Conditional
Prophecy. In Jeremiah 18:7–10 Yahweh declares that
what will actually happen in the future depends on how people respond to the
prophetic word. Thus, the prophets imply rather strongly that often there is a
conditional component to the fulfillment of their prophecies. The story of
Jonah provides another clear example: the impending judgment that he proclaimed
on Nineveh was averted due to the repentance of the Ninevites. The possibility
of conditionality in OT prophecy should suggest some tentativeness and caution against
absolute certainty when one tries to explain exactly how these prophecies will
be fulfilled in the future. (J. D. Hays, “Prophecy and Eschatology
in Christian Theology,” in Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets,
ed. Mark J. Boda and Gordon J. McConville [Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic,
2012], 606)
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