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Their Preaching of the Judgment.
The conception of God and Divine things on the part of the prophets was the logical
development of the revelations in the days of Moses, and after that time, concerning the
nature and the activity of God. The God of the prophets is entirely a personal and living God,
i.e. He enters into the life of man. His holiness is exaltation above Nature and the most
pronounced antagonism to all things unclean, to sin. Sin is severely dealt with by God,
especially, as has already been mentioned, the sin of showing no love and no mercy to one’s
neighbor. Because they are saturated with this conviction of the absolute holiness of God, the
preexilic prophets proclaim to their people more than anything else the judgment which shall
bring with it the dissolution of both kingdoms and the destruction of Samaria and of
Jerusalem, together with its temple. First, its destruction is proclaimed to the Northern
Kingdom; later on to the Southern. In doing this, these inspired men testify that Yahweh is
not inseparably bound to His people. Rather He Himself calls the destroyer to come, since all
the nations of the world are at His command.