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==The rules under the old covenant== | ==The rules under the old covenant== | ||
Prophetic signs and miracles were to be ignored if the prophet led the people to other Gods. Such a prophet was to be put to death based on Deut. 13:1-5: | |||
Jeremiah | :''If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Dt 13:1–5.</ref> | ||
:''“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ | |||
If a prophet spoke in God's name and the prediction was not fulfilled, the prophet was to be killed based on Deut 18:20-22: | |||
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:''‘But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, '''is to be put to death.'''” You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?” '''If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true''', that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so '''do not be alarmed'''.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Dt 18:20–22.</ref> | |||
Jeremiah said that God was against prophets who plagarized: | |||
:''“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the LORD. “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? | |||
:''Therefore,” declares the LORD, “'''I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.''' 31 Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The LORD declares.’ 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the LORD. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the LORD.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Je 23:25–32.</ref> | |||
==The Biblical terms of when "Thus Saith The Lord" can change== | ==The Biblical terms of when "Thus Saith The Lord" can change== | ||