Prophets of God?
13 Principles of Torah-based Faith that were enumerated by Rambam (Maimonides):
6.I fully believe that all that the prophets (of G-d) proclaimed is true.
It is the belief that God connects and communicates with us through true prophets, through which we learn His intended world plan.
A prophet did refine himself to the point that his will follows God’s will and he has unified himself with the Godly purpose and life-force imbued in him – he and these higher dimensions of his existence become one. The prophet becomes a proper vessel to reveal the Godly image within himself, therefore God will open for him true thoughts and correct knowledge.
When a prophet receive a message from God for the world then he receives specific words. There is no room for his own words, the free will of a prophet is eliminated during the moment of prophecy, making him a direct channel from God to mankind.
The Talmud (Megillah 14a) says that the count of Prophets - who had a message with lasting value for future generations - was: 48 male and 7 female Prophets.
Like Abraham and Sarah, Samuel and Chanah and de greatest prophet of all Moses.
If a prophet brings a positive message and it does not come true, it is a false prophet. A negative message can change because people can always repent, as in the story of Nineveh
Brought By Angelique Sijbolts
Angelique Sijbolts is one of the main writers for the Noahide Academy. She has been an observant Noahide for many years. She studies Torah with Rabbi Perets every week. Angelique invests much of her time in editing video-lectures for the Rabbis of the Academy and contributes in administrating the Academy's website in English and Dutch. She lives in the north of the Netherlands. Married and mother of two sons. She works as a teacher in a school with students with special needs. And is a Hebrew Teacher for the levels beginners en intermediate. She likes to walk, to read and play the piano.
Sources
The Seven Gates of Righteous Knowledge. Page. 42
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