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Justin Frederick
Denisa Hancock
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Lauren Cooper
Valencia Johnson
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Brittany Singleton
The biblical prophets were men who spread the word which is supposed to come directly from God. Their status comes in stages, such as their call to duty and their actual fullfillment. Prophets such as Moses and Jonah are an example of those who first rejected their calling and then commisioned it by doing what they were told. To be a prophet wasn’t glamourous however, because it depended on whether you were right or wrong. One could say our projects led us to be prophets. We were called upon to solve what we thought was the biggest problem in the world. In response to this call of duty, we enacted projects that would help to resolve the issue, which is our version of fulfillment. And in this doing, we are telling the world what is right and wrong. Which is what the prophets did.
Job was a righteous and wealthy man in the Hebrew bible. The story goes that he was happy and satisfied with his life and fully devoted to God. But Satan surmised that he was only so righteous because he had everything he needed. He baited God to take all of his fortunes away and to see what would happen. So for some strange reason, God actually did. He stripped him of his kids, his wife, his money and even gave him boils. But Job remained faithful, and I guess is a model of how everyone should be here in Post-Katrina New Orleans. The city was full of life, had heavy tourism and a thriving culture. Then the waters came and washed away everything. We are now in the rebuilding stages and faith has become a big issue. It factors into the rebuilding because it takes a reason to get the city back to how it was. And that reason I suppose is because it just needs to come back.
Psalm 22 is said to be about the crucifixaction of Christ.