Prophecy:
or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a "miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human sagacity to foresee, discern, or conjecture." (See PROPHET.)
The great prediction which runs like a golden thread through the whole contents of the Old Testament is that regarding the coming and work of the Messiah; and the great use of prophecy was to perpetuate faith in his coming, and to prepare the world for that event. But there are many subordinate and intermediate prophecies also which hold an important place in the great chain of events which illustrate the sovereignty and all-wise overruling providence of God.
Then there are many prophecies regarding the Jewish nation, its founder Abraham (Gen 12:1-3; 13:16; 15:5; 17:2,4-6, etc.), and his posterity, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants (Gen 12:7; 13:14,15,17; 15:18-21; Exd 3:8,17), which have all been fulfilled. The twenty-eighth chapter of Deuteronomy contains a series of predictions which are even now in the present day being fulfilled. In the writings of the prophets Isaiah (Isa 2:18-21), Jeremiah (Jer 27:3-7; 29:11-14), Ezekiel (Eze 5:12; 8), Daniel (Dan 8; 9:26,27), Hosea (Hsa 9:17), there are also many prophecies regarding the events which were to befall that people.
There is in like manner a large number of prophecies relating to those nations with which the Jews came into contact, as Tyre (Eze 26:3-5,14-21), Egypt (Eze 29:10,15; 30:6,12,13), Ethiopia (Nah 3:8-10), Nineveh (Nah 1:10; 2:8-13; 3:17-19), Babylon (Isa 13:4; Jer 51:7; Isa 44:27; Jer 50:38; 51:36,39,57), the land of the Philistines (Jer 47:4-7; Eze 25:15-17; Amo 1:6-8; Zep 2:4-7; Zec 9:5-8), and of the four great monarchies (Dan 2:39,40; 7:17-24; 8:9).
But the great body of Old Testament prophecy relates directly to the advent of the Messiah, beginning with (Gen 3:15), the first great promise, and extending in ever-increasing fulness and clearness all through to the very close of the canon. The Messianic prophecies are too numerous to be quoted. "To him gave all the prophets witness." (Mic 5:2; Hag 2:6-9; Isa 7:14; 9:6,7; 11:1,2; 53; 60:10,13; Psa 16:11; 68:18.)
Many predictions also were delivered by Jesus and his apostles. Those of Christ were very numerous. (Mat 10:23:24; 11:23; 19:28; 21:43,44; 24; 25:31-46; 26:17-35,46,64; Mar 9:1; 10:30; 13; 11:1-6,14; 14:12-31,42,62; 16:17, etc.)
Prophecy: Concerning
Concerning Jesus, see JESUS
Concerning church, see CHURCH, PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles.
Respecting individuals, see under their names.
Prophecy: Inspired
Isa 28:22; Luk 1:70; 2Ti 3:16; 2Pe 1:21
"The word of the Lord came to, " etc.:
To Elijah,
1Ki 17:8; 21:17, 28;
Isaiah,
Isa 2:1; 8:5; 13:1; 14:28; 38:4;
Jeremiah,
Jer 1:4; 7:1; 11:1; 13:8; 16:1; 18:1; 25:1, 2; 26:1; 27:1; 29:30; 30:1, 4; 32:1, 6, 26; 33:1, 19, 23; 34:12; 35:12; 36:1; 37:6; 40:1; 43:8; 44:1; 46:1; 49:34; 50:1.
Ezekiel,
Eze 3:16; 6:1; 7:1; 11:14; 12:1, 8, 17, 21; 13:1; 14:12; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1, 11; 18:1; 20:45; 21:1, 8, 18; 22:1, 17, 23; 23:1; 24:1, 15, 20; 25:1; 26:1; 27:1; 28:1, 11, 20; 29:1, 17; 30:1, 20; 31:1; 32:1, 17; 33:1, 23; 34:1; 35:1; 36:16; 37:15; 38:1;
Amos,
Amo 7:14, 15;
Jonah,
Jon 3:1;
Haggai,
Hag 2:1, 10, 20;
Zechariah,
Zec 1:7; 4:8; 6:9; 7:1, 4, 8; 8:1, 18.
Prophecy: Publicly Proclaimed
Jer 11:6
Exemplified in pantomime,
Eze 4; 5:1-4; Act 21:11.
Written by an amanuensis (copyist, transcriber),
Jer 45:1;
in books,
Jer 45:1; 51:60.
