The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

505. Fate—The alternative to one’s Creator destiny where sentiment overcomes the will and compels a life course of convenience rather than what comes out of one’s inner being. Fate is the alternative for all those who reject their Maker’s call on their lives, for it is the only call that has a designed blueprint for one’s life. Fate is the result of rejected or neglected destiny. 506. Faulty Prophetics—Prophetic ministration that is errant, subjective, or self-serving. Also prophetic ministry that fails to perform according to God’s standard or diverts the hearer from the living God. Jeremiah 23:13, 32. 507. Feasts—Food and drink celebrations between a deity and its worshippers originally scheduled regularly to coincide with nature’s harvests and seasons. Many were held at the times and seasons of the planetary activity, and others were observed in commemoration of some great event or act of their gods. Leviticus 23:2; Nahum 1:15; Jude 12. 508. Feature—The special trait, quality, and ability that enable the performance of certain exploits, deeds, or acts unique to one of a group or class. 509. Feet—A) A symbol, in prophetic environments, of foundational power. Feet represent the ground of anything. B) They also indicate a vehicle of mobility and constitute basic and/or primitive transportation. They speak to the traveler’s slow, orderly, and arduous journey in moving from one place to the next. C) A tedious path to a destination. See Big Toe. Genesis 19:2; Joshua 3:13; Deuteronomy 11:24; Isaiah 60:13; Nahum 1:15; Zechariah 14:4; Ephesians 6:15. 510. Female—The term for a woman used to express gender irrespective of her marital or maternal status. The Bible refers to women generically as female in Genesis 1:27 and Galatians 3:28 to make the statement that God shows no difference between His male and female children. The statement points out that matters of motherhood and wifehood used to subject females to men in general are matters of earthly callings and not eternal status. The customary bias on the basis of gender is a human device and not a Creator ordainment. When making distinctions between men and women and the roles they may or may not fill in life, one must distinguish the woman’s position as a wife, in which case her husband’s authority over her may influence her liberty, or her position as a mother where her obligations to her children are an issue. In no other case is the matter of a woman’s rights and abilities factors in God’s call and use of her. Outside of marriage and motherhood, a female’s liberties and eligibilities are limited by male dominated custom. See Male.