36 Bible Verses about God Sending Prophets
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Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.
Therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them: The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ what should I tell them?”
God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.”
So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, “Lord, why have You caused trouble for this people? And why did You ever send me?
for we are about to destroy this place because the outcry against its people is so great before the Lord, that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
Who should I send?
Who will go for Us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.
Then the Lord said to me:
Do not say, “I am only a youth,”
for you will go to everyone I send you to
and speak whatever I tell you.
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”
So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him:
There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
and He sent a message through Nathan the prophet, who named him Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
Approach Me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and His Spirit.
The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the power of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”
Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and the people, “The Lord sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.
He said to me: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebellious pagans who have rebelled against Me. The Israelites and their ancestors have transgressed against Me to this day.
I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me.
The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you.
People who are far off will come and build the Lord’s temple, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen when you fully obey the Lord your God.”
Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions of angels?
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit—the Father will send Him in My name—will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.
Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.
Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His slaves what must quickly take place.”
He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.
The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”
Get up, go downstairs, and accompany them with no doubts at all, because I have sent them.”
Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
