Whenever people talk to me about prophesies I become skeptical. I do not doubt the possibility of prophesies to come true, but I doubt the source more often than not. We hear of the great prophets of old who could predict the future of mankind and even the death of kings. How Jesus' coming was foreseen more than a century before he arrived. But in the modern world...
I believe that there are still breathing and living prophets in this day and age, but prophesies have been corrupted to the point that many are desensitized to the truth. Suppose a person receives a prophecy from a man of God and it does not come true, then doubt arises in this person and his faith is in jeopardy. Many so-called prophets has laid claim to 'divine vision' and influenced people to succumb to their so-called destinies. The one of the most famous of these so-called 'spiritual men', Jim Jones, made all his followers drink cyanide because he 'foresaw' the end days. Hundreds of lives wasted and gone because they believed in a madman's prophecy.
Many who have laid claim to divine revelation have tried to make it big in the media. We have online prophets and TV sensational stars that all claimed to have a message from the most high. Billions have been fooled out of billions. And here I sometimes get criticized for being too skeptical.
The matter being questioned here is whether prophecies and destinies coincide or conflict. Is there a possibility that the prophesy you have received can come into direct conflict with your destiny?
Many people believe in destiny. They believe that we are all made with a purpose to fulfill a certain calling or duty before moving on. Well, I believe that we all have a destiny. I believe we have a purpose to accomplish something in this life.
So how does this come into conflict with prophesies? Well, there does not need to be necessary conflict. If your prophecy coincides with your destiny and they do not clash, then you do not have a dilemma.
People hate and love the unknown. It is our curiosity and fear of it that make us seek our fortune-tellers, which-doctors, prophets, and even theoretical physicists for the answers to our future. This is why when we hear a good prophecy about ourselves, such as we'll have success in business or we'll get married and have a beautiful family, we fail to entertain or acknowledge the lines in-between. Taking a prophecy at face value is as good as marrying the first girl you see because the drunk guy down the street said you two will live happily ever after. The greatest prophetic book (some will argue it's not prophetic) in the Bible, Revelations, is full of colorful and descriptive words that until today have yet to be fully deciphered. So names people see in visions never necessary have to mean that you will meet a specific person with that name. It could be a quality attributed to that name. Take Nehemiah for example: If someone prophesied that you would meet a guy named Nehemiah (We can all agree that meeting a man named Nehemiah in this day and age would be quite interestingly rare), it could mean that you were going to meet a short girl (Knee-high Maya).
Jokes aside. This is a touchy issue. I'm just voicing out my thoughts. Honestly, I think I'm just a skeptical person. I see conspiracies everywhere.
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