Unfortunately the word “prophet” is too often understood as applying only to one who predicts the future. This is too limited a meaning; it is not sufficiently elastic. The work of a prophet is of much wider scope. One writer ventures to coin certain words to express points of difference and to indicate three main ideas involved in the prophetic office. BSPC 95.2
1. A for-teller. This would involve speaking for another, and perhaps speaking in the name of another. Under such circumstances he might readily be recognized as a spokesman, a messenger, or an interpreter. BSPC 95.3
2. A fore-teller. This naturally indicates the gift of prophesying future events. Here we envisage a man like Daniel unveiling the future. BSPC 95.4
3. A forth-teller. This would mean a man conscious of the fact that he had a special message to deliver. He would tell forth. He would proclaim, and as such he would be a preacher or a herald. BSPC 95.5