Balance and discernment are always needed in approaching any truth of Scripture. Still others scoff at prophecy. They see it as mere writings of man; hard to comprehend with certainty. Yet, God seems to consider prophecy to be important: over one quarter of the canon of Scripture was prophetic prediction when it was written. WORD WEALTH “The word canon means a ‘rod’—specifically, a rod with graduated mark used for measuring length. This word refers to the list of individual books that were eventually