verb
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner : to proclaim war.
to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way : to proclaim one's opinions.
to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
to extol or praise publicly : Let them proclaim the Lord.
to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.
to denounce or prohibit publicly.
Questions:
What does proclamation mean to you? What are some of the most significant proclamations you have made in your life? Is there one that you hold in highest regard?
Much of scripture is a prompt invoking a response. Consider some of these key verses and the call to proclamation deserved, desired and declared.
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
These are the commandments the Lord proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.
Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.
And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.
“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,
Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Faith Questions
What would you proclaim to know or believe to be true about God? God is __________________________________________