first that I’ll point is not what is prophecy, but who is worthy to become prophet!, or is prophet someone who got wake or in dream some vision, or those who live holy life!?, simply put visions are projection of our older spiritual brothers Angels but as Apostle Paul says if get tempted question whether the spirit is from Our Almighty Lord sent, thats why when eg. Orthodox Christian Monks had have vision first of all they need to consult with their Spiritual Father then through Prayer the vision to be confirmed and then after as such eventually to be shared if has such character to be revealed to the Laos!, and here I’ll dont need to remind everyone that delusion is granted for those that trust in dreams [1] especially if we know that the same are happening in the astral realm usually where looms demons-anathema-to-them!, yeah go try discern what projection there from which production comes [2] thus all who are reprojecting later in this world directly or indirectly others visions always need to ask themselves whats the point to risk themselves or others to be tempted with visions, even more knowing that in the case of visions even if they are from Angel the chances to become reality depends from our will to Repent thus in essence they are just warning and most usually personal, yep go understand the symbolic language of the unconscious mind for whom how what means, when prediction error exist from start even when the observer is seeing the frame from side what about when its in it!, on top all of this living in sin as being tied to didactic linear reasoning instead to have clean hearth and mosaic mindset when exploring especially visions where one cant reach certain axioms but certain disorientation [3] thus dont fall easily even on prophecies by Monks unless proved and accepted by The Orthodox Church, and especially be aware of false prophets like mediums or prophets outside The Church coz we will be judged severely as Christians if we seek info from such delusional proud and possessed [4] (ah very informative sermon in this last footnote) so having this in mind here are few available online theories on the topic …
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Orthodox Christian explanation of The Gift Of Prophecy
There is a distinction between Prophets, i.e the OT Saints and Apostles, which teach canonical divine revelation, and Saints that have the spiritual gift of prophecy for the edification of the Church. [1]
- https://orthodoxwiki.org/Prophet#Assessment_of_the_prophet.27s_authenticity_and_false_prophets
- https://incommunion.org/2004/12/11/the-prophetic-role-of-orthodoxy/ [1][2]
- 6 + 7 https://respectfulconversation.net/an-orthodox-perspective-on-the-nine-gifts-of-the-spirit-1-cor-128-10/
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Philosophical explanation (humanistic perspective) about prophecies
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/prophecy/#PhilIssuRaisProp [1]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-fulfilling_prophecy [1]
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my reasons (once tempted) to link or tackle prophecies …
almost by default when nowadays I’ll fall in temptation to loosen defocus or steam down some horrific geopolitical hype or risks eg. the ww3 hysteria provoked whether coz particular crisis or side effects from it, and on top knowing that it takes extra little in the current circumstances things instantly to boil up till hot phase of ww3 I am trying to consult prophecies per se Orthodox Christian one so would derail in particular topic fear pumping, and/or add focus on the Soteriological side mids all, in the second case sometimes coz witnessing remembrance that we live in world which is in fall due to our sinful nature and the misuse of The Gift Of The Free Will, also sometimes coz need to remind myself (not just others) Please keep calm the urge for fight and everything around it, knowing that the line between (methodologies technologies and will) for defense and occupation is so tin than one can instantly bring and fasten wrong judgements why something happened or its happening or it could happen and even right after easily to be located the potential culprit …
… eg. many by default will throw finger on ussA for all global geopolitical catastrophes, while taking the history and the prophecies in account I’ll always ambiguously take for guilty the spirit’from’this’world and all its inertia from cultural lobotomy till lobotomized elitism, on west both resting on neopagan chassis!, like this in the end prophecies will not have flow of panic and judgement, but flow of higher means like Patience Calmness and Salvation, also warning for preparedness for survival if not else, so these ideals one could seek later!, so my intentions are not per se so would claim certainty of some prophecy, but focus towards Metanoia … am I effective in this, hm not sure, but I do think it has effect this will of mine to unburden the subjective and personal heat from heavy topics, foremost so would give accent to solutions, or narrow the topic heat to risk-management ideas, instead constantly bashing globalloney like some solely problem in this world, and when want to do that, again usually I am finding demons-anathema-to-them as the prime culprit, along means how to chase tie or decimate “them” for a while if not for good, doable only through personal and more effectively Consecrated Inchurched Liturgical Life in Feat as Orthodox Christians …