Can the code be used for making predictions?
A. ‘Prediction’ is not really an appropriate word to describe the codes prophetic mode. ‘Prediction’ connotes the idea of a fixed outcome. That is not the ultimate purpose of divine prophecy — to tell us what is going to happen no matter what. Rather, the purpose of prophecy, including alphabetics, is to show us what will happen when a given path is taken. By showing us what the outcome would be ahead of time, it spurs us to alter our present course — to repent. Hence the best ‘prophet’ is one whose dire predictions never come to pass because people change their ways for good. Principles, which stem from God, might be thought of as fixed and immovable, but the application of those principles, or lack thereof, and the associated consequences is a dynamic process of flux and change. Alphabetics is but one of many tools given us by God to bring our lives into harmony with his will, and part of that is by aiding us as we look to the future at the possibilities of where we might end up an
