Prophecy

In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a grown-up typically called a prophet by a supernatural entity. Prophecies are a feature of many cultures together with belief systems and usually contain divine will or law, or preternatural knowledge, for example of future events. They can be revealed to the prophet in various ways depending on the religion in addition to the story, such(a) as visions, divination, or direct interaction with divine beings in physical form. Stories of prophetic deeds sometimes get considerable attention and some shit been known to cost for centuries through oral tradition or as religious texts.

Etymology

The English noun "prophecy", in the sense of "function of a prophet" appeared from about 1225, from Old French profecie 12th century, and from prophetia, Greek propheteia "gift of interpreting the will of God", from Greek prophetes see prophet. The related meaning, "thing spoken or solution by a prophet", dates from c. 1300, while the verb "to prophesy" is recorded by 1377.