What Is Prophecy? - How Did Prophets Receive Information From God?

 Oral commandments through angels. For example, God used an angel to instruct Moses about the message he was to deliver to Pharaoh of Egypt.  (Exodus 3:2-4, 10)  When precise wording was crucial, God directed angels to dictate his message, as did he when he told Moses:  "Write down these words, because in accordance with these words, I am making a covenant with you and Israel." - EXODUS 34:27. 

Visions.  These were sometimes given while the prophet was awake and fully conscious. (Isaiah 1:1; Habakkuk 1:1)  Some were so vivid that the recipient participated in them. (Luke 9:28-36; Revelation 1:10-17)At other times, visions were conveyed while the recipient was in a trance.  (Acts 10:10, 11; 22:17-21) God also transmitted his message by dreams while the prophet slept. - DANIEL 7:1; ACTS 16:9, 10. 

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