Have you noticed that prophesies are flying around madly in all directions these days; putting forth all sorts of varying scenarios about what will happen in the coming weeks and months? Some are wildly positive, while others are depressingly gloomy. So many are totally opposite to others. Noting how many people report themselves to be prophets of the Lord, and considering the truth that the Lord still requires (and deserves) accuracy from His true prophets, I am finding prophesies that oppose each other to be very troubling. So many honored “big name prophets”, with large followings, are often very inaccurate in their predictions. They are seemingly given a “pass”, when a faulty prediction is given. They report that the timing is not right yet … or that something happened to delay their absolutely certain, foretold, event … when their “thus says the Lord” prophesy does not happen. Such things bring a great deal of confusion and doubt into the Body of Messiah. Maybe more people need to review the definition of the word prophet?
So, below and attached is a study on Prophecy. I would apologize for the fact that it is very long 19 pages. Yikes! BUT it covers a LOT. You might want to print it out and take your time to digest it all. It covers the following categories:
1. PROPHECY DEFINED
2. THE CATEGORIES OF PROPHECY
3. JUDGING PROPHECY
4. LEVELS OF THE PROPHETIC
5. MARKS OF A PROPHET
6. HOW TO GROW IN THE GIFT OF PROPHECY
7. GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING PROPHECIES
8. SUMMARY
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