Christian Scientists should be prophets. They should be such close students of immortal Mind that that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus" will reveal to them the past and the future as well as the significance of the present. They should have spiritual eyes, and ears so alert to the "still small voice" that God can intrust His deepest secrets to their safe-keeping.
On page 98 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes. "The prophet of today beholds in the mental horizon the signs of these times, the reappearance of the Christianity which heals the sick and destroys error, and no other sign shall be given." On page 333 she also declares. "Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and the prophets caught glorious glimpses of the Messiah, or Christ, which baptized these seers in the divine nature, the essence of Love." These worthies entered so readily into the understanding of the true nature of God, that they walked and talked with Him as man walks and talks with man. The existence of a perfect man presented itself to them as a spiritual reality. They foresaw the coming of the divine ideal to human consciousness, and recognized that this ideal would displace mortal thoughts and the beliefs of the flesh, and so be a savior.
Christian Science opens up a future of good things, rich with God's blessings, abundant and overflowing. This Science can only portray heavenly riches, health, harmony, and happiness. The real prophet sees good and knows God, thus wiping out fears, dark forebodings, and the habit of dreading the future. He rightly expects every honest, spiritual effort to bring its reward. The Scriptural promise is, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." Some of the prophets read mortal mind so clearly in the hour of their visions that there were disclosed to them the very steps and periods required by humanity in emerging from matter into Mind. Isaiah at least felt that the masculine ideal must be conceived by woman recognizing God as the Father of man, and so he could declare, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."
