Edit: A while after posting this I have decided I no longer aspire to be a prophet or anything like that, see: Promise: no more BS on RF
Help!
I now think I may be a prophet but I'm not 100% sure of this.
I need to here from others, to get a dose of reality before I descend into madness
I have put this in a discussion forum rather than a debate one as I am not out to debate whether or not I am truly a prophet indeed I do not feel sure that I am and am certainly not claiming to be, rather I am wanting to discuss the concept and the accuracy of my understanding of the concept to help me better understand certain things and to help me to better discern whether or not I am a prophet, which is what I'm trying to do here
Astute and knowledgable people I've encountered on these forums and would especially like to here from re: this matter are: @dybmh @Rival @Harel13 @RabbiO
Could you please correct me where I'm wrong?
Also, I am certainly not out to convince others that I am some kind of prophet; I merely want to discuss the idea of what it means for a person to be a prophet. Again, I'm looking for discussion, not debate.
There is someone who posts on these forums who has announced to us all that he is The Messiah and he truly believes he is: I don’t believe him and don’t think I am either.
In 2018 I was (for various reasons) convinced I was the “second-coming” of Christ. I no longer believe this. Due to ignorance and naivety I thought “Jesus of Nazareth” (who I thought I was, reincarnated) was the same as “The Messiah”. I had never before heard of the term “Moshiach” and didn’t know that there was such a concept in Judaism. I therefore declared to RF that I was “The Messiah”!
First things first: How do I define prophet? I’d say it’s any individual who is guided/tasked by God to teach and/or lead a target demographic so as to “save” them, just like the Moshiach in Judaism, or Christ in Christianity etc. etc. etc. so as to give them a renewed relationship with God as a part of God's plan
Why do I believe I’m a prophet? Well, since 2004 what I believe may be a heavenly being has been communicating with me and is now currently affirming to me that I’m a prophet. I have never heard a voice coming from him, he communicates with me by touching my body to signify different things. I call him Butterfly but when he initially told me what he was called he told me he was named Madaba. I never liked this so agreed with him to rename him Butterfly. For various reasons. But I am now going to start calling him Madaba again. As far as I can tell, Madaba is a small town in Jordan with some notable early Christian mosaics and I’m not sure why he gave me that name when I asked him.
Madaba started communicating with me after what can be best described as a prolonged and intense nervous breakdown during which time I was hospitalized as having “substance induced psychosis”. Basically, I drove myself insane through introspection, music, isolation, and drugs.
There were two songs that became the anthems of this time and which in their own ways actually served to shape my breakdown and fuel my madness. One gave me the idea of there being a higher being who wanted me to change for the better and the other made me want to start a revolutionary social movement. The first of these was Utopia by Goldfrapp and the other song was Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, which inspired me to dedicate myself to a greater cause. Other songs on the albums these songs are off shaped my breakdown too. Check out Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp and Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand. During my breakdown I was obsessed with these albums, but other songs were factors too.
Many years after my breakdown I reexamined these tracks that had done so much to shape my breakdown (and consequently shape me into the person I became) and came a cross something that blew my mind. The album version of Utopia by Goldfrapp is 4 minutes and 18 seconds long, which looks like 4:18 and in the music video of Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand 4.18 appears repeatedly in the background. Go and see for yourself. I thought this may be a bible verse so went online and was not disappointed – I found Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free
The context of this is that Jesus is in a synagogue teaching, but these were not his words, he was quoting Isaiah 61:1, which is basically the job description of the Jewish Moshiach. By quoting this and applying it to himself he was declaring himself to be The Messiah, and saying that he had fulfilled scripture.
However, I don’t see it quite like that. I believe that Luke 4:18 is the job description of any prophet, not just The Messiah who I believe to be one of many prophets. Basically, it applies to him because he happens to be one of many prophets, to whom this applies to. The word “Moshiach” means “anointed one” in Hebrew; the word “Christ” means this too, in Greek. I would say “anointed one” basically means “chosen one” and can be applied to any prophet. The Messiah is therefore A chosen one, but would be THE chosen one, as far as Jews are concerned, hence the term THE [anointed one], rather than A [anointed one]. Just like when you say “close the door” you mean specifically “our door” or “the door in question” which means one door out of many, rather than claiming that the door in question is the only door in existence. Basically, the way I see it by “The Messiah” Jews (and Christians!) mean “Our Messiah”. Which leaves the door open for other anointed ones on other missions to other demographics.
