Prophet, Prophecies
The prophet speaks on behalf of God. He recalls the Word of God, warns the People of God of the spiritual dangers that threaten them, and, through certain prophecies, announces upcoming events with spiritual significance.
In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"[edit | edit source]
Prophets[edit | edit source]
- Sin common to many countries and many believers present and future. They look at the worker and not at the master who sent the worker.[1]
- Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep.[2]
- "A prophet is only despised in his Homeland and in his house."[3]-[4] and [5]
- Reject the false words of false prophets whose life does not conform to my Doctrine.[6]
- Prophet means one who speaks on behalf of another. And since the true prophets always speak of things that relate to The Spirit and to the Future, even if they apparently relate to the present and to the flesh.[7]
- Do you think, for example, that Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and the other prophets, if they had had to read and explain these prophecies as written by others, would not have found the indecipherable obscurities that contemporaries find? Yet, I tell you, while they received them, they understood them perfectly.[8]
- In truth, truly I tell you that there will always be prophets as long as there are men. They are the flames amidst the Darkness of the world.[9]
Prophecies[edit | edit source]
- "We already have John the Baptist and, following the teachings of the scribes, there must be at least a hundred years’ interval between him and the Messiah to prepare the people for the coming of the King."[10]
- Prophecies, even if they seem to refer to material things, always have a spiritual content.[11]
- Wisdom, being a form of holiness, always grants the light of judgment, whether for past or present events, or for the announcement of future events.[12]
- The demon also speaks of God — but with errors intentionally mixed in, in order to mislead men into erroneous thoughts.[13]
- The prophetess Sabea speaking of Jesus: "Here He comes to me, my Lord! He is the Messiah, O men, you who wish to deceive and humiliate me. I see on Him the light of God indicating Him to me, and I honor Him!" and she throws herself to the ground, but remaining in place, about two meters from Jesus, face down on the ground in the grass, she cries out: "I greet you, O King of peoples, O Admirable, O Prince of Peace, Father of the endless age, Leader of the new people of God!"[14]
In other sources[edit | edit source]
"Thus, we have already moved from the rather negative details, which initially were necessary, to the positive determinations of private revelations: how can they be correctly classified according to Scripture? What is their theological category?The oldest letter of Saint Paul that has been preserved for us, the text which, absolutely, may be the oldest in the New Testament, the first letter to the Thessalonians, seems to give an indication. The Apostle writes there: 'Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast to what is Good.'[15]
At all times, the Church is given the charism of prophecy, which must be examined but cannot be depreciated.
In this regard, it is important to consider that prophecy, in the biblical sense, does not mean predicting the Future, but explaining God’s will for the present, and thus showing the right path to the Future. He who predicts the Future satisfies the curiosity of reason, which desires to unveil the Future; the prophet, on the other hand, satisfies the blindness of will and thought, and enlightens God’s will as requirement and indication for the present. In this case, the importance of future prediction is secondary. What is essential is the actualization of the unique revelation that concerns me deeply: the prophetic word is a warning or also a Consolation, or even both at once.
In this sense, the charism of prophecy can be associated with the category of "signs of the times," which was brought to light by the Second Vatican Council: "You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"[16] By "signs of the times" in these words of Jesus, one must understand his own way, himself. To interpret the signs of the times in the light of faith means to recognize the Presence of the Christ at all times.
In private revelations recognized by the Church — including that of Fatima — this means helping us understand the signs of the times and find in faith the correct response to them."