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A '''prophet''' is one who speaks for God through divine revelation.  Prophets in the [[Bible]] usually predict future events and the words of a prophet must always come to pass.  If they do not, then he is a [[false prophet]] and must be put to death according to the book of [[Deuteronomy]].

A '''prophet''' is one who speaks for [[God]] through divine revelation.  Prophets in the [[Bible]] usually predict future events and the words of a prophet must always come to pass.  If they do not, then he is a [[false prophet]] and must be put to death according to the book of [[Deuteronomy]].

 

A prophet does not need to be 100% accurate or even 50% right.  He need only predict correctly more than anyone else could without special wisdom or inspiration.  Skeptics are quite wrong in arguing that everything a prophet says must come true in order for him to be worth listening to.  Just one unusually prophecy that comes true can be enough.

Prophets in the [[Old Testament]] also have the distinction of being largely ignored by the Jewish people who they are trying to reach.

Prophets in the [[Old Testament]] also have the distinction of being largely ignored by the Jewish people who they are trying to reach.