In the OT the false prophets served the king. They did not speak truth to power. They serve to prop up the unjust and the immoral leader. The empire loves to have a “prophet” around because it legitimizes the ones in the seat of power in the eyes of the populace. “Micaiah said to him, ‘Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably’” (1 Kings 22:13–14). There is always something going on between the empire and the false prophet. Each serves the other; this is their arrangement. Each legitimizes the other. Each uses the other. The true prophet can become false when his message is tempered to avoid the sins of the king, when he gives up something of the message to get something in return. The false prophet thinks he has a place at the table of power. What he gets from power is an illusion, he is really being used by the powers-that-be for their ends.
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