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Prophecy names 3 things on this site
- Prophecy, a subject the site gathers pages under.Kinds of study · What God announced ahead of time, and what came of it.
- Prophecy, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Prophecy as a Gift Today, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
Featured studies
11 results- StudyThe Gifts of the Spirit1 Corinthians 12-14 as the charter: four gift-lists and one Spirit, love as the governing chapter, the order-and-edification rules, and the gifts in operation today as Paul regulates them.
- StudyHow Prophecy Works, MannaFestA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyMessianic ProphecyThe full catalog as a receipt ledger — the Old Testament text, the New Testament usage, and the witness, side by side, with every count rendered live from the data and every contested reading shown…
- StudyProphecy as a Gift TodayA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe Long Range: Fulfilled prophecySome of the Bible's boldest claims are about the future. Centuries later, we can go and look, and say plainly when the match is partial.
Subjects
1 resultVerses
28 results- Verse1 Corinthians 14:1Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
- Verse2 Peter 1:20Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
- VerseNumbers 24:3and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
- VerseNumbers 24:15Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
- VerseRevelation 22:7“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
People
3 results- PersonIsaiahEighth-century BCE prophet of Judah whose oracles make up the book of Isaiah; a central voice for messianic prophecy.
- PersonCaiaphasThe high priest who counseled "that one man should die for the people" — an unwitting prophecy of the atonement (John 11:49-52; 18:14).
- PersonBalakKing of Moab who hired Balaam against the camp on his border and got four blessings and a prophecy of his own destroyer for his fee.
Places
1 resultWords (Strong's)
8 results- WordH4853 מַשָּׂא · massâʼ (Hebrew)a burden. The Hebrew word stands 66 times in the original text.
- WordH5016 נְבוּאָה · nᵉbûwʼâh (Hebrew)a prediction (spoken or written). The Hebrew word stands 3 times in the original text.
- WordG4397 προφητικός · prophētikós (Greek)pertaining to a foreteller ("prophetic"). The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG4394 προφητεία · prophēteía (Greek)prediction (scriptural or other). The Greek word stands 19 times in the original text.
- WordH5030 נָבִיא · nâbîyʼ (Hebrew)a prophet or (generally) inspired man. The Hebrew word stands 314 times in the original text.
Themes
2 results- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
Topics
1 resultProphecies
9 results- ProphecyEzekiel's Prophecy of Gog and MagogEzekiel 38-39 describes a future attack on Israel after its regathering. The preparatory conditions—Israel regathered from many nations onto formerly desolate mountains—have…
- ProphecyBorn in BethlehemMicah specified the exact town of the Messiah's birth — Bethlehem Ephratah in Judah. The prophecy also hints at the Messiah's eternal pre-existence.
- ProphecyCyrus Named by NameCyrus was named by prophecy approximately 150 years before his birth.
- ProphecyTime of Birth ForetoldDaniel's 70 weeks prophecy provided a precise timeline: 69 weeks (483 years) from the decree to restore Jerusalem to the appearing of Messiah the Prince.
- ProphecyPriest Forever After MelchizedekAn everlasting priesthood requires an eternally living priest. The prophecy that Messiah would be priest 'for ever' necessitates resurrection and perpetual life, since death…
Apologetics
3 results- ApologeticsStatistical Improbability of Prophecy FulfillmentPeter Stoner, chairman of mathematics and astronomy at Pasadena City College, calculated that one man fulfilling eight specific messianic prophecies by chance runs at 1 in…
- ApologeticsEzekiel's Prophecy Against Egypt's Permanent DiminishmentEzekiel 29-30 predicts that Egypt would become 'the basest of the kingdoms' and 'never again exalt itself above the nations'—a prediction dramatically fulfilled despite Egypt…
- ApologeticsTyre's Destruction: A 250-Year Prophecy Fulfilled to the LetterEzekiel 26 predicts seven specific details about Tyre's destruction that were fulfilled over 250 years by multiple nations, including the improbable detail that its ruins would…
Voices
10 results- VoiceCaius Presbyter of RomeCaius — the name is also spelled Gaius — was a presbyter of the church at Rome during the episcopate of Zephyrinus, roughly 199 to 217. Eusebius calls him a very learned man…
- VoiceAndreas of CaesareaAndreas was archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, in what is now central Turkey. The usual dating puts his working life around the turn of the seventh century; his commentary…
- VoiceTertullianQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was born at Carthage around 155, trained in Roman law and rhetoric, and converted as an adult. Jerome says his father was an officer of…
- VoiceSir Robert AndersonSir Robert Anderson (May 29, 1841 – November 15, 1918) was an Irish-born British barrister, intelligence officer, Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police…
- VoiceJonathan CahnJonathan David Cahn (born 1959) is an American Messianic Jewish rabbi, author, and the founder/leader of Beth Israel Worship Center (Wayne, New Jersey). Born in New York to a…
Apocrypha (study resources)
5 results- Study resourceSirach 24:33I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.
- Study resourceTobit 2:6Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.
- Study resourceSirach 49:6They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.
- Study resource2 Esdras 15:1Behold, speak thou in the ears of my people the words of prophecy, which I will put in thy mouth, saith the Lord:
- Study resourceSirach 46:20And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
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H4853מַשָּׂא massâʼ — a burdenH5016נְבוּאָה nᵉbûwʼâh — a prediction (spoken or written)G4397προφητικός prophētikós — pertaining to a foreteller ("prophetic")G4394προφητεία prophēteía — prediction (scriptural or other)H5030נָבִיא nâbîyʼ — a prophet or (generally) inspired manG921Βαρνάβας Barnábas — son of Nabas (i.e. prophecy)