Initially enthusiastic about prophecy I started wondering what is true and how should I value it? This is the fifth and last blog in the series Prophets and Prophecy in which I search for an answer to this question. After the introduction blog I talk about what is prophecy, what kinds are there in the bible, does it still function now, in what form does it function in the church en what about prophecies of doom and prophetic ministries? And this blog deals with female prophets.
The bible shows in both Old and New Testament that women can be a prophet. In the Old Testament we see Miriam, the sister of Moses, is a prophet (Ex. 15:20, Num. 12:2), Deborah, the judge, is a prophet (Judges 4:3-10) and King Josiah goes for advice to the female prophet Huldah (2 Kings 22). read more
What do you do with the prophets of doom who predict disasters and judgements and the ‘clairvoyant’, who tell a church or an individual what (good) is going to happen in the near or further future? How can you tell if they are ‘real’? Are their impressions based on inspiration of God or their own wishfull thinking? 
The words prophet and prophecy 
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