A prophet must be %100 right, or, he/she is considered a False Prophet. Some say John the Baptist was the Last Prophet. Was he totally accurate? John’s prophecy does not exist, but for his prediction Jesus THE MESSIAH is coming. Thus, he is %100 spot on? Is this why Jesus titles John;
“The greatest prophet born of woman!”?
Many Jewish prophets have said the messiah is coming. If I said the messiah was coming, would I be considered a prophet? If I said the sun will rise this day, and every day, would I be a perfect prophet? Was Jesus a prophet? How about the author of Revelations, was he a prophet? If so, how can we test if this is so, as Paul bid, because he encourages Christians to be prophets? Can only a Christian be a prophet? What if a book is found written by a Muslim, that is almost word for word what is found in Revelations?
What if a atheist could predict the future %100 percent? Should he/she be shunned, even stoned to death?
I suspect most Christians would say this atheist is a False Prophet, because God is not giving him/her a vision into the future. What if he/she could prove the visions they are receiving are not from Satan, or, from alien beings? Would Christians pay attention? Would atheists pay attention? Who really wants to see what the future has in store? Do Catholics believe in the Rapture? What about Noah and God’s flood? Did it really happen? Who was saying it was going to happen?
Then the Lord said, “I am about to cover the earth with a flood, that will destroy all air breathing living things that is under heaven and on earth. They will all die. But I will set up my covenant with you.”
Uh-oh! Looks like God is a False Prophet, because, there is no proof of this flood. Did you ever wonder why, and when, God stopped talking directly to human beings? If he kept it up – there would not be a need of a human prophet! I insist God begin speaking -again! Here are prophecies that did not come true, and, some that did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
http://time.com/4667462/simpsons-predictions-donald-trump-lady-gaga/
I have a theory, being, in the last forty years Christian minister taught their flock there will be a Rapture and Tribulation in order to put an end to all questioning, thus rendering human beings mindless and utterly helpless. Thinking about changing the future is futile, because according to John of Patmos – there will be no future! In heaven, there are no clocks, or, schedules. There is absolutely nothing to do. All free will, is gone! Indeed, it is best we get rid of the Free Press, because all events, past and present- are ordained by God.
So what a godless prophet can see a earthquake coming, or, the collapse of damn. Do not consult a godless prophet – because God wants those people to die. If he wanted to spare them, he would send HIS prophet. Indeed if a Christian told you God bid him to kill you, your response should be;
“Would you like to murder my children too? Hold on while I go get them. Would you like a cold one?”
Why not kill all the evangelicals, and stop the Tribulation! I’m sure billions of Chinese folks would be for that. Godless people should talk to godless Chinese leaders and ask them for help against Evangelical Lovers of Putin.
“Come on in! Can you give us twenty billion dollars to put down Evangelical Terrorism? Can you give me a no interest loan so I can own a home? I’ll put a big red star on my garage to make my evangelical neighbors – jealous as all hell! Ha! Ha! Tonight we are going to paint night-glow crosses on your roof so the Chinese can bomb you – just you!”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/china-military-mission-targeting-us/index.html
If Jesus was God’s Son, and more than a prophet, why didn’t he teach people about the Rapture and Tribulation – only? If these events are the only things that really matter, why didn’t Jesus surround himself with Scribes, and make sure these coming events are perfectly recorded, are a %100 percent accurate, and thus, there was not need for John of Revelations – a mere mortal – or all this mortal guessing that is %87 percent – wrong?
In 1986 I began a comic book that said Trump would be King of the World, a Messiah. How many atheists wished they had read that book? So what? I’m not a Christian!
Why do Christians vote if they know the outcome? How many Christians don’t care, or believe we are under attack. Perhaps these attacks – are ordained?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/bannon-brennan-america-under-attack-trump/index.html
John Presco
Revelation is an apocalyptic prophecy with an epistolary introduction addressed to seven churches in the Roman province of Asia.[15] “Apocalypse” means the revealing of divine mysteries;[16] John is to write down what is revealed (what he sees in his vision) and send it to the seven churches.[15] The entire book constitutes the letter—the letters to the seven individual churches are introductions to the rest of the book, which is addressed to all seven.[15] While the dominant genre is apocalyptic, the author sees himself as a Christian prophet: Revelation uses the word in various forms twenty-one times, more than any other New Testament book.[17]
As established from God, prophecy is always 100% accurate or it is not from God. Yet Rick Joyner who is considered a prophet and visionary says “There is a prophet named Bob Jones who was told that the general level of prophetic revelation in the church was about 65% accurate at this time. Some are only about 10% accurate, a very few of the most mature prophets are approaching 85% to 95% accuracy. Prophecy is increasing in purity, but there is a still a long way to go for those who walk in this ministry” (The Prophetic Ministry, Rick Joyner- Morningstar Prophetic Newsletter. Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 2).
We should welcome prophecies, but they should always be tested.
Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil (1 Thes 5:19-22).
Living with Imperfection
There are no perfect prophets. There are very few perfect prophecies. I would expect that even experienced prophets get it wrong sometimes. I suspect that most prophets would be very happy, if they got it right 90 percent of the time. An even larger percentage of prophecies from God will be slightly contaminated by something the prophet has added from his own heart. This is normal even for experienced prophets, because all prophets are human.
