I would love to know why Prophecy is no longer taught in most Churches.
By Daninaband
@Daninaband (120)
United States
June 28, 2009 5:44pm CST
The past few years I have been all over the Country. Through this journey I have also been to several Churches in each place my family and I have been in. One thing I'm having the hardest time trying to comprehend it this.
Why isn't the churches preaching Prophecy? I don't know about most who are church goes but I really see many of the Prophecies opening up and wide right now. Things are happening and building up to what it says will happen, yet I don't see anyone preaching about it. Why? What is the Church scared of? Loosing people who pay money? If anyone knows anything about the Bible itself. Most of it is Prophecy and most of it has already been fulfilled. There is little left.
If you happen to have any feed back on this. By all means let me know.
3 responses
@2timothy (794)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
It is better to preach about prophecy rather than focusing on the self, self-development, self-enhancement, self-fulfillment,... But those who do preach prophecy mostly focus on the eschatological events with an overload of the latest news information but nothing if at all about Christ, which is the center and focus of all visions and revelation, and of how to prepare and hasten His coming in our daily life today.
@Daninaband (120)
• United States
22 Dec 09
I do notice a lot of self this and that. This is very sad as well. I also feel just knowing about His coming just isn't enough. Shouldn't they be teaching what to look for just as Jesus said in the first place?
@mrsctb7 (120)
• United States
3 Jul 09
Hi Dan ..... Good to "see" you!
I think that prophesy is "scary" to most "typical" church-goers. They are used to getting just a few verses of scripture, tied up neatly with some stories with a moral lesson at the end of a convenient 30-minute sermon. People also "church-shop" to fine one where they feel "comfortable" ..... no stepping on toes, please!
Now, for the truly faithful, though, they will search and find the few that do preach as He would have. The pastors who do preach well, and explain what is going on today, and how it ties into what was foretold in the Bible are out there, but they're so few of them. Keep looking, and you'll find them. They are usually note in the "standard" religions .... they are out on their own, tending their sheep (and feeding them very well!)!!!
@Daninaband (120)
• United States
22 Dec 09
Thank you, I've been to several Churches all over the country, and it's very hard to find a Church now that is actually preaching on the signs of the times.
Almost all them I'm finding seem more like a Bible chop shop. Go here to this sentence read. Stop, now go to this sentence stop. Now this is how Jesus would want you to live. Stop, Bow your head and pray. Play music, Worship, time to go home.
I miss being able to go through the whole stories written there in the Word of God. I'm finding more and more happening today that was written and yet so many still have no clue about it.
I find it very sad.
@Mtn_Penman (2)
• United States
8 Jan 10
Good morning Daninaband.
While I do not know the answer to this question, I feel confident that I can make a great educated guess.
Personally I believe that it is not taught very much is that most pastors really do not know how to handle the issue. They are not comfortable with a perfect, inerrant Bible, and thus they are unable to determine what is actually prophecy versus story telling. Of course I am being a bit simplistic here, but that is my view.
However here is a suggestion. Check out Chuck Missler's 'Koinonia Institute' on line at www.studycenter.org'. He has had a worldwide ministry on Bible study and prophecy for some fourty years now, and it is a marvelous location to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord and His prophetic utterances.
