Amos links that day to the fall of the northern kingdom (see Amos 8:13-14). ![]() ![]() But I think it is a mistake to equate Amos 8:11-12 to the time between the two Testaments. These are often referred to by Christians as “the silent years.” That term may be based somewhat on Amos 8:11-12 where Amos prophesies that the days were coming when there would be a famine of hearing the words of the LORD, that people would wander from sea to sea and from north to east seeking the word of the LORD and not finding it. ![]() You ask whether God was silent during the 400 years between the prophet Malachi, the last of the Old Testament prophets, and the opening of the New Testament with the announcement of Gabriel to Zechariah. Can we conclude that God was silent for those 400 years? I would like to hear your take on this one as I have researched what we have here and come up without answers. Now, the question is this, isn’t it true that there were 400 silent years (silence from God) between the Old Testament and birth of Christ? So, if Anna is called a prophetess, was she a female prophet (meaning foretelling as well as forth-telling) and if so, can we assume she had been doing this for years since she was older (over 100)? Is there a place in the Bible that says that God was silent for 400 years? If there is, I can’t find it. Anna is referred to as a prophetess, which puzzles me.
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