{"id":1742,"date":"2012-12-20T00:08:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T05:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2012-12-17T06:46:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T11:46:36","slug":"bible-prophecy-from-the-blog-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/bible-prophecy-from-the-blog-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Prophecy! From The Blog Archives!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please note that this is a repeat from my January 7, 2010 blog post.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Has a prophet ever told you something that became true later?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit that although I read my Bible regularly, I\u2019m not an expert about the subject of Bible prophecy. Let me tell you why I decided to blog about this topic today.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, I was watching the History Channel, and they had a special on about the Mayans and their calendar. Supposedly, the Mayans predicted that the year 2012 (December 21st) would be the end of time and that is when their calendar stopped? This is going from my sketchy memory, and I didn\u2019t even watch the entire show because I got tired and went to bed.<\/p>\n

Anyway, seeing that show made me think about the subject of Bible prophecy (Just wanted to point out that the Mayan prediction had nothing to do with the Bible). I do recall reading that the Apostle Paul told the early Christians that prophecy was an important spiritual gift.<\/p>\n

Another reason I felt like blogging about this is because I wanted to tell about my limited experience with Biblical prophets\/prophecy (or those claiming to be so). I was raised as a Jehovah\u2019s Witness until I was twelve. At that age, my dad stopped me from going to the Kingdom Hall (that\u2019s what JW\u2019s call their church). Since the JW teaching was all that I really knew, I thought what they said was \u201cThe Truth.\u201d (That\u2019s what JWs call their teaching.)<\/p>\n

Fast forward six years, I\u2019m in college, and I decide to hook up with JWs again since I thought they told \u201cThe Truth.\u201d While studying with them, my eyes started getting glassy and my head started spinning when they taught me that the generation of 1914 would not pass away before the real return of Christ (or the end of times), also, Christ came invisibly\/spiritually to earth in 1914\u2026.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s around the time they started \u201closing\u201d me, also, the fact that they used these years to predict things didn\u2019t seem right to me. When a JW came to my door last winter, I asked about their prediction of the generation of 1914 not passing away before the end of times. He said they didn\u2019t believe that anymore, and I thought to myself\u2026\u201dHmmm, false prophets.\u201d<\/p>\n

I feel uneasy when someone predicts something in the name of God and then changes their mind or it turns out it\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n

My other experience with prophecy happened back in 2002, back when my first book, Promises To Keep, was released via Crossings and Black Expressions book clubs. I\u2019d received an email from a Washington D.C. librarian, stating that she was having a 50th birthday party for her sister, and they wanted an author to attend this event. Eager to promote my novel, I agreed to come.<\/p>\n

I went to the party located in an upscale neighborhood in Maryland. While I spoke, people asked me questions. Somebody asked me about sending my book to Oprah. I replied that I\u2019d sent the novel to Oprah, but got no response. The birthday woman\/guest of honor, touched her head quickly and looked at me and said, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be on Oprah one day.\u201d Then she turned and resumed her conversation with the person she\u2019d been talking to.<\/p>\n

Later, one of the guests said to me, \u201cDid you hear what she said about your being on Oprah? She\u2019s an ordained prophet, so you should listen to her.\u201d<\/p>\n

I thought. \u201cHmm. She\u2019s an ordained prophet. What, exactly, makes someone an ordained prophet?\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the point of this post? I\u2019m not sure! I\u2019d be interested in hearing if any of you have had any experience with Bible prophecy. Has a prophet ever told you something that became true later?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d think if a person is prophesying something in the name of Jesus, then, ultimately, it will come true. I don\u2019t think they would change their mind later and say, \u201cI didn\u2019t prophecy that right. This is what God\u2019s telling me now!\u201d<\/p>\n

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~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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