Testing Prophetic Claims

In Deuteronomy 18, God gives a clear, objective test for anyone claiming to speak on His behalf.

The test is not sincerity.

It is accuracy.

If a prophecy fails—even once—it does not come from God.

God does not require His people to sort through revisions or corrections.

“When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.”

— Deuteronomy 18:22