Hananiah's prophecy may have been...
Hananiah's prophecy may have been sincere, but it was based more on the will of the people than on the will of God. Often the word of the prophets is an uncomfortable word which disturbs us at the core of our being. The role of the prophet reminds me, in fact, of a little boy at the dinner table one night, who told his parents there was going to be a small PTA meeting the next day, and they needed to attend. "Oh, if it's just a small meeting," said the boy's father, "surely it's not for us. We are not on the planning group, nor are we executive officers in the PTA this year.
