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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The origin of this research 1 While I was serving as a missionary, it was noticeable that many people joined the society with a testimony of how they came to that point, and how they believed that God called them. It was also noticeable that many left the society after a comparatively short time. This left the questions "Did God really call to this situation?" and "How can a person really know the call of God?" It is these questions which are central to the situation of Jeremiah. Faced with opposition, trying to give an unpopular message and confronted with those who claimed, like him, to be prophets but who gave a contrary message, he was tempted to give up, except for one thing. He was aware of the call of God, which involved both the initial experience and continued receipt of revelation. The question is, "What constituted his call?". This involved for Jeremiah, as for missionaries today, the questions of the call to a particular form of ministry and also of the assurance of the leading of God in a particular situation. 1.2 The importance of prophecy to the Old Testament
2 The ideal, which is not possible in the scope of a thesis is to consider various calls and various types of ministry and to establish an overall theology which will be of value today. A start can be made in the Old Testament in an attempt to establish God's method of dealing with this problem, but appreciating that possibly it was totally different from now (cf Schmidt 1983:48f). Even a restriction to the Old Testament with its various ministries of judge, priest, king etc is too wide, so restriction must be made to a vital aspect of the Old Testament, to what arguably is a central feature of the Old Testament. Bennett cites A B <strong>David</strong>son in the midst of a number of similar quotations from elsewhere: Similarly, The history of Israel is a history of prophecy (Bennett 1966:7). Prophecy is the dominant and distinctive element in Hebrew religion. Without it Israel would only have been one of the innumerable nomad tribes of the semitic race, the very traces of which have disappeared (Ottley 1897:264). More recent but similar sentiments are found for example in Rowley (1942:47), and Von Rad (1975a:44). The latter divides his theology into two volumes because of his conviction that with the prophets a new phase is entered (Von Rad 1975a:128). Indeed, prophecy only
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Page 3 and 4: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I would like to a
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52 it, possibly in giving him relev
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54 The traditional dating is probab
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56 freedom of the prophet in his mi
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58 and individual.) This line does
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60 a prophet. His call is never dep
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62 On a personal level it could wel
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64 (Jeremiah would fall into this t
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66 can recognise an authentic proph
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68 references to the covenant, to i
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Jeremiah can be seen as: 70 Yahweh'
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72 1952:55). Complementary to this
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74 a covenant (van Andel, cited in
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76 Duhm's assumption of the uniquen
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78 world while Robinson, W H (1923:
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environment, it did grow. 80 Israel
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82 messenger tend to become integra
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84 to destroy and to overthrow, to
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86 God who is the judge, Jeremiah m
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88 accused of rebellion in his prop
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90 not guilty of the sin of Judah.
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92 the impotence of the 'sera or th
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94 of the prophet. God does not sim
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96 Lack of success is not as explic
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98 His authority is over the office
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100 The locus of this authority is
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102 becoming more complete in the c
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104 The man who has seen God necess
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106 arising from corporate personal
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108 to the nations" is probably als
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110 Jeremie voit Yahweh dans une vi
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112 Now the word of the Lord came t
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114 commandment. It was the battle
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116 Nothing is indeed more signific
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118 (Jr 15:20 with Jr 1:18). There
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120 function of opening the inner e
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122 Muilenberg (1964:35) suggests t
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124 However the diversity of the pr
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126 becomes for him the fire in his
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128 for the Davidic ruler is in the
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130 Jeremiah is stating his authori
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132 holiness of God, Ezekiel's, God
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134 3.4.2 Prophetic usage. Jeremiah
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136 This is in contrast to the auth
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the word that says: 138 Before I fo
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140 independent heavenly being (Rob
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142 possible that Isaiah's call was
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144 otherwise they would not be kno
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146 These words indicate that altho
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148 (otherwise mainly of the servan
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150 minimal (eg 2 Chr 20:5), and th
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152 Deuteronomy 18:15-22 to the cov
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154 4. THE EFFECT OF THE CALL UPON
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156 ecstatics (Gouders 1971a:214).
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158 others, without a call, could a
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160 Israel (Neher 1968:49). This al
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162 involved in intercession (Wilso
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God. 164 (a) In the earlier literat
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166 Baal and not for Baal, so there
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168 God is seen in three terms in J
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170 concerning the Servant in Isaia
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up to Zion (Jr 31:6). 172 (Jr 1:17)
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174 4.2.1.5 paqad (appoint). Apart
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176 I appointed you (natan) a proph
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178 and whatever I command you you
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180 The verb has a strong connectio
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182 Alternatively false prophets ma
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184 narrative, but in a claim to di
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186 whereas Jeremiah preached the f
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188 The existence of some prophetes
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190 basic message, "pluck up" etc (
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192 book in the frequent repetition
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194 Elijah himself (cf section 3.4.
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196 which are however usually equat
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198 5.3.1 The word as creative. Jus
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200 a false sense of security (cf O
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202 creative act of God involving t
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204 accurately as a direct word, be
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206 person influencing another. The
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208 its connection with the ecstati
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210 5.4.1 The word of the Lord an e
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212 reception of the word to one me
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214 not transmit exclusively what i
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216 which has some poetic features,
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218 may also be proclaimed outside
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220 28:7). Power was conceived of a
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222 You have neither listened nor i
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224 in some way in the basic nature
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226 the mouth of the Lord (a freque
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228 refers to a gradation from drea
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the area (McKenzie 1974:69). 230 A
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232 appraisal. Zechariah 10:2 also
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the fruit of their devices, 234 bec
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236 1956:779f) read the call narrat
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238 assumed in the use of qadas "co
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240 birth (Jr 20:14), where he decr
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242 Now as Jeremiah was of priestly
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244 was that particular mission, no
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246 and I am weary with holding it
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248 The need of the prophet to act
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250 The Rabbis say that prophecy go
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(1972:162) says of massa': 252 It l
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254 deep concern for God's concerns
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256 message and messenger as authen
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258 prophet in Ezekiel (eg Ezk 8:1)
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260 The reference here could be to
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262 Righteous art thou, O Lord, whe
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264 noncompliance. The use of sawa
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266 This is different from the assu
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268 The main ideas associated with
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270 7.2 The action of the spirit in
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272 theophany, cf also Ex 24:17, Dt
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274 10:14, 51:17), with reference t
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278 Arendzen, J P 1947. Marks of a
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280 Birch, B C 1971. The developmen
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282 Carroll, R P 1969. When prophec
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284 Crotty, R 1971. Hosea and the k
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self-revelation. Bible Translator 2
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288 Fohrer, G 1971. Priester und Pr
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290 Hamilton, E 1936. The prophets
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292 Heschel, A J 1969. The prophets
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294 Jacob, E 1957. Quelques remarqu
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296 Kessler, M 1968. Jeremiah Chapt
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298 Long, B O 1977. Prophetic autho
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300 Mehl, L 1981. The call to proph
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302 Neher, A 1968. The prophetic ex
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304 Overholt, T W 1970. The threat
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306 New Testament, vol 4. 145-68. G
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308 Robinson, H W 1936. The Hebrew
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310 Rowley, H H 1956b. Prophecy in
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312 Skinner, J 1895. The book of Ez
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314 Van der Woude, A S 1969. Micah
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316 Welch, A C 1952. Kings and prop
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Theology 75, 411-6. 318 Wolff, H W
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