Prophecy


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1 The nature and power of prophecy.
2 Prophecy as the reading of fate, the foretelling of fortune, the beholding of the future.
3 Prophecy as supernaturally inspired foresight into the course of providence.
4 Prophecy as the instrument of providence, prophets as moral teachers and political reformers.
5 The religious significance of the fulfillment of prophecy.
6 The vocation of prophecy, the possession of foreknowledge.
7 The foreknowledge possessed by the spirits in the afterworld The political office of prophecy, priests, soothsayers, oracles.
8 The Hebraic conception of the prophetic vocation, the law and the prophets, Christ as prophet.
9 The varieties of prophecy and the instruments of divination.
10 The institution of oracles, the interpretation of oracular or prophetic utterances.
11 Omens and portents, celestial and terrestrial signs, signs as confirmations of prophecy.
12 Dreams, visions, visitations.
13 Prophecy by the direct word of God.
14 Particular prophecies.
15 The Covenant and the Promised Land.
16 The destruction of Jerusalem and the dispersion of Israel, the restoration of Israel and the rebuilding of the Temple.
17 The coming of a Messiah, Hebraic and Christian readings of messianic prophecy.
18 The second coming of the Lord, the Day of Judgment, the end of the world, and the millennium.
19 Predictions of the future as secular prophecies.
20 The criticism and rejection of prophecy, the distinction between true and false prophecy, the condemnation of astrology and divination as impiety or superstition.


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