"in the commencement of the first year
of the reign of Zedekiah..."
-for the
correspondent Biblical historical account:
2 Kings 24:10-20 & 2 Chron. 36:9-20
"many
prophets"
-God
get’s his message out particularly when the message is dire. One wonders if these prophets established any
kind of society -something like a
support group or if each was independent and largely oblivious to the others.
-one
wonders about the progression of Lehi.
We speak of him without reservation as “a prophet” but did he view
himself as such and what form did his progression take as he grew into the mantle of a spokesman for God? He was simply a man, a
husband and a father who responded to the messages of the “many prophets” who
showed up in Jerusalem. Clearly Lehi was
open to the message and the prompting of the Spirit when the greater majority
of his contemporaries were not.
"there
came many prophets, prophesying unto the people that ..."
-Ezekiel
was contemporary with Lehi and could easily have been one of those prophets. We
know the names of four of the prophets of that day—Lehi, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and
Daniel. Lehi's call was to lead a colony out of Jerusalem to a promised land.
Jeremiah's call was to stay and bear witness of the destruction of Jerusalem.
Daniel was called into exile, but he went into the royal courts and there was
allowed to get a picture of the grand world view of history. Ezekiel was called
to go among the captives and explain to them why this terrible tragedy had
happened.
-Religious Studies
Monograph Series, Isaiah and the Prophets, Vol. 10, p.77
“must repent….
must be destroyed”
-the Lord
is not wishy-washy. He abides by laws
that must be carried through.
-as
always, men and women control their own destiny; agency is key here:
people repent = no destruction.
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