Ridiculed
• Rejected
• Social turmoil
• Violence (Prophets killed)
• Destruction (The schools collapsed)
• Emergence of false prophets