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The Nature of the Prophetic Voice

June 28, 2023.

In the older covenant, there were two principal aspects of the prophetic word.

The first one, and the one that everyone associates with prophecy, is the declaration of what

was going to come to pass in the future.

This is the foretelling aspect.

This was the basis of Isaiah's taunt.

The one who threw down to the pagan deities who, just like us, did not know what tomorrow

might bring.

They were not Lord's armasters of history, and could not describe the future for the listeners,

because that history was not in their hands.

And you can't unpack anything if you can't pick it up.

Quote.

Show us the things that are to come here after, that we may know the year gods, Isaiah 41

23.

But the God of Israel was the ultimate sovereign over all of history, and so he could tell

the servants exactly what was going to happen next.

He could do it when nobody would believe it, and it was also apparent that he could do

it when everything came to pass exactly as predicted, and all who heard about it could

feel their ears start to tingle.

Does God do anything except he reveals it to a servant to prophets?

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