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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE ROLE OF THE PROPHET \nFrom the writing of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel5 \n◊◊◊ \nThe certainty of being inspired by God\, of speaking in His name\, of having \nbeen sent by Him to the people\, is the basic and central fact of the prophet’s \nconsciousness. Other people regard experience as the source of certainty; what \nsingles out the prophet in the world of man is that to him the source of his \nexperience is the source of his certainty. To his mind\, the validity and \ndistinction of his message lie in the origin\, not only in the moment of his \nexperience… \nIn a variety of ways\, in utterance and in action\, the prophets stressed their \nstaggering claim. It was such certainty of being inspired that enabled the \nprophet to proclaim again and again: “Thus says the Lord”; “Hear the word of \nthe Lord”… There is no doubt that the prophets were conscious of their own \nsincerity; that their tongues were not confuted by their consciences. “What I \nheard from the Lord of hosts\, … I announce to you\,” said Isaiah. And Jeremiah \ninsisted “That which came out of my lips was before Thy face”. \nThe prophet does not speak of a resolution or a purpose\, framed by \nhimself\, to devote himself to his vocation\, but describes a decisive moment in \nwhich he received a call. He thinks of himself as “a messenger of God”\, sent by \nHim to His people. Moreover\, he does not speak on the strength of a single \nexperience or sporadic inspirations. His entire existence is dedicated to his \nmission… When “Jeremiah’s harsh word of judgment against the Temple of \nJerusalem provoked the priests… that they wanted to kill him\,” Jeremiah had \nnothing to say in his defense before the royal officials except: “…the Lord has \nsent me to you\, to say all these words in your ears”… \nTo the consciousness of the prophet\, the prophetic act is more than an \nexperience; it is an objective event… It is not a discovery\, a coming upon \nsomething permanently given by the mind of the prophet…a timeless idea… \njustice\, a law\, but something dynamic\, an act of giving; not an eternal word\, but \na word spoken\, a word expressed\, springing from a Presence\, a word in time\, a \npathos overflowing in words. His experience is a perception of an act that \nhappens rather than a perception of a situation that abides… \nThus\, to the prophetic consciousness\, inspiration is…experienced as a \ndivine act which takes place not within but beyond\, as an event which happens \nin one’s view rather than in one’s heart. The prophet does not merely feel it; he \nfaces it. \n  \n5 Heschel\, Abraham J. The Prophets. New York: Harper & Row\, 1962. 426-433.11 \n  \n 
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