Literally Burn Up? Who are The Two Beasts of Revelation 13? Why is Prophecy Sometimes Hard to Interpret? Is Israel's Final National Restoration Prophesied? Who is the Rock of Salvation? Are today's Divine Healers genuine? The Greek word for prophecy (Strong's # 4394, "propheteia," prop-ay-ti'-ah) means, "To tell before." Some like to say that it is history written in advance. Bible schools use the word eschatology in reference to prophecy. Eschatology is the division of systematic theology dealing with the doctrine of last things such as Death, Resurrection, The Second Coming of Christ, end of the World (completion of the Age), Divine Judgment, and The Future State. A large part of the Bible is prophecy.