The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

as mirrors for reading people’s hearts. For this reason, they were felt to bear the image of the jaguar. 706. Jahaziel—A prophet who ministered in Judah to Jehoshephat regarding the salvation of Yahweh in the people’s conflict with the children of Ammon. According to the passage in Scripture, Jahaziel was more of a psalmist prophet than a nabi. 2 Chronicles 20:14. 707. Janus—Roman god of light. The month of January was supposedly named after him. The name referred to his two faces. 708. Jeduthun—A psalmist from the tribe of Merari who served under King David as a sanctuary musician. See 1 Chronicles 9:16 and 16:38, 41–42. 709. Jehovah—Christianized form of the name of ancient Israel’s God Yahweh. 710. Jehu—A doomsday prophet of Israel who officiated during the tenure of a king who assassinated his predecessor to seize the throne. Baasha was the king who massacred an entire family line of royal heirs. Jehu also rebuked King Jehoshaphat for his foolish alliance with the king of Israel. Jehu’s name means “He is Lord.” 711. Jeremiah—The Bible’s second major prophet; Jeremiah was summoned to prophetic duty at a very young age. He was so young that he was reluctant to obey his call, fearing his lack of maturity would hinder his ability to perform well in the office. God countered his excuse with the fact that he was not called because of his age but because he was created and formed to stand in the office of a national prophet from the womb. Seen as a prophet of doom and defeatism, Jeremiah’s ministry was fraught with sadness, grief, despair, and depression. His was not a popular or desired word. Sent to royalty more often than anywhere else, Jeremiah was the prophet who predicted his homeland’s destruction and God’s judgment on its rulers by it. He was arrested, banished, and punished in all sorts of ways because the leadership did not want to hear the truth. Several attempts were made on his life as he faithfully obeyed the voice of the Lord. After so many hostile reactions to his word, Jeremiah’s natural instincts for self-preservation made him try to resist the word of the Lord when it came to him. Vowing he would not speak or even receive the divine communications, Jeremiah discovered that God’s power over him was much stronger. He recorded that his vain efforts to fight the Lord’s Spirit caused physical discomforts that eased only when he uttered his prophecies. Jeremiah said that he had quaking in