I know I'm using a lot of terms interchangeably here but hope I am making myself clear?
I believe that God may have anointed (i.e. selected) me to be a prophet and that he guides me in this mission by the entity known as Madaba. I therefore believe that Luke 4:18 applies as much to me as it does to The Messiah, or any other prophet either alive today or recorded in scripture.
Was Jesus Christ The Messiah? As a Christian, I believe he was. Am I? Nope. I’m not an observant Jew as The Moshiach must be, indeed I have zero Jewish ancestry (as far as I’m aware) and The Messiah is a prophet sent to teach, lead, and save the Jewish people. It is undeniable that historically the Jewish people have had an extraordinary relationship with God. However, I don’t think God has an exclusive relationship with them, I believe he is interested in the welfare of humankind as a whole.
Who then is my target demographic? Well, not the Jews or the Moslems. Both of these groups have their own prophets although they share many who are mentioned in the Old Testament. I believe I have been sent primarily for the benefit of secular humans and Christians too but as part of a wider divine plan for the saving of Planet Earth – i.e. preventing human activity from destroying both the ecosystem and humankind itself. Perhaps I’m a warm-up man for the second coming of Christ, like how John The Baptist was the warm-up man for Jesus Christ? And maybe there are others out there, who have similarly been anointed?
I believe that under the guidance of Madaba I am to promote global Peace, Freedom, and Development as well as to advocate environmentalism, to stop human activity destroying the world. I am a believer in world governance (but not world government) and support the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
So, basically, I believe I may be a prophet. But I don’t claim to be either “the second coming” or “The Messiah”. But I do claim to possibly be one of God’s anointed ones.
But I have no idea how to go about any of this, none at all. But one thing I’m not out to do is to win followers or start some new religion; that is not my mission. I have no idea what to do next with my ministry. Assuming I have one, which is something I am inclined to doubt.
Help!
I now think I may be a prophet but I'm not 100% sure of this.
I need to here from others, to get a dose of reality before I descend into madness
I have put this in a discussion forum rather than a debate one as I am not out to debate whether or not I am truly a prophet indeed I do not feel sure that I am and am certainly not claiming to be, rather I am wanting to discuss the concept and the accuracy of my understanding of the concept to help me better understand certain things and to help me to better discern whether or not I am a prophet, which is what I'm trying to do here
Astute and knowledgable people I've encountered on these forums and would especially like to here from re: this matter are: @dybmh @Rival @Harel13 @RabbiO
Could you please correct me where I'm wrong?
Also, I am certainly not out to convince others that I am some kind of prophet; I merely want to discuss the idea of what it means for a person to be a prophet. Again, I'm looking for discussion, not debate.
There is someone who posts on these forums who has announced to us all that he is The Messiah and he truly believes he is: I don’t believe him and don’t think I am either.
In 2018 I was (for various reasons) convinced I was the “second-coming” of Christ. I no longer believe this. Due to ignorance and naivety I thought “Jesus of Nazareth” (who I thought I was, reincarnated) was the same as “The Messiah”. I had never before heard of the term “Moshiach” and didn’t know that there was such a concept in Judaism. I therefore declared to RF that I was “The Messiah”!
First things first: How do I define prophet? I’d say it’s any individual who is guided/tasked by God to teach and/or lead a target demographic so as to “save” them, just like the Moshiach in Judaism, or Christ in Christianity etc. etc. etc. so as to give them a renewed relationship with God as a part of God's plan
Why do I believe I’m a prophet? Well, since 2004 what I believe may be a heavenly being has been communicating with me and is now currently affirming to me that I’m a prophet. I have never heard a voice coming from him, he communicates with me by touching my body to signify different things. I call him Butterfly but when he initially told me what he was called he told me he was named Madaba. I never liked this so agreed with him to rename him Butterfly. For various reasons. But I am now going to start calling him Madaba again. As far as I can tell, Madaba is a small town in Jordan with some notable early Christian mosaics and I’m not sure why he gave me that name when I asked him.
