Modern Prophecy

WE are ALL prophets. We all predict things and we do this every day, all day long. Prophecy is nothing but a prediction of the future based on prior assumptions and current knowledge. We predict things because we LIVE in the future. By this I mean that almost everything we do is because we decided that if we did it, the future would be better. Some people base their actions more on emotion or incorrect analysis of the information available about the past.

Most of our predictions are very mundane. We don't even realize that we are making a prediction. For instance, when I get ready for work I do that under the belief that the location of my job is still there. I've predicted the building is as it was the last time I was there. I don't phone the location to see if the building is still there as I get dressed because this is a mundane prediction based on the history of the building always being there when I arrive.

At the same time I'm predicting that my car will start, that the roads will still be there, that even if the building is still there that I can use it. I may have my doubts about the sureness of some of these predictions. The weather is cold so maybe my car won't start, the traffic may be jammed causing a long delay, or the building may not have any power and I won't be able to do my job. Many of these things may have happened before to me or I had heard about it happening to others. These fleeting "worries" that might briefly pop to mind are quick analysis of what the future might be for me other than a normal predicted day.