The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

23:17; Matthew 15:19; 1 Corinthians 5:1; Jude 7; Revelation 2:20. 528. Forthtelling—Declaring revelations and prophecy from the mouth of the Lord irrespective of its predictive elements. A word declared by someone in a highly charged spiritual setting that is claimed as the word of the Lord. Acts 26:25. 529. Fortune-telling—The function of divination that primarily foretells the economic and financial future of a person. It is achieved by tarot card readings, palmistry, interpreting the entrails of animals (ancient), or dissecting and reading severed animal parts (mostly archaic). Tea leaves, bird flights, or different elemental events are also used. Fortune-telling can also be the result of sorcery where its origins and object are best explained as lot or fate casting. Sorcery is the sorting and dispensing of the lots of people’s lives, better known to us as fates and destinies. Reference Divination. 530. Forty—The number of spiritual preparation through trials and wilderness bouts. When applied to time it refers to a season predisposed to natural disasters and calamities. Also, forty years is the length of time it takes Pleiades—the star cluster of the seven stars—to appear. Forty is an ancient number linked to purification and used in the Bible to commemorate significant events in the calendar of God. Whenever the number is employed prophetically, it is indicative of a dramatic, elongated act of the Almighty. Biblical events associated with the number forty are: •The flood •The Israelites’ wandering in wilderness •Moses and God’s Sinai summit •David and Solomon’s rule •Christ’s wilderness temptation •Christ’s three and a half–year ministry •Christ’s forty-day post-resurrection ministry 531. Four—The number of world impact by way of the four corners of the earth. Prophetically, the number represents something with worldwide impact primarily signifying the four compass points—north, south, east, and west—in its intent or affect. Divine intervention and acts spiritually involving the four