Tortoise & Hare Prophecies

8/18/21

I asked the Lord what types of promises and prophecies are in my covenant and I remembered an analogy of such.  I liken God’s prophecies and promises to a tortoise and a hare.  Here is the passage from my book:

“I awoke the other morning to a funny analogy: “tortoise and hare prophecies.”  As I prayed for more insight, I believe tortoise and hare prophecies are an intriguing way to explain two types of promises/prophetic words.  According to many biblical scholars, the two main kinds of prophecy are conditional and unconditional. 

Let’s first look at an unconditional prophecy. That is one in which there is no condition predicated by God.  In other words, it is a prophetic word from God that will come to pass exactly as prophesied no matter what humans do; an example is Jesus’ first coming and His return.

I liken an unconditional prophecy to a tortoise, which progresses slowly, yet is steady on course and will win the race by coming to pass.  Also note that a tortoise has an extremely hard shell, which cannot be penetrated by its enemies (protection against satanic forces trying to kill the word of God from coming to pass).

In contrast, a conditional prophecy is quite different and the prophetic word’s fulfillment is dependent on the obedience of those to whom the promise is made.  An example is the promise of God giving rain in due season according to Leviticus 26:3-4 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.” What are the conditions of this prophecy?  Obedience and focus to perform God’s requirements will win the promised prize of rain. 

Similar to the hare in the fable, he lost the victory because he lacked the needed obedience, focus, and humility to win the race (or fulfillment of a prophecy).  The hare thought he could easily triumph (it was a ‘given,’ a sure thing), so he sat down and fell asleep.  When he awoke, the race was over.  We, too, can lose a promise from a prophetic word if we are not attentive and obedient to do exactly what God has asked of us, or if we become lazy assuming our win is already won.”

After being reminded of this analogy, God gave me a vision of the white rabbit or ‘hare’ in the Resurrecting the Covenant dream posted under The Archives & Library, Covenant Relationship Series.  Hence, my promises/prophetic words in the covenant are conditional.  What is the condition on my part I asked?  I heard the Lord say, “Just believe”.