Christian Prophets Are on the Rise. What Happens When They're Wrong?

[Zorro]

They are stars within one of the fastest-growing corners of American Christianity. Now, their movement is in crisis.

Jeremiah Johnson, a 33-year-old self-described prophet, was one of the few evangelical Christians who took Donald J. Trump’s political future seriously back in 2015.

This track record created a loyal audience of hundreds of thousands of people who follow him on social media and hang on his predictions about such topics as the coronavirus pandemic, the makeup of the Supreme Court, and the possibility of spiritual revival in America. And they took comfort ahead of the presidential election last fall when Mr. Johnson shared a prophetic dream of Mr. Trump stumbling while running the Boston Marathon, until two frail older women emerged from the crowd to help him over the finish line.

So when Joseph R. Biden Jr. was certified as the winner of the election, Mr. Johnson had to admit he had let his followers down.

“I was wrong, I am deeply sorry, and I ask for your forgiveness,” he wrote in a detailed letter he posted online. “I would like to repent for inaccurately prophesying that Donald Trump would win a second term as the President of the United States.”

The desire to divine the future is a venerable one, fueling faith in figures from ancient Greek oracles to modern astrologists. Christianity in particular is a religion whose foundational text is filled with prophecies proven true by the end of the book. Whether the gift of prophecy continues into the present day has long been the subject of intense theological debate. But in recent years, self-described prophets have proliferated across the country, accelerating in stature over the course of the Trump era. They are stars within what is now one of the fastest-growing corners of Christianity: a loose but fervent movement led by hundreds of people who believe they can channel supernatural powers — and have special spiritual insights into world events.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/christian-prophets-predictions.html

Beware of false prophets. And false profits.

[elleng]

1. ask for forgiveness,

[demosincebirth]

2. "Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing."

[dhill926]

3. "Jeremiah Johnson?"

uh huh, I'm sure that's his real name....jesus, can't make this shit up....I suppose Robert Redford will play him in the movie...

[ironman99]

4. Christian Prophets

You spelled profit wrong.

[NurseJackie]

5. Deuteronomy 18:20

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+18%3A20&version=HCSB

20 But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’

OTHER VERSIONS / OTHER TRANSLATIONS ... the message is consistent.

https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Deuteronomy%2018:20

[lagomorph777]

6. The prophet is never wrong. Sometimes reality is wrong.

[lees1975]

7. Predicting the future goes against NT doctrine

And some noted Evangelical Christian scholars will tell you that the New Testament is the last "prophetic" word given prior to the church age. I can't recall any "prophet" who claims to be Christian and predicts the future to ever have been correct according to a Biblical standard for proof.
https://albertmohler.com/2011/06/01/false-prophets-false-teachers-and-real-trouble-the-case-of-harold-camping

[roamer65]

8. We should be persecuting them.

That is what they really want, so I say we should give it to them.

[Zorro]

9. Too few lions

[roamer65]

10. THIS.