Sure enough -- the card was a 9. We suggested the man "tip the dealer" if he won the pot. He never did; in fact, we don't recall now if he won the hand or not.
Some poker players have a sense/hunch/knack of knowing when "their cards" are coming. It's what keeps them in a hand with a "belly-buster" straight draw, or chasing after a flush when they need running diamonds.
A previous post mentioned how the Bible warns against fortune-telling -- or using spiritism to predict the future. Yet the Bible also has cases where people forecast the future, even predicting events at the end of the age. They're known as prophets -- and there's a difference in what they did:
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. - II Peter 1:21God's prophets speak under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And during Old Testament times, several of them foretold the coming of Jesus Christ. Even Jesus realized that....
He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!:.... And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. - Luke 24:25, 27If you have a "cross-reference" Bible which lists other verses in connection with one verse, we invite you to read the passages connected with verse 27. A large number of Old Testament writings came true and were verified when Christ walked the earth.
But we need to add a disclaimer -- one Jesus warned, in a conversation with His disciples:
....And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. - Matthew 24:11
In fact, we've mentioned a couple of them here in recent years -- people who thought the world would end in 2011 or 2012. It's important to verify what "prophets" say, in relation to the Bible. If their words don't match God's "holy word," put God first. Or as one apostle put it:
....Let God be true, and every man a liar.... - Romans 3:4
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