SECRETS OF PROPHECY REVEALED

SECRETS OF PROPHECY REVEALED

BY DR. MERVYN ABREO

          My definition of prophecy is:
FORETELLING THAT WHICH HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN THE FUTURE!

          The normal definition of prophecy: foretelling the future. Or a prediction about what will happen.

          But to fully appreciate the meaning of a Biblical prophecy, I have concocted the new definition.

           I have added: “that which has already taken place” because it denotes an irrevocable and an irreversible action or deed, i.e. one which has already taken place, and which cannot be changed or altered. And that is exactly what Biblical prophecy is all about!

This will only be understood as we understand ‘time.’

(Read: ‘Understanding time-space-matter).

          ‘Time’ for us is a continuing period made up of the past, the present and the future.

          But God is Omnipresent, i.e. He is outside this realm of time. 
         God is continuously in a state of the present.

UNDERSTANDING PROPHECY: Now keeping this in mind we can appreciates how Biblical prophecy operates.

           From our perspective, a prophecy or prediction about the future is made, at the present time. Sometime in the future, this prophecy comes to pass. And therefore we say that the incident that was prophesied about, has occurred or taken place, thus fulfilling the prophecy.

          And since we are ‘time’ oriented, we explain the above occurrence, as God’s ability to look into the future, and see what is going to happen. And then inform His prophet, who exists in the present, and who subsequently correctly predicts the future.

          But from God’s perspective (being Omnipresent and outside this realm of time) everything i.e. the prediction as well as the fulfillment, takes place simultaneously.

          So He visualizes the future, (which will not change unless He changes it, which obviously He will not), and reveals it to His prophet, who will in turn reveal it to the people.
          And the prophecy will definitely come to pass.
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Following topics will be covered in subsequent articles:

 Can a prophecy be changed? (PART II)

 Validity of blood sacrifices in the Old Testament. I.e. what would happen to the O. T. blood sacrifices had Jesus not been killed, or had died without the spilling of blood? (PROPHESY PART III)

 Could Jesus have changed what had been prophesied about Himself? (PART IV)

 Did God manipulate prophecies to make them come true?  (PART V).

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