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00:00Elijah found Elisha, who was plowing and passing by him. Elijah threw his mantle to him,
00:14which symbolized that he had been chosen to receive his authority. Then Elisha left his
00:21He followed Elijah's footprints and ran after him to serve him. The moment was approaching when the Lord
00:28Elijah would be taken away. So Elijah and Elisha left Gilgal and went to Bethel.
00:36While there, Elisha asked the prophet to inherit his spirit twice over,
00:43To which Elijah replied that if he could see the Lord when He took him, his wish would be granted.
00:50request. So, as they were talking along the way, suddenly a chariot of fire separated them with
00:56horses of fire and Elijah ascended to heaven in a whirlwind. Then Elisha gathered
01:03the mantle that Elijah had fallen from. The prophets of Jericho, seeing it, recognized that he was lying in it.
01:12the spirit of Elijah. Elijah had departed, and Elisha remained with the mission of continuing his work.
01:20to be a prophet of the Lord. The miracles that God performed through Elisha made it clear that
01:27Yahweh was the true God, full of power and glory and worthy of worship. A story that is part of the
01:36The time of this prophet is that of the healing of a foreigner named Naaman, who was sick with
01:44leprosy. Through the mediation of a slave he owned, who was an Israelite, Naaman goes to
01:52Elisha to seek health. Naaman receives an instant cure of his leprosy, as soon as he
02:00He bathes in the Jordan, just as the prophet instructed him. This healing is not due to the water, but to the power
02:08of Yahweh, in whose name Elisha has restored the health of the Aramean army commander. Faced with such a miracle,
02:17Naaman believes in Yahweh with sincere faith, and he bravely and gratefully confesses and professes his faith. I acknowledge that
02:27There is no other God on earth except the God of Israel. This passage raises the issue of
02:36The relationship of the God of Israel with other nations. The Lord's connection to Israel is shown through
02:45This action in favor of Naaman as a universal God. His saving action now extends
02:52to a foreigner. In the Gospel according to Saint Luke, Jesus proposes Naaman as a model of faith in
03:01in contrast to the disbelief of his listeners. There were many lepers in Israel in the time of
03:09Elisha the prophet, but none of them were healed except Naaman the Syrian. Faith is always a gift from God.
03:20But men may not accept it, they may reject it. It is our responsibility to maintain
03:28open to faith, docile to its call, and persevere in it. Shortly before his death,
03:37Elisha ordered that Jehu be anointed king of Israel, and it was this king who ended the worship of Baal.
03:45demolishing the temple of the pagan god. At the same time, he ordered his regiment to kill Jezebel.
03:54and to all the descendants of Ahab. During Elisha's prophetic life, many kings came to
04:02throne of Israel and Judah. Some were faithful and others were not. Around 780 BC, Elisha
04:13He pronounced against the Arameans in response to King Joash's desperate plea. Once the
04:21Victory over the Arameans took place, and Elisha died.
04:30In the 8th century BC, around the year 750, the first prophet appeared whose reflection we have.
04:39Written by the prophet Mosso. God took him from shepherding and sent him to the northern kingdom to denounce the
04:47injustices generated by the economic boom. His message was clear. God cannot bless those who
04:55They exploit the poor and plunge them into misery. God wants prosperity for all. Denounce the
05:04Religiosity and worship are empty because the people forget to exercise justice and mercy with
05:12the needy. The book of Amos begins with a series of prophetic oracles announcing the
05:20punishment from the nations neighboring Israel. But immediately, the prophet's proclamation turns
05:26against Judah and Israel, who, even though they are God's people, are not free from divine judgment
05:33about sin. At the same time, Amos declares Yahweh as Lord and universal Judge. Let's read a passage from this book.
05:45I have chosen you alone from among all the peoples of the earth. Therefore I will hold you accountable for
05:53all the evil they have committed. The Lord says, they do not know how to act righteously. They keep in
06:01Their palaces, which they violently plundered. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: An enemy will surround the
06:10country, he will tear down your stronghold and plunder your palaces. The Lord, the Almighty God, declares,
06:17Hear this and bear witness against the people of Jacob. For on the day I call Israel to account,
06:25Because of their sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel. The horns of the altar will be numbered and will fall to the ground.
