Prophets and Prophecies

Prophets:

Definition: A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

Biblical Definition: A person chosen by God to speak for God and to guide His people. (The mouthpiece of God.)

Biblical Qualifications:

Called to service by God.

Lives a Godly life

Not contradict the Word of God

Will predict future events with 100% accuracy.

Will have Visions or Dreams, and is able to interrupt them.

False Prophet:

Definition: A person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration, or to speak for God, or who makes such claims for evil ends.

When a person is found to be a false prophet they are put too death.

Deuteronomy 13:1–5 KJV 1900

1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Simply put if a prophet leads you astray from God, or is not 100% accurate then they are put to death by stoning.

Prophets of the Old Testament:

The Four Major Prophets:

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

The Twelve Minor Prophets:

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

New Testament Prophets:

John the Baptist (Believed to be the last prophet of the Bible)

Apostle John (John’s Revelations in the Book of Revelation Prophesying the end of the world)

Prophecies:

Definition: Is a foretelling; prediction; declaration of something to come.

All bible prediction so far has come true, with one last set of prophecy to be fulfilled.

The Rapture of the church.

The Receiving of our New Glorified Body.

The Judgment Seat of Christ.

The Great 7 Year Tribulation.

The Battle of Armageddon.

The Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

The Judgment of Nations

The Millennium or the 1,000 year Reign of Jesus Christ.

Satan’s Last Stand.

The Great White Throne Judgment.

The New Heaven

The New Earth

The New Jerusalem.

This is called Eschatology “The Study of Last Things.”