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Creative Bible Study
DEFINITION OF PROPHECY
The word "prophecy" means to speak forth. Bible prophecy includes three basic kinds of speaking forth:
1. A message of inspiration from God. 2. Prediction of future events in God's eternal plan. 3. An interpretation for man of the acts of God.
THE PROPHETS
God commissioned each prophet of the Bible to fulfill a particular role in His plan.
-As interpreters they explained God's acts to men.
-As spokesmen they voiced God's truth. They spoke messages of hope and inspiration.
-As prophets they predicted future events in God's plan through revelation given by the Holy Spirit.
The predictions of Bible prophecy are beyond the power of human ability. They include a sufficient number of details to eliminate speculation or guessing.
METHODS OF PROPHECY
There are two basic ways in which God spoke through the prophets.
THE SPOKEN WORD:
The method most often used was the spoken word. God would tell the prophet the words to speak. For example, God said to the prophet Jeremiah:
. . . for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. (Jeremiah 1:7)
Throughout the book of Jeremiah God's instructions to him were. . .
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord. . . (Jeremiah 2:2)
Jeremiah spoke the words which God told him to speak.