Prophecy: Proof of God's Foreknowledge
Isa 43:9
Sure fulfillment of,
Eze 12:22-25, 28; Hab 2:3; Mat 5:18; 24:35; Act 13:27, 29.
Cessation of,
Lam 2:9.
Prophecy: Of Apostasy
1Jo 2:18; Jud 1:17, 18;
false teachers,
2Pe 2; 3.
Tribulations of the righteous,
Rev 2:10.
Prophecy: Concerning the Messiah, and the Fulfillment:
(Old Testament Messianic passages quoted in the New Testament)
Gen 12:3; 18:18; 22:18... Quoted in Act 3:25; Gal 3:8
Gen 17:7, 19; 22:16, 17... Quoted in Luk 1:55, 72-74
Deu 18:15, 18... Quoted in Act 3:22, 23
Psa 2:1, 2... Quoted in Act 4:25, 26
Psa 2:7... Quoted in Act 13:33; Hbr 1:5; 5:5
Psa 8:2... Quoted in Mat 21:16
Psa 8:4-6... Quoted in Hbr 2:6-8
Psa 16:8-11... Quoted in Act 2:25-28, 31
Psa 16:10... Quoted in Act 13:35
Psa 22:1... Quoted in Mat 27:46; Mar 15:34
Psa 22:18... Quoted in Mat 27:35; Mar 15:24; Luk 23:34; Jhn 19:24
Psa 22:22... Quoted in Hbr 2:12
Psa 31:5... Quoted in Luk 23:46
Psa 41:9... Quoted in Jhn 13:18; Act 1:16
Psa 45:6, 7... Quoted in Hbr 1:8, 9
Psa 68:18... Quoted in Eph 4:8-10
Psa 69:21... Quoted in Mat 27:48; Mar 15:36; Luk 23:36; Jhn 19:28, 29
Psa 69:25; 109:8... Quoted in Act 1:20
Psa 95:7-11... Quoted in Hbr 3:7-11; 4:3, 5-7
Psa 102:25-27... Quoted in Hbr 1:10-12
Psa 110:1... Quoted in Mat 22:44; Mar 12:36; Luk 20:42; Act 2:34, 35; Hbr 1:13
Psa 110:4... Quoted in Hbr 5:6
Psa 118:22, 23... Quoted in Mat 21:42; Mar 12:10, 11; Luk 20:17; Act 4:11
Psa 118:25, 26... Quoted in Mat 21:9; Mar 11:9; Jhn 12:13
Psa 132:11, 17... Quoted in Luk 1:69; Act 2:30
Isa 7:14... Quoted in Mat 1:23
Isa 9:1, 2... Quoted in Mat 4:15, 16
Isa 9:7... Quoted in Dan 7:14, 27... Quoted in Luk 1:32, 33
Isa 11:10... Quoted in Rom 15:12
Isa 25:8... Quoted in 1Cr 15:54
Isa 28:16... Quoted in Rom 9:33; 1Pe 2:6
Isa 40:3-5... Quoted in Mat 3:3; Mar 1:3; Luk 3:4-6
Isa 42:1-4... Quoted in Mat 12:17-21
Isa 49:6... Quoted in Luk 2:32; Act 13:47, 48; 26:23
Isa 53:1... Quoted in Jhn 12:38; Rom 10:16
Isa 53:3-6... Quoted in Act 26:22, 23
Isa 53:4-6, 11... Quoted in 1Pe 2:24, 25
Isa 53:4... Quoted in Mat 8:17
Isa 53:9... Quoted in 1Pe 2:22
Isa 53:12... Quoted in Mar 15:28; Luk 22:37
Isa 54:13... Quoted in Jhn 6:45
Isa 55:3... Quoted in Act 13:34
Isa 59:20, 21... Quoted in Rom 11:26, 27
Jer 31:31-34... Quoted in Hbr 8:8-12; 10:16, 17
Hsa 1:10... Quoted in Rom 9:26
Hsa 2:23... Quoted in Rom 9:25; 1Pe 2:10
Joe 2:28-32... Quoted in Act 2:16-21
Amo 9:11, 12... Quoted in Act 15:16, 17
Mic 5:2... Quoted in Mat 2:5, 6; Jhn 7:42
Hab 1:5... Quoted in Act 13:40, 41
Hag 2:6... Quoted in Hbr 12:26
Zec 9:9... Quoted in Mat 21:4, 5; Jhn 12:14, 15
Zec 11:13... Quoted in Mat 27:9, 10
Zec 12:10... Quoted in Jhn 19:37
Zec 13:7... Quoted in Mat 26:31, 56; Mar 14:27, 50
Mal 3:1... Quoted in Mat 11:10; Mar 1:2; Luk 7:27
Mal 4:5, 6... Quoted in Mat 11:13, 14; 17:10-13; Mar 9:11-13; Luk 1:16, 17
See JESUS, PROPHECIES CONCERNING; PROPHETESS; PROPHETS
Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled:
The birth and zeal of Josiah,
1Ki 13:2; 2Ki 23:1-20.
