Leslie. Moses was “slow of speech” (Exodus 4:10). And since the scriptures make no distinction between one seer and another (same as there’s no distinction between one prophet and another—well, other than mature, immature, and fake) I ignore them. Can you help? (Mosiah 13:25-26). Prophets do not receive a prophetic ministry through the laying on of hands by another prophet (but it certainly may be confirmed by another prophet; that is not the same thing). Today that would be President Nelson. The prophet was, and is, a forth teller as well as a foreteller. One prophecy teacher claims one thing, and another prophecy teacher another. These teachers insist there are two categories of prophetic messages God hands us: Messages we hear, and messages we see. Y’see, a seer is still a prophet. In order to make sense of our experiences, humans like to sort things into categories: A prophet does X, might do Y, never does Z, and so forth. Other sects and denominations of the movement also use these terms. Instead they’re shown supernatural stuff—and gotta take it from there. Both mean “seer.” Two Bible verses will fully explain the difference in these two words: Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was before time called a Seer. Sometimes prophecy teachers will even bust out some Hebrew and Greek words and make ’em sound all bibley. And if we’re not mature enough as a Christian, we might get the false idea that if God speaks to them any other way than through their particular field of expertise, they’re speaking outside of it—so we can ignore them. Other Christians call this “the discerning of spirits.” I call it supernatural discernment—but I don’t insist people have to be able to literally see spiritual things to know they’re present. 1Sa 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) Yeah, I didn’t tell you just … (1 Samuel 9:9 AKJV) This “seer” is ro’eh and was used at this point in the You can subscribe to our Atom feed here. If you don’t yet have a Kindle Paperwhite I highly recommend it. the verse says in the old days, a seer is synonymous with a prophet. These teachers are big on intellectual discernment. They put their personal definition upon “seer,” claim it’s what all seers are like, and teach it to others. 2Ch 16.7-10. And the bible says seers are prophets. In this way, what is the difference between a prophet and seer? Depending on your prophecy teacher, a seer has full-on wide-awake apocalyptic visions, or regularly has prophetic dreams, or tends to see certain things in the real world which others can’t—sorta like the augmented reality of a video game, like Pokémon Go, where you can see pokémon through your phone but others, who don‘t have the app, can’t. Or, more likely that Samuel fulfilled both the functions of a seer and a prophet! “The duty of the President of the office of the High Priesthood," 1 the Lord revealed, "is to preside over the whole church, and to be like unto Moses . “What’s God’s secret, evil plan for my life?”. Samuel and Khanani). They can see angels and demons. Original-language words link to the dictionaries at Blue Letter Bible. If they’re not mature enough as a Christian, they might get the false idea this is the only way God messages them—worse, the only way God can message them—and they’ll stop listening for God’s many and various other methods. Demanding a sign from Jesus, and getting the Jonah... Did Paul write all his letters in the bible? This is what happened to them; here’s where it jibes with the bible; and relax, you’re not weird. No harm no foul. Other redefinitions are based on what these seers see. Sometimes dropping ideas in our heads. It’s just these particular ministers choose to call themselves “seers”—and choose to define “seer” by the shape their experience takes. Period. According to Strong’s Concordance, the Old Testament uses two words primarily to refer to a seer… The authentic prophet is also very well aware of the fact that Satan can and does “predict” the future through the lips of “false prophets” such as clairvoyants and mediums which is why they will always “test the spirits” to determine if their information is coming from God, themselves, or the devil. Might be a mental picture, which they “see” in their head. In a way, you’re right. A prophet is one who prophesies and a seer is one who “sees” in a very special way. All of these are valid activities and ministries. That’s right: This isn’t open-source, use-as-you-please material. So since there are prophets today, there are seers today. Me, I’m going with Samuel. For instance, in about 1000 BC, 1 Samuel 9 records “When a man went to inquire of God, he said, ‘Come, let us go to the seer,’ for today’s prophet was formerly called a seer” (ESV). It appears sixteen times in the Old Testament. Daniel, Zachariah, John) there’s absolutely no reason God can’t simultaneously provide a message. In Scripture, it says to test the spirits or weigh the spoken word (1 John 4:1-2). In the histories of the ancient Hebrews, seers are mentioned often.

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