* Luís Alberto Alves
In the Old Testament, books with fewer pages became known in Israel as "lesser prophets" and those of more pages, "greater prophets," but without disregarding their importance before the Lord.
During the time of the kings, the prophets of Yahweh preached in the northern kingdom (Israel), while Obadiah, Joel, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Sophonijah and Jeremiah prophesied in the southern kingdom (Judah).
God used the prophets at that time to call his people and their leaders back into a covenant relationship with him (2 Kings 17:13) and warned them to judgment that they would come to refuse to repent and obey God. At this time the greatest prophets were Elijah (1 Kings 1719, 2 Kings 1 and 2) and Elisha (Ireis 19, 2 Kings 2-13)
During the Old Testament this was God's means of communication with his people. No one, not even kings, was allowed to speak to the Lord if they did not consult a prophet. According to Judaism, the last prophet would have been Malachi, according to the division of the books that make up the Old Testament. The blank page in some Bibles is the remembrance of the 400 years that God remained silent, without uttering a single word to his people.
* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor
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