Your Sons & Daughters Shall Prophesy - Prophetic Gifts Today In The New Testament Church

A Profile of the Ancient Hebrew Prophet

False prophets "delivered messages which were in conflict with the messages of the true prophets of Israel ...[and] their messages contra dicted God's revelation." 8 A good deal is said about false prophets in the Old Testament, but only a few illustrations are given of what they actu ally said that was wrong. 9 What is strongly stated concerns the personal characteristics or character of such prophets and a clear identification of why their messages were wrong.The chart below lists the false prophets in both Testaments.

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Description

Scripture Jeremiah 29:21 1 Kings 18:19 1 Kings 18:9-40 Numbers 22-24 Ezekiel 13:17 Acts 13:6-11 Revelation 16:13; 19:20; 20:10 Jeremiah 28:1-17 2 Timothy 3:8 Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 13:9 Revelation 2:20 2 Chronicles 33:6 Nehemiah 6:14 Jeremiah 20:1-6 Ezekiel 11:1, 13 Jeremiah 23:13 Nehemiah 6:10, 12 Jeremiah 29:24-32 Acts 8:9-13, 18-24 Acts 16:16 1 Kings 22:11, 24; 2 Chronicles 18:10, 23 Jeremiah 29:21-23 Ezekiel 11:1 Exodus 7:11;

Name

Ahab son of Kolaiah" Asherah Baal Balaam Daughters Elymas the magician False prophet Hananiah'' Jaazaniah Jannes and Jambret

Foretold safety 400 prophets on Mt. Carmel 450 prophets on Mt. Carmel The Gentile soothsayer Gave false prophecy Withstood Paul A last-days deceiver Challenged Jeremiah's yoke Leader of the people Withstood Moses Prophetess in Thyatira Israelite king who was in volved with sorcery Tried to frighten Nehemiah Opposed Jeremiah Leader of the people Prophesied by Baal Hired against Nehemiah Opposed Jeremiah Adultery and falsehood

Jerusalem prophets

Jezebel Manasseh

Noadiah Pashhur''· Pelatiah''

Samaritan prophets Shemaiah of Delaiah Shemaiah the Nehelamite'' Simon the sorcerer Slave girl Zedekiah son of Chenaanah

The insincere convert A spirit of divination Opposed Micaiah

Zedekiah son of Maaseiah <·

Opposed Micaiah

* Note: The six marked with (*) died because of death pronouncements on them. t The Expositors Bible Commentary (p. 408) says: "Jannes and Jambre are not mentioned in the OT. But there was a Jewish tradition that they were two of the Egyptian magicians who withstood Moses and Aaron. They are thus mentioned in the Targum (Aramaic par aphrase) ofJonathan in Exodus 7:11. Pliny in his Natural History (A.D. 77) names Jannes along with Moses." ■ 118