Martin Luther King Jr. And The Civil Rights Movement

In order for someone to be a prophet, they must be recognized and called upon by God to carry out good works. As assumed most prophets of the Christian church are recognized, historical figures, with some being less famous. Although all of these prophets often times are “recognized as having received either a Public or Private Revelation”(CTT, 67). Modern prophets often are political movement leaders or founders of good works organizations. Given this, many have lead movements of peace and love, or movements of reform in religion or war. The modern prophet that I focused on was Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr was a leader of the civil rights movement and very outspoken regarding the views and rights people of color should have.

When he spoke, he spoke for those without power , when he acted, he acted for a revitalization of the rights system in this country. Although he spoke of reform and protests, he promoted anti-violent sit ins and was a non-violent leader. He did not employ violence and even with that was considered a very dangerous reformer by the political leaders at the time. With the law enforcement and political leaders guarding him and denying his calls of freedom, the job and message of Martin Luther King Jr. got both more difficult but much louder as more and more of the anawim and the persecuted rallied behind

King spoke against the government and argued for civil rights. By constructing sit ins and marches he slowly built a following and while promoting equality and nonviolence he raised support for the movement. All of this relates to Moses, with how he spoke to God and then led the Israelites out of slavery and oppression, and into the promised land. The Jewish people were being persecuted by the Pharaoh of Egypt when God first spoke to Moses and explained how it was going to change. Moses helped God create a challenge between him and the egyptian Gods, this labed Moses as God’s messenger to the people. A final way that Moses and King can be related is the views of their similarities by Martin Luther King Jr himself. The night before he died, Martin Luther King Jr gave a speech to his followers about reaching a time of equality. He quoted Moses and stated that “I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.”(Martin Luther King Jr., I’ve Been to the