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Session 6
OT Background: calling texts in the OT
• Noah (Genesis 6:1-7:5)• Abraham (Genesis 12:1-4)• Deborah (Judges 4-5)• Samson’s mother (Judges 13:1-25)• Samuel (1 Samuel 1-3)• David (1 Samuel 16)• Huldah (2 Ch 34:19-33; 2 Ki 22-23)• Jonah (Jonah)
Old Testament Backgroundslessons from the calling texts in the OT
• The situational nature of these calls• The personal nature of these calls• The partnership envisioned in these calls• Expecting the unexpected• Arguing with God
OT Background: metaphors and roles
• Shepherd• Prophet• Priest
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Shepherd • Work of a shepherd• Shepherding as a leadership
training lab • Shepherding as teaching tool to
learn about God
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Shepherd passages• Psalm 23 – God as shepherd• Ezekiel 34 – Against the
shepherds
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Prophet
Video from the Bible Project• Accusation• Repentance• The Day of The Lord
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Prophet• Major and minor prophets• Speaking and writing prophets• Forth-telling vs fore-telling• Thus saith the Lord• Behold the weirdness
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Priests
• Who comes to mind when you think of priests and priesthood?
• What comes to mind when you think of priests and priesthood?
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Priests • Genesis 14:18• Exodus 28:1-4• Leviticus 8-10• Leviticus 21:16-23• Numbers 3:1-13• Numbers 18
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Priests Levi families (Tabernacle responsibilities)• Kohath – carried furniture• Gershon – carried coverings,
screens, hangings• Merari – carried and set up frameNumbers 4:36, 4:40, 4:44
OT Background: metaphors and roles
Priests
Both prophets and priests are positioned between God and humans.• Prophets present God’s messages
to humans.• Priests present humans’ messages
to God.