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.