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"declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:..."
A somewhat cryptic referring to the past, yet a good look at the functional aspect behind scripture will reveal that here we have a verse that describes the use of precedent in prophecy and scripture in general.
Just a few days ago the history channel showed a documentary on the two literal prophets from the turn of the last century; Jules Verne and H.G.Wells.
Jules Verne was imaginative and inspiring, H.G. Wells was pessimistic and scary.
There was a lot of commentary on how these two developed there vision of the future, too much,...
Believe it or not, the same documentary does shed a functional insight into prophets and prophecy.
The reason that Jules Verne was able to visualize and inspire was not due to purposefully looking into the future, it was more of a question of remembering the past, understanding the current technology, and using it as a basis for a well-informed projection of what he could already see before him.
If we were to look at the following examples;
1. Deborah and her exchanges with Barak, the commander who vanquished Israel's enemies.
2. Samuel and his calling before the light of the Lord went out.
3. The prophet who told David to leave the high place, "don't be a sitting target".
4. Hulda the prophetess, who told Josiah that because of the sin of Manassah he would destroy Jerusalem.
5. Nathan, who would in the last days of David's reign would work behind the scenes to get Solomon annointed and crowned before Adonijah could.
The point to be made is that in each of these situations, you really don't see much in the way of forecasting, what you do see is a few examples of people that seek out a prophet knowing that whether the words would be based on the past, the present or the future, they would know to count on God's perspective on things.
As I've stated before, a prophet remembers the past, understands the present and inspires with the future.
A somewhat cryptic referring to the past, yet a good look at the functional aspect behind scripture will reveal that here we have a verse that describes the use of precedent in prophecy and scripture in general.
Just a few days ago the history channel showed a documentary on the two literal prophets from the turn of the last century; Jules Verne and H.G.Wells.
Jules Verne was imaginative and inspiring, H.G. Wells was pessimistic and scary.
There was a lot of commentary on how these two developed there vision of the future, too much,...
Believe it or not, the same documentary does shed a functional insight into prophets and prophecy.
The reason that Jules Verne was able to visualize and inspire was not due to purposefully looking into the future, it was more of a question of remembering the past, understanding the current technology, and using it as a basis for a well-informed projection of what he could already see before him.
If we were to look at the following examples;
1. Deborah and her exchanges with Barak, the commander who vanquished Israel's enemies.
2. Samuel and his calling before the light of the Lord went out.
3. The prophet who told David to leave the high place, "don't be a sitting target".
4. Hulda the prophetess, who told Josiah that because of the sin of Manassah he would destroy Jerusalem.
5. Nathan, who would in the last days of David's reign would work behind the scenes to get Solomon annointed and crowned before Adonijah could.
The point to be made is that in each of these situations, you really don't see much in the way of forecasting, what you do see is a few examples of people that seek out a prophet knowing that whether the words would be based on the past, the present or the future, they would know to count on God's perspective on things.
As I've stated before, a prophet remembers the past, understands the present and inspires with the future.