Prophecy is concerned with lifting A human experience above that which seems to be taking place in the affairs of mankind. That state of being which is absolute—the eternal perfection and allness of God—neither demands nor needs prophecy. It is already perfect, ever unfolding and fulfilling God's, Mind's, purpose.
In the Glossary of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 593) Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, defines "prophet" as, "A spiritual seer; disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth." A true prophet, then, is one perceiving and maintaining the divine facts of being and refusing to accept the opposing testimony of the deceitful senses. True prophecy holds only to that which is discerned spiritually and denies all that the material senses present. Mrs. Eddy's definition of "Elias" in the Glossary of Science and Health (p. 585) is also enlightening: "Prophecy; spiritual evidence opposed to material sense; Christian Science, with which can be discerned the spiritual fact of whatever the material senses behold; the basis of immortality."
It may be noted that Elias is defined as Christian Science, which of course enables every student to become a spiritual prophet as he discerns the spiritual fact of whatever the material senses seem to present. Spiritual prophecy does not foretell evil, nor does it base prediction for the future on material or human belief, but on divine fact.
