Posted on 09/30/2009 5:22:13 AM PDT by Jedediah
Okay, that makes sense.
The same amount of water as 20,000,000 years ago? How can that be, I mean with all the tsunamis and dead polar bears? ;)
Yep. You never really own it, you just borrow it for a little while.
My answer is as follows:
“...neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood..”
Perhaps the answer to your inquiry lies in noting that some casualties from a tsunami is hardly “all flesh” as described in the Biblical account of the flood.
If a FReeper fancies himself a prophet and posts his prophecies, can he be criticized as a false prophet or does his status as a FReeper somehow protect him?
The title implies a prophecy another flood (as was in Noah’s day).
The Bible says the test of a prophet is that if even one of his prophecies is wrong, he is a false prophet.
The Bible also says God promised never to flood the world again.
Either the Bible is wrong of this prophet is wrong.
He is a false prophet only if a prophecy does not come to pass...Kinda jumping the gun, aren't you???
That is typically the case, look at the case of William Miller.
Not according to God...But who listens to God anyway...
Point taken. However, there is no reason to believe that yesterday’s earthquake had ANYTHING to do with any end times events.
Go back to 1900 (my grandfather was alive then.) If and event like this happened then I doubt it even gets covered in the American newspapers. Maybe 1% of Americans might ever realize it happened.
Go to the 1950’s (my dad was alive then.) You might hear about it a day later on the radio or TV newscast. There would be no images from the area. Just a short one liner “there was a tsunami in Samoa yesterday that killed an estimated 100 people.”
Today. We knew the tsunami would happen before it happened. It was filmed. We saw images of it happening moments after it happened. Instead of being a far away, non-descript event it was up close and personal (despite being on the other side of the world.)
I don’t know if natural disasters are increasing (I’m doubt we have good records going back more than 100 years.) I do know our awareness of them is increasing. Every rumble or tremor is now worldwide news brought instantly to our attention.
Uh...........no. By that yardstick a soothsayer or fortune teller could be labeled a "prophet".
False prophecy can be discerned if it contradicts the deposit of faith or leads people away from the faith and causes them to go astray. Likewise, if it contradicts Scripture it may also be labeled false.
Furthermore, many "prophecies" (and that published here appears to be a good example) carry no timeline. Thus it becomes difficult to distinguish between unfulfilled prophecy and "we're still waiting". The "Rapture" is a prime example.
Finally, it should also be mentioned that just because a prediction or prophecy does come to pass, it does not ipso facto bestow the title of "prophet" on the one who made it. I predict war in the Middle East within 12 months.
There.......I'm a prophet!
Not!
In summary, prophecy can and should be tested by a number of measures for authenticity. This does not require waiting for its fulfillment. In precisely this way we know that the so called "Rapture" is pure baloney and won't happen.
He doesn’t mention a tsunami in his post, he says the waters of the earth are about to rise, suggesting it will be global in scope.
If a tsunami fits his description, then why not the tides? They rise and fall every day, and are much more global. His prediction or “prophecy”, by my reading, implies something more than either of those things, such as a global rise in sea levels like the global warming alarmists predict.
The only “flood” that I know of prophesied for the end days is this one (and it doesn’t sound like what he is talking about):
“15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed from its mouth.”
Excellent post!
bttt
I’m glad to see at least one other person on FR who hasn’t swallowed the “Rapture” nonsense!
A prophet who speaks for the Lord has to be 100% accurate. If he is not... well, I wouldn’t stand too close to him in a thunderstorm :>)
And... as far as I am concerned, there is no immunity. However, look what happened to the children who mocked Elijah. Fair warning... shebears abound :>)
He is a false prophet only if a prophecy does not come to pass..
Also if the prophet says true things but leads to people to worship false gods.
Hard to get anything definite from a disjointed ramble.
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