SA Huguenot
Well-Known Member
keep in mind that God gave this law to Moses when He decided to create prophets to speak to Israel, because the people were terrified when God spoke to them in person.It is a sign of your moral degradation that you think a person should be executed for their beliefs under any circumstance
They actually asked Moses to tell God not to speak to them believing they will die as they witnessed His power.
God then told Moses that he will speak through a man.
To prove that this man is speaking the words of what God told him to relay to them, God allowed a TEST to prove the authenticity of the Prophet.
He should be able to tell the immediate future.
Now, this is what no other men could do in history. Every prophet in Israel was tested, and if they were caught out as pretenders, they were held accountable by the elders, and were executed by their law.
Jesus was not condemned as a false prophet, but for blasphemy making Himself God.
Think about this:
Muhammad was a false prophet, and if he was to be stoned to death if the law were to prove him as a false prophet, just think how many lives would have been saved over 1400 years of Muslim terrorism. tens of Millions!
If Jim Jones, David Koresh, Di Mambro, Marchall Applewhite, Joseph Kibweteere, were tested, and were executed for being false prophets, there would have been more than a thousand lives would have been saved.
Obviously we dont have "False prophets" laws in our age, and therefore will it be highly in appropriate to execute someone who pretend to be a prophet and make predictions for monitary or power gain.
But, heck!
I can still demand that these people be tested to determine if they are liars!
In South Africa we have a huge number of so called "Prophets" (Mostly in the black community) who deceives people to make millions for their own gain, living like kings whilst our people are some of the poorest in the world.
What I do is to speak to many pastors, and people and I show them Deut 18: 18 to 22.
many black Churches took the lead and publishes these verses in their news letters, and teaches their congregations about the :
"Test to determine if someone is a false prophet"
Anyhow, they dont kill these people, but they do stop them in their deception slowly but surely.