On Prophecy

[dawis]

Reading this thread and other threads in this forum, one might see the prophets merely as a intelligent men with deep understanding of the Torah.

I have to make a point for you to consider. My impression from the Bible the prophets actually has received some kind of revelation. I can see that for example from Isaiah ch. 6, from Jeremiah 23: 25-29. There are more examples.

I think it is pretty important to understand if Yehovah (with or without capital Y - as in this post)  is "talking" with people.

[fschmidt]

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[dawis]

Well, I guess it will make one more humble, and have more appreciation to the prophets, and eventually  analyze their words more carefully. That should lead us to follow the Torah better according to the natural law.

But, another point - which was actually the subtext of my thread, and the reason I made this thread in the first place. The point is that the message of the prophets to humanity is not just about obeying the laws. you can see that they talk about the future of humanity (e.g: Joel ch. 3 , Isa 26:19). I say those words has meaning. we cannot just overlook them.

The question here is whether human history is a way with direction and an end, or it just rises and falls like waves all the time long. Moreover, the entire idea of the "chosen people", that the prophets talk about (and was transform to a racist doctrine by the rabbical Judaism) has any meaning to you ?