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Regarding your discussion with Jimmy Akin regarding the Brandon Biggs prophecies, there was one category of possibilities that you didn’t touch on that might be what is in play here. For example, have you ever considered the “prophecy” that God made that didn’t come true?
I’m referring to when David was evading King Saul (1 Samuel 23:7-29). David had gone to Keilah and Saul was informed. David twice asks God, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him?” (NIV) Both times, God says “Yes.” So David leaves Keilah which (obviously) prevents the “prophecy” from coming true.
Before you cry “foul”, on it being a prophecy given to David (we can call it a “prediction” if you like), consider the nature of the inquiry David makes. He’s asking “What will happen” not to just “make a prediction” but to make a decision. Another example I think of is Jonah with the Ninevites.
Now back to Brandon. He’s mentioned a number of times in various prophecies that he’s been given them “from the Lord” as things to “pray” or “intercede” about. So one option of what’s going on is that God is actually giving (some?) of these to Brandon not with the intent of “post it on YouTube” but to get Brandon (and maybe others?) to PRAY. Is Brandon handling them rightly? Maybe, maybe not, maybe sometimes.
I bring this up not because I’m trying to “bail” Brandon out, but because I want to redirect our understanding of why God gives prophecies to His children and Church. It’s not about turning us into a bunch of little Nostradamuses, but for different purposes altogether. In fact, the biggest impetus any prophesy of Scripture or post-Scripture is to turn people back to God - to call us to repent.
That’s also one of the concerns I have about how we handle what Scripture tells us regarding the signs preceding the return of Jesus. Signs aren’t given to us so that we can wear them as sandwich placards around our necks while we pace up and down main street. They are given to us so that we won’t be caught off guard, and so that we will be the good stewards who are giving the other household servants food at the proper time. (Matthew 24:45-51). Too often, we in the Church have either shied away from any of the prophetic “yet-to-be-fulfilled” parts of Scripture or have tried to shoe-horn the Scriptures into the evening news. Either ditch is a bad place to be, and we need to get back on the road by handling prophecies properly. This is especially important as there do appear to be more signs that Jesus’ return is coming a lot closer than ever before.
So in summary, we should watch how we’re driving. Both ditches are a bad place to be when we’re approaching a bridge.
Sincerely,
Dan