Death of the prophet of Judah,
1Ki 13:21, 22, 24-30.
Extinction of Jeroboam's house,
1Ki 14:5-17;
of Baasha's house,
1Ki 16:2, 3, 9-13.
Concerning the rebuilding of Jericho,
Jos 6:26; 1Ki 16:34.
The drought, foretold by Elijah,
1Ki 17:14.
Destruction of Ben-hadad's army,
1Ki 20:13-30.
The death of a man who refused to strike a prophet,
1Ki 20:35, 36.
The death of Ahab,
1Ki 20:42; 21:18-24; 22:31-38.
The death of Ahaziah,
2Ki 1:3-17.
The transporting of Elijah to the heavens,
2Ki 2:3-11.
Cannibalism among the people of Israel,
Lev 26:29; Deu 28:53; 2Ki 6:28, 29; Jer 19:9; Lam 4:10.
The death of the Samaritan lord,
2Ki 7:2, 19, 20.
The end of the famine in Samaria,
2Ki 7:1-18.
Jezebel's tragic death,
1Ki 21:23; 2Ki 9:10, 33-37.
The striking of Syria by Joash,
2Ki 13:16-25.
Conquests of Jeroboam,
2Ki 14:25-28.
Four generations of Jehu's descendants to sit upon the throne of Israel,
2Ki 10:30; with 2Ki 15:12.
Destruction of Sennacherib's army, and his death,
2Ki 19:6, 7, 20-37.
The captivity of the southern kingdom (Judah),
2Ki 20:17, 18; 24:10-16; 25:11-21.
Concerning Christ,
see JESUS, PROPHECIES CONCERNING. Also see above.
Concerning John the Baptist (as the forerunner of the Messiah),
Mat 3:3.
Rachel weeping for her children (the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem),
Jer 31:15; Mat 2:17, 18.
The deliverance of Jeremiah,
Jer 39:15-18.
The invasion of the southern kingdom (Judah) by the Chaldeans,
Hab 1:6-11;
fulfilled,
2Ki 25; 2Ch 36:17-21.
The betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot, prophecy,
Psa 41:9;
fulfillment,
Jhn 13:18; 18:1-9.
Judas Iscariot's self-destruction,
Psa 69:25; Act 1:16, 20;
fulfilled,
Mat 27:5; Act 1:16-20.
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
Joe 2:28, 29;
fulfilled on the day of Pentecost (thirty A. D.),
Act 2:1, 6-21.
Spiritual blindness of the Jewish leaders,
Isa 6:9; 29:13;
fulfilled,
Mar 7:6, 7; Act 28:25-27.
The mission of Jesus,
Psa 68:18;
fulfilled,
Eph 4:8, 10;
see JESUS, MISSION OF.
Captivity of the Jews,
Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10, 14; 32:3-5; Dan 9:2; with 2Ki 25:1-8; Ezr 1.
Of the destruction of the ship in which Paul (and the others) sailed,
Act 27:10, 18-44.
