Prophecies?

Question

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means.[1] In religion, this is thought to be a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation. Although, found throughout the religions of the world, the term has found popular acceptance through the work and influence of the Hebrew prophets.[2]

Contents

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    * 1 Definitions of Prophecy

    * 2 Etymology

    * 3 Components of prophecy

    * 4 Nature of prophecy

    * 5 Instances of prophecy

          o 5.1 Tanakh

          o 5.2 Christianity

                + 5.2.1 Prophecy in the Gospels

                + 5.2.2 Prophecy in other Christian literature

                + 5.2.3 Prophecy in the Modern Church

                + 5.2.4 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

                + 5.2.5 Amerindian prophecy

          o 5.3 Islam

                + 5.3.1 Ahmadiyya

          o 5.4 Bahá'í Faith

          o 5.5 Other belief systems

    * 6 Scepticism about prophecy

    * 7 See also

    * 8 References

    * 9 Sources

    * 10 Further reading

    * 11 External links

[edit] Definitions of Prophecy

Rabbinic scholar Maimonides, suggested that "prophecy is, in truth and reality, an emanation sent forth by the divine being through the medium of the active intellect, in the first instance to man's rational faculty, and then to his imaginative faculty."[3] This closely relates to the definition by Al-Fârâbî who developed the theory of prophecy in Islam.[4] The Catholic Encyclopedia defines prophecy as "understood in its strict sense, it means the foreknowledge of future events, though it may sometimes apply to past events of which there is no memory, and to present hidden things which cannot be known by the natural light of reason."[5]

[edit] Etymology

The English word 'prophecy' (noun) in the sense of "function of a prophet" appeared in Europe from about 1225, from Old French 'profecie' (12th century), and from Late Latin 'prophetia', Latin 'proficio' (advance)[6], from Greek 'prophetia', "gift of interpreting the will of the gods," from 'prophetes' (see prophet). The related meaning "thing spoken or written by a prophet" is from c.1300, while the verb 'prophesy' is recorded by 1377.[7]

One of the earliest recorded uses of the term, prophecy, is nevuah, and comes from Hebrew "divrei nevuah", (English - words of prophecy), and forms the name of a major subdivision of the Tanakh, the Nevi'im [נביאים], and means "a prediction", from the root "Nuv" meaning to bear fruit, or make flourish.[8] This may relate to the nature of prophecy from the Jewish perspective where, in Rabbinic traditions, Ezra is metaphorically referred to as the "flowers that appear on the earth" signifying the springtime in the national history of Judaism.[citation needed]

[edit] Components of prophecy

There are many religious systems where prophecy is the core principle of belief recorded orally or in written form. In the case of the written texts, usually called scriptures, the contents often include, though not exclusively, a record of prophecy that include the identification of the Source , the experience of the prophet or prophetess, and the record itself.

Prophecy is itself a part of a process. Most commonly the sequence of changes of properties or attributes of an ordinary human being into a prophet can be describe with the following:

    * 1. There is an original condition stated by the Divine to a given individual, group or society[citation needed]

    * 2. There is a need for a prophecy predicated by some divergence from the original condition[citation needed]

    * 3. There is the selection of the messenger of the need to correct the divergence by the Source, the prophet[citation needed]

    * 4. There is the experience of the messenger's realisation of his/her new role and mission[citation needed]

    * 5. There is the delivery of the message...[citation needed]

    * 6. ...and its recording as a claim to acting on behalf of the Source (which may occur at a later time)[citation needed]

    * 7. There is the acceptance or rejection of the message by the intended addressee(s)[citation needed]

    * 8. The content of the prophecy becomes reality, or not, if the message is accepted[citation needed]

    * 9. If the prophecy becomes reality, the messenger is accepted as a prophet/prophetess based on the (point 8.) outcome[citation needed]

    * 10. Once the messenger is accepted as a prophet (i.e. true prophet), he/she may make further[citation needed]claims of prophecy that are likely to be accepted based on the precedent of the previous delivery[citation needed]

    * 11. Once the claims of prophecy are accepted, the prophet/prophetess become a part of the belief system, or faith[citation needed]

[edit] Nature of prophecy

In the earliest Jewish source, the Torah, prophecy often consisted of a warning by God of the consequences should the society, specific communities or their leaders not adhere to Torah;s instructions. Prophecies sometimes included promises of blessing for obeying God, and returning to behaviours and laws as written in the Torah. Warning prophecies feature in all Jewish works of the Tanakh.