06:37At the end of this book are a set of prophetic visions that announce the punishment of
06:44Despite the prophet's intercession, the book concludes with a message of hope.
06:52The restoration of God's people. Although the prophets warned the people, the northern kingdom
06:59Israel did not listen to his words and continued to ignore the covenant. The kings led the people
07:07to spiritual and social chaos. How much longer would the people turn their backs on God?
07:19Hosea, a contemporary of Amoz, carried out his prophetic work for a much longer time than
07:27He was also sent as a prophet to Israel. He poured out his heart, pleading with a people who...
07:34He denied loving a God who is always faithful to the covenant, to his people. This prophet uses
07:43Numerous allusions to the historical and political events of his time. This book is divided
07:51in two main parts. The first part comprises chapters 1 through 3 and narrates some episodes
07:58of Hosea's married life. The second part, which comprises chapters 4 through 14, does not have a single line
08:07as well-defined as the first, although it refers to diverse topics. What predominates is perversion.
08:15The religious life of Israel and the scandalous political events of his time. The prophet Hosea is sent to
08:23northern kingdom to remind the people and their rulers that the Sinai alliance has been broken
08:31because of the people's infidelity in worshipping other gods. Hosea's struggle against idolatry unfolded
08:39due to the circumstances the people were experiencing. The Canaanite farmers and the Israelites, in imitation
08:46Some of these people performed rituals to the gods of fertility in search of crops and livestock.
08:53abundant. This prophet passionately combated these beliefs. According to his proclamation, the
09:02The encounter with the God of Israel was not to be carried out through ritual, but was to take place in
09:10History. There, where God had come to meet his people and where the people should
09:17Upon finding Him, performing at every moment acts of love and faithfulness toward the Lord. Hosea speaks
09:25of God's love for Israel, his chosen bride in the Sinai covenant, who has been unfaithful to him by loving
09:35to other gods. For Hosea, God's love is unconditional, like that of a husband for his wife.
09:44beloved, or like that of a father for his young son. Hosea offers a reinterpretation of the history of the people
09:52of God in the light of a love drama. Let us read the following passage from this book.
10:02I will make her fall in love with me, I will take her to the desert and open her heart. Then I will return her vineyards to her and
10:13I will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope for her. There she will answer me as in her youth,
10:21as on the day he left Egypt. Then he will call me my husband, instead of calling me my Baal.
10:31I, the Lord, affirm it, and I will remove the names of the Baals from their lips, and they will never again...
10:39to be mentioned. At that time I will make a covenant for Israel with the wild animals and the birds and
10:48the snakes. I will break and remove from this land the bow, the sword, and war so that my people
10:56Rest in peace. Israel, I will make you my wife forever, my lawful wife according to the law.
11:06Because I love you deeply. I will make you my wife and I will be faithful to you, and then you will know me as the
11:16Lord. I, the Lord, affirm it. At that time I will answer to heaven, and heaven will answer to the
11:25land. The land will respond to the wheat, the wine, and the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. I will plant my
11:36I will have compassion on the people of the earth, exclusively for me. I will have compassion on the Rujamá and say to me, "You are my people."
11:45people and he will say to me, you are my God.
11:54Through this passage, the prophet invites the people of Israel to conversion. The Lord is not a
12:02god of nature like the Baals to whom they dance and offer sacrifices to have a good
12:08harvest. He is the god of history. Under this nuptial formula, first in negative form and then
12:17In a positive way, we find this response of covenant from the people. You are my God.
12:25During this same period, Deuteronomistic spirituality emerged, reflecting on history
12:33of the people in light of the alliance forged at Sinai, which will be the key to understanding all the
12:41subsequent events. For the Deuteronomist school, the story is easy to read. When one is faithful to the
12:49In an alliance, only blessing is expected, but infidelity to it brings curse and death.
12:57Those who fled the destruction of Samaria and took refuge in Judah brought these things with them.
13:03reflections that had already been put in writing. This document serves as the basis for the
13:10Josiah's reform.