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Prophet And Loss Pastors

Traditionally, a prophet was someone who spoke for God — usually with terrifying accuracy, predicted the future — often involving plagues, wars or the downfall of empires and got ignored — until their predictions came true, at which point everyone panicked.

In short: prophets were the original ‘spoiler alerts’ for humanity. These, though, only existed in Biblical times. Then in recent times these completed morphed into flamboyant individuals with all manner of trickery. I think the advent of new age prophets started when people in general realised that getting a good education and a good job does not necessarily translate into riches.

Ladies too were quickly running out of patience with men who had been dating them for 40 years without even committing to an engagement. There surely had to be a better way. Enter the new age prophet. White suits, shiny shoes and sunglasses indoors. It was less about scripture and more about sparkle.

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