prophets
Speakers for God
Prophets is the plural of prophet—people who claim to speak divine truth or predict the future.
Religious prophets deliver messages from God: The prophets warned of destruction if the people didn't repent.
Secular prophets are visionaries who see what others miss: the prophets of the digital age.
False prophets mislead their followers. (Capitalized Prophets refers to biblical books.)
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- augurOne who reads omens
sibyl · diviner · psychic · medium · shaman · fortune-teller · astrologer · palmist
One who delivers communications
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- precursorSomething that comes first
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- announcerOne who introduces programs
proclaimer · warning · foretelling · sign · portent · doomsayer · Cassandra · watchman
Tomorrow trends scholar
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
idealist · utopian · thinker · reformer · revolutionary · maverick · innovator · prognosticator
Prophesied liberator figure
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- sermonClergy's worship address
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- callingStrongly felt purpose
anointment · chosen · divine · sacred · patriarchs · apostles · preacher
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- teacherOne who instructs others
- guruRevered authority figure
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
counsel · insight · discernment · elder · mystic · spiritual guide · shepherd · philosopher
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
augur · sibyl · diviner · psychic · medium · shaman · fortune-teller · astrologer · palmist · channeler
messenger
One who delivers communications
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- precursorSomething that comes first
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
announcer · proclaimer · warning · foretelling · sign · portent · doomsayer · Cassandra · watchman · voice
futurist
Tomorrow trends scholar
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
dreamer · idealist · utopian · thinker · reformer · revolutionary · maverick · innovator · prognosticator · predictor
messiah
Prophesied liberator figure
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- sermonClergy's worship address
- ministryClergy's work or state department
calling · anointment · chosen · divine · sacred · patriarchs · apostles · preacher
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- teacherOne who instructs others
- guruRevered authority figure
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
guidance · counsel · insight · discernment · elder · mystic · spiritual guide · shepherd · philosopher · ascetic
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
- Ancient IsraelIsraelites, Jerusalem, Israel, twelve tribes, Judea
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint
- religious historyChristian history, Jewish history, early Christianity, early church, church councils
- Biblical IsraelIsrael, Moses, David, Solomon, Abraham
- Biblical ProphecyMessiah, end times, eschatology, Armageddon, tribulation
prophetshistorians
Scholars of the past
chroniclers · archivists · annalists · antiquarians · memorialists
prophetsscientists
Systematic knowledge seekers
empiricists · rationalists · skeptics · researchers · analysts
prophetsfalse prophets
Fraudulent religious claimants
charlatans · impostors · frauds · deceivers · heretics
- false prophetDeceiver claiming divine insight
- ancient propheciesForetelling from antiquity
- self-fulfilling prophecyBelief causing its own realization
- self-fulfilling propheciesPredictions causing their own realization
- prophet of doomForeteller of calamity
- prophetic visionForeknowledge of future events
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