99 The False Prophets in Israel and Today

The Lord also implies a challenge to the idolatrous nations of the earth to gather and put the powers of the deities they confide in to the test as Elijah did to the prophets of Baal. Israel has been through many sorrows. Were any foreseen and announced by these prophets of false deities? Did they faithfully deal with her sin and warn of its certain Divine retribution? Obviously not and all their prophesying of a better life here while giving the assurance of ever-increasing prosperity, never came to pass. Because they were all lies. The Lord God alone announced the sorrows that lay in Israel's future, and the sufferings which came upon them. Only accurate realized prophecies can affirm that truth. The same happens today with the false prophets elevating false expectations in light of massive national sin.