Prophet in the pews
By nangisha
@nangisha (3496)
Indonesia
2 responses
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
12 Jun 12
I think that it means that everyone has the potential of being a 'prophet' (where the word 'prophet' doesn't, of course, mean 'one who foretells the future' but rather 'someone who is directly inspired by God').
I searched for the reference and found this article: http://www.lca.org.au/prophets-in-the-pews--numbers-1124-30.html (which may or may not be the reference you saw). It relates to a passage in Numbers, where Moses says "I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!" when he is told that two of the elders stayed behind in the camp and were prophesying.
I believe that the message is that God may speak to us through anyone He chooses and it may not be just through an ordained member of the Church (or even through someone who is a committed Christian or specially religious).
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. I does help me to understand it.
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@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
12 Jun 12
Some people get the power of foreseeing the future events .The phenomenon could never be properly explained.It is shrouded in mystery. Why does God choose a person to predict the future happenings It is uncertain and raises quite a lot of confusion
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
12 Jun 12
The word 'prophet' (as used in the Old Testament) does NOT mean 'someone who sees or foretells future events'. It means specifically someone who is 'taken over' or used by the Spirit to speak on behalf of God himself.
It is true that prophets do sometimes speak of 'things to come', and that is where the popular notion (and meaning) of 'prophecy' comes from, but that is by no means their only - or even primary - purpose.