The solution is not to reject all prophecy, but to test all prophecy. Even if a word comes from a “big name” prophet, we should not assume that it is correct. Christians often feel guilty about rejecting a word, because it came from a well-known prophet. They should remember that prophets with big reputations will still be wrong at times. In fact, because there is more pressure on them to prophesy, they will make more frequent mistakes. There is no shame in rejecting their prophecy, if it is tested and found to be incorrect.
There are no perfect prophets. Even the Old Testament prophets got things wrong at time. God allows his prophets to make mistakes to keep them humble and to prevent the church from becoming too dependent on them. We must become more relaxed and comfortable in dealing with impure and incorrect prophecies, so that they can be discarded without drama. As we get better at testing prophecies, we will get better at calmly saying, “That was not from God” or “He missed the bus there”, without feeling guilty.
We must also learn to reject prophecies without killing the prophet. The church should accept a mistake as a reminder that all prophets are human. The prophets should be glad to hear about their mistakes, so they can learn from them.
Does this sound like the biblical prophets from the Bible. Does this sound like “…I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, who foils the signs of false prophets … who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers” (Isaiah 44:24-26)
Ezek 12:25 “For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it,” says the Lord GOD.”‘
Therefore any prophetic gift they are exercising that is not accurate 100% of the time is not the same one God gave to the prophets of old.
Can one actually be considered a “prophet” with an accuracy level of about 65 percent, and those who are better at get a higher rating. We don’t rate them for their effort and ask them to go home and practice and come back again when they improve God is not training His prophetic mouthpieces on improving in their accuracy? God always rebuked the inaccurate (false) prophets by calling false ones. It is no different today.
We often here the excuse well if someone had to think they were to be 100% accurate they may not try to prophecy. Good! Because it is a most fearful thing to say thus saith the Lord. And there are too many people who have practiced this gift as if it is like teaching. While we are told not to despise prophecy, in the same section of Scripture it tells us not to accept everything without testing it. (1 Thess.5:20-21)
http://www.raptureready.com/2016/07/19/pretribulation-rapture/
http://kingwatch.co.nz/Prophetic_Ministry/testing_prophets.htm
Writing to the Church in Corinth, the apostle Paul made this important declaration:
Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. (1 Cor. 14:1).
In that same chapter, Paul explains:
For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. (1 Cor. 14:31, NKJV)
Here are some guidelines that many churches and ministries have found to be helpful in encouraging believers to move in the gift of prophecy — including prophecy, word of knowledge, word of wisdom, discerning of spirits, and tongues and interpretation of tongues — in local fellowships.
The following principles for delivering and responding to personal prophecy in the local church have been adopted by many Bible believing Christian fellowships and ministries worldwide. These guidelines are merely suggestions for the operation of prophetic ministry within a local church or ministry, and should be weighed against Scripture.
http://www1.cbn.com/doing-personal-prophecy-right-church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Patmos
The assumption that the apostle John was also author of the Book of Revelation is now widely rejected in modern critical scholarship.[9] The early Christian writer Papias appeared in his writings to distinguish between John the Evangelist and John the Elder,[10] and many biblical scholars now contend that the latter was the author of Revelation.[11][12][13]
John the Presbyter was an obscure figure of the early Church who is either distinguished from or identified with the Apostle John, by some also John the Divine. He appears in fragments from the church father Papias of Hierapolis as one of the author’s sources and is first unequivocally distinguished from the Apostle by Eusebius of Caesarea. He is frequently proposed as an alternative author of some of the Johannine books in the New Testament.
In one sense John the Baptist was the last prophet. John the Baptist stood on the threshold between the Old and the New Testament, and was the last prophet in the sense of the Old Testament. Prophets were sent by God to speak His words to the people of Israel. Specifically, they were sent to prepare the way of the Messiah and to prepare the people of Israel for the coming of the Messiah.
However, this statement can be qualified in two ways. First, it can be said that Jesus was a prophet as well. Deuteronomy 18:15 says “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers. It is to him you shall listen.” This is a prophecy about the Messiah, as is confirmed by Stephen in Acts 7:37. It calls the Messiah – Jesus – a prophet. Several people in the New Testament are talking about Jesus as a prophet, e.g. the Samaritan women (John 4:19) and the men on the way to Emmaus (Luke 24:19). They are not mistaken, because Jesus also refers to Himself as a prophet. E.g. “But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household’” (Matthew 13:57).
Revelation is an apocalyptic prophecy with an epistolary introduction addressed to seven churches in the Roman province of Asia.[15] “Apocalypse” means the revealing of divine mysteries;[16] John is to write down what is revealed (what he sees in his vision) and send it to the seven churches.[15] The entire book constitutes the letter—the letters to the seven individual churches are introductions to the rest of the book, which is addressed to all seven.[15] While the dominant genre is apocalyptic, the author sees himself as a Christian prophet: Revelation uses the word in various forms twenty-one times, more than any other New Testament book.[17]
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