CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO PROPHECIES AND PREDICTIONS
BETWEEN PROPHECY AND PRFEDICTION, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?
PROPHECY
The term prophecy is used in theology and applies both to the prophecies in the Bible and to private prophecies.In the Old Testament it refers to the foreknowledge of events of which there is no memory, no knowledge and no record and that will lead to an event that only God knows.It present the hidden things that cannot be known by the natural reason of thinking, threw signs, words and metaphors.
In the New Testament, the speaking of the Angle to Mary is called the Annunciation though it is a prophecy of the coming of Christ. Not revealed by a human being it is not considered as a prophecy. In 1 Corinthians 14, St. Paul, speaking of prophecies does not confine its meaning to predicting only future events, but speaks of Divine inspirations concerning what is secret, whether in the future or not.So prophecy is an an inspiration revealing the hidden. But as In the Bible the manifestation of hidden present mysteries or past events comes under the word Revelations, we understand by Prophecy it's proper sense: Speaking of future events.
At the end of the New Testament there is the Apocalypse of St John in which the future of the world is revealed and will be revealed through signs manifestations and events.
Many prophecies in the Bible where intuitions and enlightenments.
Many other where the translations of dreams
Other prophecies where directly given to men by direct contact with Angels.
Others where spoken by God himself.
Jesus himself gave prophecies about what will happen in his earthly presence and in heaven.
Are prophecies a sort of knowledge that must be supernatural and infused by God ?
Are prophecies a kind of knowledge that concerns things beyond the natural power of created intelligence?
1- The term is used in theology, it applies both to the prophecies in the Bible and to private prophecies.
2- It means the foreknowledge of events,in the past, present and future of which there is no memory, no knowledge and no record, only through physical persons
3- It present the hidden things that cannot be known by the natural reason of thinking.
4- In the New Testament speaking of prophecies does not confine its meaning to predicting only future events, but speaks of Divine inspirations concerning what is secret, whether in the future or not.
5- But as In the Bible the manifestation of hidden present mysteries or past events comes under the word revelations, so we understand by prophecy it's proper sense: the revelation of future events.
6- What we know from the Bible is that this kind of knowledge is manifested by words threw signs and metaphors and allegory, which are the materialized medium of the human thinking and litterature.
7- Prophecy is a special talent that some people have and use primarily to warn others through messages.
8- It is always embedded in a hidden message and sometimes literally expressed by messengers who claims to be chosen by God, by which God reveals things concerning the unknown future and by which these things are in some way represented to the mind of the prophet, whose duty it is to manifest them to others.
9- Prophecies which are manifested by signs only trough material medium are Signs.
10- In the Old and New Testament, all prophecies are given for one final step: Salvation.
PREDICTION
The prediction is a deductive consequence of a true theory and proper measurements
BETWEEN PROPHECY AND PRFEDICTION, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?
PROPHECY
The term prophecy is used in theology and applies both to the prophecies in the Bible and to private prophecies.In the Old Testament it refers to the foreknowledge of events of which there is no memory, no knowledge and no record and that will lead to an event that only God knows.It present the hidden things that cannot be known by the natural reason of thinking, threw signs, words and metaphors.
In the New Testament, the speaking of the Angle to Mary is called the Annunciation though it is a prophecy of the coming of Christ. Not revealed by a human being it is not considered as a prophecy. In 1 Corinthians 14, St. Paul, speaking of prophecies does not confine its meaning to predicting only future events, but speaks of Divine inspirations concerning what is secret, whether in the future or not.So prophecy is an an inspiration revealing the hidden. But as In the Bible the manifestation of hidden present mysteries or past events comes under the word Revelations, we understand by Prophecy it's proper sense: Speaking of future events.
At the end of the New Testament there is the Apocalypse of St John in which the future of the world is revealed and will be revealed through signs manifestations and events.
Many prophecies in the Bible where intuitions and enlightenments.
Many other where the translations of dreams
Other prophecies where directly given to men by direct contact with Angels.
Others where spoken by God himself.
Jesus himself gave prophecies about what will happen in his earthly presence and in heaven.
Are prophecies a sort of knowledge that must be supernatural and infused by God ?
Are prophecies a kind of knowledge that concerns things beyond the natural power of created intelligence?
1- The term is used in theology, it applies both to the prophecies in the Bible and to private prophecies.
2- It means the foreknowledge of events,in the past, present and future of which there is no memory, no knowledge and no record, only through physical persons
3- It present the hidden things that cannot be known by the natural reason of thinking.
4- In the New Testament speaking of prophecies does not confine its meaning to predicting only future events, but speaks of Divine inspirations concerning what is secret, whether in the future or not.
5- But as In the Bible the manifestation of hidden present mysteries or past events comes under the word revelations, so we understand by prophecy it's proper sense: the revelation of future events.
6- What we know from the Bible is that this kind of knowledge is manifested by words threw signs and metaphors and allegory, which are the materialized medium of the human thinking and litterature.
7- Prophecy is a special talent that some people have and use primarily to warn others through messages.
8- It is always embedded in a hidden message and sometimes literally expressed by messengers who claims to be chosen by God, by which God reveals things concerning the unknown future and by which these things are in some way represented to the mind of the prophet, whose duty it is to manifest them to others.
9- Prophecies which are manifested by signs only trough material medium are Signs.
10- In the Old and New Testament, all prophecies are given for one final step: Salvation.
PREDICTION
The prediction is a deductive consequence of a true theory and proper measurements
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