The rabbinic teachings, notably RaMBaM, suggest there were many levels of prophecy, from the highest such as that experienced by Moses, to the lowest where the individuals were able to apprehend the Divine Will, but not respond or even describe this experience to others, such as Noah.

    Maimonides' theory of prophecy contains two elements 1) an explanation of what prophecy is, and 2) a ranking of the various types of prophecy and prophecy-like phenomena. I think we can use the ranking of prophecy implicate in Maimonides to substantiate our thesis that the rationalism of Maimonides is essentially a moral rationalism.[9]

Maimonides in his work, The Guide for the Perplexed, outlines twelve modes of prophecy[3] from lesser to greater degree of clarity:

    * 1. Inspired actions

    * 2. Inspired words

    * 3. Allegorical dream revelations

    * 4. Auditory dream revelations

    * 5. Audiovisual dream revelations/human speaker

    * 6. Audiovisual dream revelations/angelic speaker

    * 7. Audiovisual dream revelations/Divine speaker

    * 8. Allegorical waking vision

    * 9. Auditory waking revelation

    * 10. Audiovisual waking revelation/human speaker

    * 11. Audiovisual waking revelation/angelic speaker

    * 12. Audiovisual waking revelation/Divine speaker (that refers implicitly to Moses)

Of the twelfth mode Maimonides, focuses his attention on its "implicit superiority to the penultimate stage in the above series", and therefore above all other prophetic and semi-prophetic modes.[10]

Experience of prophecy in the Torah and the rest of Tanakh do not restrict it to Jews, or even to human beings if one episode is to be interpreted literally. Nor is the prophetic experience restricted to the Hebrew language, since much of the prophecies of Daniel are in Aramaic.

Many of the Tanakh prophecies are accompanied by radical changes in the life of the prophets, and their experience is often accompanied by physiological change, including physical stress, experience of extrasensory perception (visions), physical collapse, and changes in their psychological state as a result of the encounter with the Divine.[citation needed]

The prophetic experience is always bestowed on the individual, usually unprepared for the experience, by the Divine, and this often causes the prophet to undergo travel, and often privations and persecution due to the unwelcome contents of the message he or she bring to those for whom it is intended.[citation needed]

In the Christian New Testament prophecy is often referred as one of the fivefold ministries or spiritual gifts that accompany the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. From this many Christians believe that prophecy is the supernatural ability to receive and convey a message from God or the divine. The purpose of the message may be to "edify, exhort and comfort" the members of the church or an individual believer. In this context, not all prophecies contain predictions about the future. The Apostle Paul also teaches in Corinthians that prophecy is for the benefit of the whole Church and not just the individual exercising the gift.[11]

[edit] Instances of prophecy

[edit] Tanakh

The Tanakh contains prophecies from various Hebrew prophets (55 in total) who communicated messages from God to the nation of Israel, and later the population of Judea and elsewhere.

Malachi, who's full name was Ezra Ha'Sofer (the scribe), is acknowledged to have been the last prophet of Israel if one accepts the opinion that Nechemyah died in Babylon before 9th Tevet 3448 (313 BCE). Babylonian Talmud, vol. San.11a, Yom.9a/Yuch.1.14/Kuz.3.39,65,67/Yuch.1/M...

[edit] Christianity

The Book of Enoch, while not a part of the Canon of Scripture for most of the Christian Churches, was quoted[Quotation needed from source] as a prophetic text in the New Testament (Letter of Jude with also a probable reference in I Peter 3:19,20 to Enoch 6-36, especially 21, 6; 2 Enoch 7:1-5).

[edit] Prophecy in the Gospels

There are instances in the Gospel writings where individuals are described as being prophets or prophesying, suggestive of a culture that was still open to the possibility of prophecy or hearing from the Divine despite Jewish beliefs to the contrary.[citation needed] Some examples include Simeon, Anna, and John the Baptist.

Nothing is known of the prophetic experience of Jesus, though many Christians believe him to have experienced it based on the story that whilst passing through Samaria, Je

Answer 3

The only one google shows is from Harry Potter...all fiction.