Tanggapan Kenabian atas Nubuat Yang Gagal. Studi Teologis-Eksegetis atas Yesaya 56-66

V. Indra Sanjaya (Fakultas Teologi, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogjakarta)

Jurnal Orientasi Baru
VOLUME 18, NOMOR 01, APRIL 2009

Prophet and prophecy are common terminologies in the worlds religions. Aprophet is normally understood as a person sent by God to deliver a messageto the people concerning the future events. Therefore, a prophets words claimsto have divine quality. A big problem would then arouse when a prophecy (orprophecies) uttered by person claimed to be Gods prophet fails to materialize.This paper tries to critically analyze the common response to the problem ofunfulfilled prophecy, which consists of a blaming-the-other strategy, and offersfresh responses to such a problem based on an exegetical work on the thirdpart of the Book of Isaiah, namely Isa 56-66.