Does God give disturbing visions to his holy prophets all the time?
597159
I seriously doubt it, depends on who you are though. If your a real prophet, then GOD will give you the vision, and later, as you try to understand it, GOD will show you the explanation---also, GOD confirms things with two or more witness's. If one or more people come up to you and say "GOD showed me this" and it matche's your's, then I'd start to take it seriously. It's tricky. It's tricky.
821876
I think we should be careful to who we listen to especially if they claim to be prophets. I know anythiing is possible for GOD but still, We got to test them. I don't see many prophets running around today.\n\nI remember this guy on TV that was healing people turned out he paid them to say that they where healed.
86258
No the Bible does not.  Those who say differently are seeing what they want to see in the scripture.  There is a world of difference in the very concept of what the Bible was condemning and what one would call a psychic today.\nHowever, if you feel it might be bad for you, then do not go to one and do not use anything connected with one.  These is a quote from the Bible that is relevant to this discussion:\n“… your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions.”
520625
It is entirley possible that he saw SOMEthing. A "demon?" No. An inhuman entity, trying to scare him? Yes. There are spirits on this planet, that never were human, but, are curious about the state of Being human. They can be nice about it, or they can simply enjoy harassing the living. We classify the bad ones as Demons, and the good ones as Angels, simply for convenience sake. But really, there are no religious connotations about them. \n   Not all people can see or sense these entities. Some people block out the ability, because it frightens them. But it exists. And so do they. So, yes. It is certainly possible that he did see something. :) If it did not physically accost him, I wouldn't worry about it. Ignore it, and it will grow bored and move on. Good luck!
336796
If you have a book of prophecy that cannot be understood that's about as worthless as a prophecy that cannot be changed. Why would an all powerful all caring god do that? It would be sadistic. \n\nIf you accept that the christian god does not revel in torment, and that man has free will, then you will have to say that any prophecy in revelations can be changed. That is if you believe that revelations even contains prophecy.
643001
do u really think that god will let the people see him and he created all these things why do u think he cant hide and god said in my religion that there is demons that go up to the high sky and try to listen to what god is saying and they die or in another one the prophet said the distance from here to the 1st sky is 500000 years walking and there is 7 floors of different Sky's until you reach the floor where god is and he defiantly wont let u or me get near the 1st  that's why god gave us a limited thinking brain and BTW try and think why god is here if we were not created where will i be and u will end up with headache
569573
Yes he is there. and yes he really wants you. Most of the people talk about well if its in Gods will ill go to heaven and if its not i want well i guess they missed the chapter on free will. God will let you make your own choices weither they are right or wrong. If he can't get you to fullfil the purpose he has for you he will raise up someone one else to take your place. but i dont feel the need to Burn in a lake of pitch black fire just to keep from some one talking about me being crazy for believeing something that they cant see. Well i dont have to see him to know that he is there.
1009018
No. Because all people long ago believe in God and spirits etc. But there are God-haters who worship evil spirits. \n\nRomans1\n\n 18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. \n 21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. \n\n 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. \n\n 26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. \n\n 28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
1164616
Well, it would certainly be helpful, especially if God's take is "where in the name of Me did they get that book from?  I didn't write that!"\n\nUnfortunately, since having a Christ complex is automatically assumed to be prime evidence of psychosis and thinking you're a prophet usually convinces the government of every industrialized country, no matter which one you happen to be in, you're a cult leader who has to be stopped for the social good, any prophet that shows back up at this point to illuminate the word of God will either be labeled a lunatic and locked up in a teeny padded room with a guy knitting a sweater that doesn't exist and another one who thinks he's Napoleon, or else tear-gassed, and either shot on the scene or put on trial and hauled off to prison for the rest of his or her life.\n\nPlus, you do have to contend with the pesky fact the Bible says anyone who tries to tell you they know the word of God and that it's somehow different than the Bible is a false prophet trying to lead you to Hell and they'll be cropping up all over the place, while the only guy who can really explain it to you will only show up five minutes after the world ends... so chances are everyone who needs to listen will be busy sticking their fingers in their ears, screaming "No, NO!  NOT LISTENING, YOU WHORE OF BABYLON!  LA LA LA LA LA!!! NOT LISTENING!!!"\n\nSo who knows, could've been tons of them sent down by God to explain things to us, and we could've just ignored them all.\n\nP.S.-- Don't believe me?  Check the other answers.  Whole list of people saying exactly what I said they would, even the ones who are well aware at how butchered the modern work is and how much B.S. man has written into it.
625041
I think no god will arrange and furthermore enjoy the killing of people.\nI think the god you are talking about is the one from the \nbible.   THAT GOD IS MADE UP  by the ones who wrote that book.\nIt is impossible that a god can can be so twisted !\nOr maybe the bible is a book about the devil....what do you think?!
498514
I've actually met 2 false prophets myself, and these are your possibilities..\n1) probably a liar wanting attention\n2) schizophrenic\n3) demon-possessed \n\nYour solutions are as following\n1) tell her shes a liar\n2) recommend for counseling either to a pastor/psychologist\n\nBest compromise may be to ask her to see a christian counsoler. Pray about it see what happens.
899535
That is correct; the Bible speaks of those who have a "wicked heart of unbelief".\n\nhttp://www.needGod.com
705729
Nope. he had the concept of damnation all wrong. God never wills for anyone to go to Hell. In fact, it pains him to see so many people go there. He want's everyone to be saved, but it is only by faith.
392237
Yes.\n\nDeuteronomy 4:19: "Be careful that you don't worship the sun, moon, and stars." \n\nDeuteronomy 17:2-5 in the Old Testament says that those who worshipped the sun, moon, or stars were to be stoned. \n\nLeviticus 20:6 says God will separate himself from those who go after mediums and familiar spirits. \n\nDeuteronomy 18:10-12 says that practicing witchcraft, sorcery, soothsaying, interpreting omens, making spells, and being a medium or spiritist, are all terrible sins to God. \n\nDaniel 2:27-28 talks of how God kept King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and its interpretation secret from the astrologers, magicians or dream interpreters, and soothsayers. However, he revealed it to his prophet Daniel. \n\nActs 16:16-18 talks of a girl who was possessed by an evil spirit that enabled her to be a fortune teller. Paul commanded the evil spirit to come out of her in the name or authority of Jesus, and the spirit left her.\n\nDeuteronomy 18:9-11: "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft..." \n\n2 Chronicles 33:5-7: "He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger."
100918
He sees people as being subject to the decrees of God. As God wills, events happen. God declared through his prophets what would happen in Daniel's time and as Daniel sees the time foretold for the release of his people from captivity approaching, he is given visions of what will happen in the future. He doesn't understand that these visions are of the far distant future and fears that they are indicating that his people will not be released and return to their homeland at the appointed time because of their sins. So he fasts, prays and struggles with God. He stays faithful to God through various trials and at the end is reassured.
840669
No, those prophets in those verses are all Israelites even the 2 witnessess before the coming of the Lord and William Marrion Branham is not even a Jew. He may be a prophet but certainly he was not used to fulfill those verses.
830537
The same way you do anybody else.  Communicate.  Last I checked, God doesn't send a burning bush for every prayer concern.  He gave us a brain to study his word and a soul to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's leanings...don't turn God into a cosmic fortune teller.