In the Old Testament, the most common word translated as "to prophesy" is the Hebrew verb naba'. So, what is true prophecy and how can we define it? Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king." For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you."ġ Samuel 15:23 - "For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. It is not what true prophecy is in the Bible.ĭeuteronomy 18:10-12 - "There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. Predicting the future, communicating a private message to someone "from God" or something similar, comes from occultism and divination. Sometimes predictions come from "messages received from God", "visions" or premonitory dreams. What is Prophecy in the Bible? What does it mean to Prophesy?Ĭommonly, the concept of prophecy is erroneously associated with predicting the future and future events. No Prophet ever prophesied to the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel during their captivity in Assyria and not one of the ten northern tribes ever returned to the land that was once the northern Kingdom of Israel. Some Prophets prophesied to the people of the southern Kingdom of Judah during their captivity in Babylon and others afterwards, when some of them returned to the land that was once the southern Kingdom of Judah. Longest is short compared to the books of the MajorĪs outlined in our chart, some Prophets prophesied to Israel before the captivity of the Jewish people in Assyria (10 northern tribes) and some prophesied to Judah before the captivity of the people in Babylon (2 southern tribes - tribe of Judah and Benjamin with some Levites). The term "Minor" relates to the length of each book (rangingįrom a single chapter to fourteen chapters) even the The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets of theĬhristian and Hebrew Old Testament are: Hosea, Joel,Īmos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, The term "Major" refers to the length of each book, not Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel. The Major Prophets in order of occurrence and whoseīooks we find in the Old Testament of the Jewish andĬhristian Bible (Protestant and Catholic Bibles) are:
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