Unsentimental Sentiment

The Prophetic Element

How is God’s authority printed on the pages of scripture? By the prophetic element.

A.T. Pierson (1837-1911) preached at Charles Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle for several months during Spurgeon’s illness just before his death. Pierson wrote a book called “The Prophetic Element,” in which he observed:

(The prophetic element) is one of the seven elements which together constitute the whole body of the Word of God, namely, History, Biography, Prophecy, Ethics, Devotion, Messianic Revelation, and Spiritual Guidance. This prophetic element pervades all the rest. It is the eye of Scripture, with supernatural vision – backsight, insight, and foresight, or power to see into the past, present, and future. It is, therefore, the miracle of utterance, as other miracles are wonders of power, and evinces omniscience, as they do omnipotence, thus reflecting the image of God.