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(The different types of prophecy)

Biblical prophecy must always be true and it must always come to pass; God wants it that way and that's it! . With this in mind, let us look at several types of prophecies and do some analysis.

The first prophecy in the Bible is, rightfully so, about Jesus Christ and can be found in Genesis 3:15. When Moses, with the help of the writings of Adam, penned this verse, it was future for him, but we have seen to come to pass. The Old Testament is full of this type of prophecy where the events were future for the writer but past for us; one only has to read the book of Daniel to realize this.

A second type of prophecy is where the events were future to the writer and also to us. The Second Coming of Christ is the first one of this type that comes to mind. Hebrews 9:28 says: "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation". There are hundreds of verses of this type that we could look at about a variety of subjects.

A third type of prophecy is where the writer is a participant and he writes what he sees as if the events were happening in front of him but still remain in the future for him and even for us. This type of prophecy is found in the book of Revelation where the Apostle John pens the events during the Tribulation Period. The Bible says: "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" Rev 1:17. The Bible is the Revelation of God and He wants us to study it and do exactly what we are doing right here.