Modern culture tends to think of a prophet as someone who predicts the future, and the Scriptures have plenty of stories about such seers. But more often, prophets in the Bible simply spoke the truth to the nation, calling it and its leaders to repent and live by God’s standards.
The prophet Nathan rebuked David on the Lord’s behalf for his sexual sin with Bathsheba. Elijah spit fire, as the kids say, at the people of Israel and their false teachers for distorting the word of God and following the example of pagans. John the Baptist didn’t shy away from addressing Herod’s indecency in marrying his brother’s wife. They often come across, in other words, like prickly, pugnacious guys.
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