The word prophet comes from the Greek word prophetes, which means to speak for or in the name of someone. Although many think of prophets as foretelling the future, it is more often the case that they act as forthtellers, that is, as God’s messengers they speak to current rather than future issues, including social situations.The role of prophet is also closely related to that of a seer and a revelator. Though God may speak to His prophets through visions, dreams, feelings, whisperings of the Spirit, and through angels, on rare occasions He also speaks with them face to face, such as was the case with Moses (see Deuteronomy 34).

We can view prophets in both a general sense through the spirit of prophecy and as a prophet assigned to fulfill a specific assignment. The majority of this site will deal with the latter, that is, a prophet called to represent God to His children in a specific calling. We’ll look at what a prophet is and what a prophet isn’t. We will look at patterns and prophecies. We’ll answer some of your questions and perhaps cause you to ask more. But in the end, we hope you will feel more assured than ever that God is in control of the universe, that He is indeed your Father in Heaven, and that He loves you. One way of manifesting that love is through His servants, the prophets.