Prophecy: Is the Foretelling of Future Events
Gen 49:1; Num 24:14
Prophecy: God Is the Author Of
Isa 44:7; 45:21
Prophecy: God Gives, through Christ
Rev 1:1
Prophecy: A Gift of Christ
Eph 4:11; Rev 11:3
Prophecy: A Gift of the Holy Spirit
1Cr 12:10
Prophecy: Came Not by the Will of Man
2Pe 1:21
Prophecy: Given from the Beginning
Luk 1:70
Prophecy: Is a Sure Word
2Pe 1:19
Prophecy: They Who Uttered
Raised up by God
Amo 2:11
Ordained by God
1Sa 3:20; Jer 1:5
Sent by God
2Ch 36:15; Jer 7:25
Sent by Christ
Mat 23:34
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Luk 1:67
Moved by the Holy Spirit
2Pe 1:21
Spoke by the Holy Spirit
Act 1:16; 11:28; 28:25
Spoke in the name of the Lord
2Ch 33:18; Jam 5:10
Spoke with authority
1Ki 17:1
Prophecy: God Accomplishes
Isa 44:26; Act 3:18
Prophecy: Christ the Great Subject Of
Act 3:22-24; 10:43; 1Pe 1:10,11
Prophecy: Fulfilled Respecting Christ
Luk 24:44
Prophecy: Gift Of, Promised
Joe 2:28; Act 2:16,17
Prophecy: Is for the Benefit of after Ages
1Pe 1:12
Prophecy: Is a Light in Dark Place
2Pe 1:19
Prophecy: Is Not of Private Interpretation
2Pe 1:20
Prophecy: Despise Not
1Th 5:20
Prophecy: Give Heed To
2Pe 1:19
Prophecy: Receive in Faith
2Ch 20:20; Luk 24:25
Prophecy: Blessedness of Reading, Hearing, and Keeping
Rev 1:3; 22:7
Prophecy: Guilt of Pretending to the Gift Of
Jer 14:14; 23:13,14; Eze 13:2,3
Prophecy: Punishment For
Not giving ear to
Neh 9:30
Adding to, or taking from
Rev 22:18,19
Pretending to the gift of
Deu 18:20; Jer 14:15; 23:15
Prophecy: Gift Of, Sometimes Possessed by Unconverted Men
Num 24:2-9; 1Sa 19:20,23; Mat 7:22; Jhn 11:49-51; 1Cr 13:2
Prophecy: How Tested
Deu 13:1-3; 18:22
Prophet:
(Psa 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, ro'eh, "seer", began to be used (1Sa 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, hozeh, "seer" (2Sa 24:11), was employed. In 1Ch 29:29 all these three words are used: "Samuel the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer" (hozeh). In Jos 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a kosem "diviner," a word used only of a false prophet.
The "prophet" proclaimed the message given to him, as the "seer" beheld the vision of God. (See Num 12:6, 8.) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God's name and by his authority (Exd 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer 1:9; Isa 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2Pe 1:20,21; Hbr 3:7; Act 4:25; 28:25). Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to men (Deu 18:18,19). The whole Word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by men who received the revelation they communicated from God, no matter what its nature might be. The foretelling of future events was not a necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was "to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his government."
Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called a prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs, as bearers of God's message (Gen 20:7; Exd 7:1; Psa 105:15), as also Moses (Deu 18:15; 34:10; Hsa 12:13), are ranked among the prophets. The seventy elders of Israel (Num 11:16-29), "when the spirit rested upon them, prophesied;" Asaph and Jeduthun "prophesied with a harp" (1Ch 25:3). Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses (Exd 15:20; Jdg 4:4). The title thus has a general application to all who have messages from God to men.
But while the prophetic gift was thus exercised from the beginning, the prophetical order as such began with Samuel. Colleges, "schools of the prophets", were instituted for the training of prophets, who were constituted, a distinct order (1Sa 19:18-24; 2Ki 2:3,15; 4:38), which continued to the close of the Old Testament. Such "schools" were established at Ramah, Bethel, Gilgal, Gibeah, and Jericho. The "sons" or "disciples" of the prophets were young men (2Ki 5:22; 9:1,4) who lived together at these different "schools" (4:38-41). These young men were taught not only the rudiments of secular knowledge, but they were brought up to exercise the office of prophet, "to preach pure morality and the heart-felt worship of Jehovah, and to act along and co-ordinately with the priesthood and monarchy in guiding the state aright and checking all attempts at illegality and tyranny."
In New Testament times the prophetical office was continued. Our Lord is frequently spoken of as a prophet (Luk 13:33; 24:19). He was and is the great Prophet of the Church. There was also in the Church a distinct order of prophets (1Cr 12:28; Eph 2:20; 3:5), who made new revelations from God. They differed from the "teacher," whose office it was to impart truths already revealed.
Of the Old Testament prophets there are sixteen, whose prophecies form part of the inspired canon. These are divided into four groups:
(1.) The prophets of the northern kingdom (Israel), viz., Hosea, Amos, Joel, Jonah.
(2.) The prophets of Judah, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah.
(3.) The prophets of Captivity, viz., Ezekiel and Daniel.
(4.) The prophets of the Restoration, viz., Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
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