JohnD Posted March 27, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 904 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,642 Content Per Day: 2.03 Reputation: 5,828 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted March 27, 2019 It occurs to me that the term itself should be defined / debated / discussed. What IS prophecy? I gather most assume it is entirely PREDICTIVE prophecy. Mysticism. A kind of insight some people have over others (who don't have it). Before I give the definition I have evidence of... I wonder what ♥ Worthy Posters ♥ think / feel / believe / know prophecy is. Thanks in advance for your participation. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaacsname Posted March 29, 2019 Group: Junior Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 93 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 33 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2019 The Hebrew word for prophet comes from the Akkadian word for waters Just by that cognate alone, one could have weeks of study Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest In Him Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 My 2 cents: am here to learn. And his feet were in the form of the brass of Lebanon which is heated in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters. Rev 1:15 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant and with thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus; worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev 19:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jostler Posted March 29, 2019 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 25 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,679 Content Per Day: 1.40 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 16 Joined: 01/19/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) The simplest "summary" of the gift of prophecy as I understand it might be expressed as: "a forth-telling of the mind of God in a given situation" I believe it has more to do with simply being used to "speak out" the mind/will of God into human circumstance. The idea it's foretelling the future generally comes from our ideas of what a prophecy is being polluted by the likes of Nostradummy and psychics like Jeanne Dixon claimed to be There is a gift of the Spirit that deals with the future...but it's not prophecy...that one is the Word of Wisdom. We can separate those out for the purposes of studying and understanding them but in practical situations often more than one is at work at a time. And in such a way it's difficult to distinguish which is which while they're actually on display. Edit to add: understanding Rev 19:10 is a HUGE key to defining prophecy too as In Him just brought up Edited March 29, 2019 by Jostler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted March 29, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2019 (edited) On 3/27/2019 at 6:46 AM, JohnD said: It occurs to me that the term itself should be defined / debated / discussed. What IS prophecy? I gather most assume it is entirely PREDICTIVE prophecy. Mysticism. A kind of insight some people have over others (who don't have it). Before I give the definition I have evidence of... I wonder what ♥ Worthy Posters ♥ think / feel / believe / know prophecy is. Thanks in advance for your participation. Prophecy is the study of things still to come. It is important. The book of Revelation has prophecy. Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. Edited March 29, 2019 by missmuffet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 30, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 904 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,642 Content Per Day: 2.03 Reputation: 5,828 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 Prophecy = to profess / one who professes is a professor / prophet / prophesy same root It is the telling forth of something. It can be about the future, the present, or the past. It is NOT about the future only. The prophecy / profession made is not so much about the message itself as it is about the God who gives the message through his professor / prophet. The prophet / professor is ONLY a messenger (tool) in the hand of God. Takes the focus off of the mystical fantasy mankind has made of the entire subject and places it back on God where it belongs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 30, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 904 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,642 Content Per Day: 2.03 Reputation: 5,828 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 The entire Bible is prophetic. Not only in its foretelling of the future but in its forth telling of the past and even the present. 2 Peter 1:20–21 (AV) 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 30, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 0 Topic Count: 904 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 9,642 Content Per Day: 2.03 Reputation: 5,828 Days Won: 9 Joined: 04/07/2011 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) The LORD Jesus came to Earth as a man and fulfilled the three offices of the ultimate Messiah: Prophet Priest King This is what got Saul in so much trouble as an under messiah. He was already a King and a prophet. But when he transgressed and offered the sacrifices when Samuel was running late, Saul took on the third office. This cost him his life. Edited March 30, 2019 by JohnD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtletwo Posted March 30, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1,192 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7,264 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 15,710 Days Won: 194 Joined: 07/15/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted March 30, 2019 10 hours ago, In Him said: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev 19:10 @In Him Thanks for sharing this. It helps whenever you can get a definition of prophecy straight from the scriptures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtletwo Posted March 30, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1,192 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7,264 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 15,710 Days Won: 194 Joined: 07/15/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted March 30, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 8:46 AM, JohnD said: I wonder what ♥ Worthy Posters ♥ think / feel / believe / know prophecy is. Thanks in advance for your participation. @JohnD And thanks to you for posting this worthwhile topic... I have been reading with interest what my brothers and sisters had to say. Now I am about to read your posts that followed. For myself, when I was young I thought it was only about God giving certain ones the ability to forsee the future (Example: Daniel) Then as I became an older Christian, the churches were telling me that prophecy means to prophesy or teach (the scriptures.) Like a pastor does in church. At this point in time, I am in the mindset of In Him. I want to learn and I am here to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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