I don't take offense about this. People are going to believe what they want. But ponder this. The word "Prophetess" would not exist if the position of a woman reaching this level were not allowed.
ex 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
judg 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
2kings 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
2chron 34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
neh 6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
is 8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
lk 2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
Prophetess is mentioned seven times in seven verse. Never was a prophetess stoned. But in one verse, one woman self proclaimed herself as a prophetess. Which means she was not appointed as such. and we all know how she died because of her evil and wickedness.
rev 2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
So what does a Prophet do? Someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.
So what makes a Prophetess different? She is a woman who does the same thing.
So if you name all the famous male Prophets of the Bible, and what they did, The names of the Prophetess would go along with them.
Now if we study this verse:
2kings 22:14 So
Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto
Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and
they communed with her.
Priest and other men going to a prophetess to commune with her is showing approval of her position. Because if that position was not approved of. Then the priest who went would have lost his priesthood. And could have been possibly stoned and his family put to shame.
In God's word, something is not going to be shown approved of, with no disapproval, if it is wrong. Never once is an "appointed" prophetess ever stoned or spoken negative about.
