In this picture you can see some minor Prophets. Their responsibility was to hand over the message of God to the people. Through that message they wanted to show the people, injustice of the society corrupted administration, the destruction because of the sinfulness of people, the necessity of a real repentance, establishing a good and righteous life. The people of the past who turned away from God were advisded to come back to God.
Prophet Amos
He was a Prophet who lived in Israel in 8th century B.C. He was a shepherd as well as a farmer who grew olives as his occupation. At the time of Prophet Amos, the society of Israel was corrupted with injustice, dishonesty oppression of the poor people and earned money in an unlawful way by opressing the people at a time like. It was Amos who got his prophetic call, proclaimed boldly to the people that the God of Justice hates those who are doing against his will.
Because of that Amos was named as “The Prophet of social justice”. Therefore we too must live a righteous life and stand against injustice of the society as Prophet Amos did.
Prophet Hosea
Hosea is another Prophet who lived in the 8th century B.C. He had to fulfill his mission in Israel. The marriage life of Hosea was a good message he had to proclaim in his prophetic mission. He had married a woman called Gomer who went after other men leaving Hosea behind. Even though she went away, Hosea invited her to repent and finally she repented for all her sins. As Gomer
turnd back to Hosea and went away from him, Israelites too forgot their God who loved them immensely, and went after the mythical gods and goddeses and worshiped them. As he did to his wife Hosea called all the people of Israel to repent for their sins. He invited them to come out of the darkness of sin. He also guided them to go after the Lord Almiglily to offer their love and respect once again. As Hosea guided the people of Israel towards God the Almighty, we too have to worship one God love and serve him as good Christians.
Prophet Jonah
Another Prophet who lived in 8th century B.C. was Jonah. He received a call to go to the wicked people of Nineveh and he invited them to repent for their sinful life. Jonah rejected God's call and wanted to flee away from God to the city of Tarshish. The ship which Jonah sailed caught into a furious storm. The officers of the ship cast lots to find who was the cause for the storm. It fell on Jonah's name. Jonah revealed them that he is fleeing away from God's wish and because of him the sea grew more turbulent. He also requested them to put him into the sea. Even though they did not want to do any crime of murder with the strong appeal of Jonah, they threw Jonah into the sea. The sea calmed down at once. Jonah was swallowed by a large fish and spewed him up on to the beach after three days. Lying on the beach Jonah understood he had come to Nineveh. Jonah stayed in the city and proclaimed God's message to repent for their sins. The people of Nineveh believed the God's message, they prayed, fasted, and showed that they are repenting for their sins. Finally with the guidence of Jonah, the people of Nineveh received mercy of God. Therefore we also should take steps to bring back those who are doing wrong things into correct path as Prophet Jonah did.
