How reliable were the prophets when they talked about what a vision meant?

Answer 1

(2 Timothy 3:16-17) All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

This includes the prophets visions. not always literal, sometimes symbolic, but always accurate.

Answer 2

100% or they are not a prophet. Take Benny Hinn for example..He prophesied that all homosexuals on earth would be dead by 1995. Didnt happen so he is a false prophet. Stay clear of anyone who makes prophesies that dont come true 100% of the time. The only modern Godly man that I know of who has predicted things that come about is David Wilkerson of the Times Square Church in NYC. Although he does not call himself a prophet like Benny Hinn did,( he said I prophesy) David has seen quite a few visions from God that come about. One is that God showed him , way back before cable and sat TV , that an electronic black box would bring pornography in to every american home . And it certainly happened with the advent of first cable and then sat.TV.

Answer 3

Fulfilled Prophecy: Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible
by Hugh Ross, Ph.D.
Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately foretells specific events-in detail-many years, sometimes centuries, before they occur. Approximately 2500 prophecies appear in the pages of the Bible, about 2000 of which already have been fulfilled to the letter—no errors. (The remaining 500 or so reach into the future and may be seen unfolding as days go by.) Since the probability for any one of these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance averages less than one in ten (figured very conservatively) and since the prophecies are for the most part independent of one another, the odds for all these prophecies having been fulfilled by chance without error is less than one in 102000 (that is 1 with 2000 zeros written after it)!

God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people's attention. Satan does, too. Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy. Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance.

The acid test for identifying a prophet of God is recorded by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:21-22. According to this Bible passage (and others), God's prophets, as distinct from Satan's spokesmen, are 100 percent accurate in their predictions. There is no room for error.

As economy does not permit an explanation of all the Biblical prophecies that have been fulfilled, what follows in a discussion of a few that exemplify the high degree of specificity, the range of projection, and/or the "supernature" of the predicted events. Readers are encouraged to select others, as well, and to carefully examine their historicity.

for statistical support to the above assertions, go to:
http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/prophecy.shtml

Answer 4

Prophesies are subjective and open to interpretation by the receiver. With this in mind, I think it quite possible to define what a vision means to one's self or others. All you need is a little background information to make it relevant.

Answer 5

110 percent, because the vision was of God. There is no room for human error there.

Answer 6

100% reliable!

Answer 7

100%

Answer 8

Good question! I am stumped because the bible says that we all see in part. So maybe the interpretation they got was accurate, just not all of it.

Answer 9

As reliable as anyone under the influence of psychoactive plants....

Answer 10

which prophet? If we are talking about muhammad.. his vison was prob the six year old wife A'isha he was having sex with...