Madaba started communicating with me after what can be best described as a prolonged and intense nervous breakdown during which time I was hospitalized as having “substance induced psychosis”. Basically, I drove myself insane through introspection, music, isolation, and drugs.
There were two songs that became the anthems of this time and which in their own ways actually served to shape my breakdown and fuel my madness. One gave me the idea of there being a higher being who wanted me to change for the better and the other made me want to start a revolutionary social movement. The first of these was Utopia by Goldfrapp and the other song was Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, which inspired me to dedicate myself to a greater cause. Other songs on the albums these songs are off shaped my breakdown too. Check out Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp and Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand. During my breakdown I was obsessed with these albums, but other songs were factors too.
Many years after my breakdown I reexamined these tracks that had done so much to shape my breakdown (and consequently shape me into the person I became) and came a cross something that blew my mind. The album version of Utopia by Goldfrapp is 4 minutes and 18 seconds long, which looks like 4:18 and in the music video of Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand 4.18 appears repeatedly in the background. Go and see for yourself. I thought this may be a bible verse so went online and was not disappointed – I found Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free
The context of this is that Jesus is in a synagogue teaching, but these were not his words, he was quoting Isaiah 61:1, which is basically the job description of the Jewish Moshiach. By quoting this and applying it to himself he was declaring himself to be The Messiah, and saying that he had fulfilled scripture.
However, I don’t see it quite like that. I believe that Luke 4:18 is the job description of any prophet, not just The Messiah who I believe to be one of many prophets. Basically, it applies to him because he happens to be one of many prophets, to whom this applies to. The word “Moshiach” means “anointed one” in Hebrew; the word “Christ” means this too, in Greek. I would say “anointed one” basically means “chosen one” and can be applied to any prophet. The Messiah is therefore A chosen one, but would be THE chosen one, as far as Jews are concerned, hence the term THE [anointed one], rather than A [anointed one]. Just like when you say “close the door” you mean specifically “our door” or “the door in question” which means one door out of many, rather than claiming that the door in question is the only door in existence. Basically, the way I see it by “The Messiah” Jews (and Christians!) mean “Our Messiah”. Which leaves the door open for other anointed ones on other missions to other demographics.
I know I'm using a lot of terms interchangeably here but hope I am making myself clear?
I believe that God may have anointed (i.e. selected) me to be a prophet and that he guides me in this mission by the entity known as Madaba. I therefore believe that Luke 4:18 applies as much to me as it does to The Messiah, or any other prophet either alive today or recorded in scripture.
Was Jesus Christ The Messiah? As a Christian, I believe he was. Am I? Nope. I’m not an observant Jew as The Moshiach must be, indeed I have zero Jewish ancestry (as far as I’m aware) and The Messiah is a prophet sent to teach, lead, and save the Jewish people. It is undeniable that historically the Jewish people have had an extraordinary relationship with God. However, I don’t think God has an exclusive relationship with them, I believe he is interested in the welfare of humankind as a whole.
Who then is my target demographic? Well, not the Jews or the Moslems. Both of these groups have their own prophets although they share many who are mentioned in the Old Testament. I believe I have been sent primarily for the benefit of secular humans and Christians too but as part of a wider divine plan for the saving of Planet Earth – i.e. preventing human activity from destroying both the ecosystem and humankind itself. Perhaps I’m a warm-up man for the second coming of Christ, like how John The Baptist was the warm-up man for Jesus Christ? And maybe there are others out there, who have similarly been anointed?
I believe that under the guidance of Madaba I am to promote global Peace, Freedom, and Development as well as to advocate environmentalism, to stop human activity destroying the world. I am a believer in world governance (but not world government) and support the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
So, basically, I believe I may be a prophet. But I don’t claim to be either “the second coming” or “The Messiah”. But I do claim to possibly be one of God’s anointed ones.
But I have no idea how to go about any of this, none at all. But one thing I’m not out to do is to win followers or start some new religion; that is not my mission. I have no idea what to do next with my ministry. Assuming I have one, which is something I am inclined to doubt.
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