Is 'Negative Prophecy' a reviewed, acknowledged teaching of any Christian tradition?

Recently, I heard a pastor in a meeting use the term "negative prophecy", who immediately started listing examples to justify it (like a 5-second conversation SysTheo summary). He said that "negative prophecy" was limited to the Old Testament, but was not in the New Testament, and that Jesus's negative statements were only against Pharisees and a secular Jewish government. That seemed like strange reasoning, but that is background, not my question. I'm curious about the actual concept and term "**negative prophecy**". *Is **negative prophecy** even a real term used in any actual tradition's teaching?* I had never heard of "negative prophecy" in any Christian teaching before, so I did some search with Google, and these were from top results: # Examples - Negative prophecies shall fail. > Every negative word spoken against you; every negative prophecy concerning you, your life, your destiny; shall fail;, they will not stand in Jesus mighty name! Amen... - HOW TO CANCEL NEGATIVE PROPHECIES AND DREAMS > Vision can be canceled by prayer and saturated with the word of God. - REJECT NEGATIVE PROPHECIES > THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Never respect anyone enough to allow them drive your destiny in a negative direction. ...the “prophet” in question said something negative concerning our going to that country for the crusade. It was a negative prophecy and according to them, the so-called prophet usually prophesied accurately. - YOU WILL NOT FULFIL (sic) NEGATIVE PROPHECIES > There are both positive and negative prophecies in the Bible. Some people fulfilled good prophecies while some fulfilled bad prophecies. Also, nowadays, some prophets and those who claim to be prophets give positive and negative prophecies. In the past, some people have fulfilled positive prophecies while others have fulfilled negative prophecies. - What do I do if I get a negative Prophetic word for someone? > ...what you do when you get something negative is to switch the thought 180 degrees. He replied that he couldn’t flip it to a positive as it was just so black and dark. ...the person... was having a psychotic episode during the weekend and was admitted to a psychiatric ward. That is an extreme when I talk about getting a negative word for someone. - NEGATIVE PROPHECY > Friend, hear me as I hear the Lord: you will not fulfill negative prophecies. You will not be an example of one who suffered a disaster that was foretold. You will not be an example of those who experienced negativity. You will not be an example of those whose lives turned upside down as a result of negativities that were foretold. You will not be swallowed by negative experiences. You will not be a partaker of future negativity. - Video: Pray for the continent of Asia! When there is a negative prophecy, it is revealed by God so the church can pray and annul it. > I've seen something in the Spirit: I see a disease coming... It's coming... Let's pray: Divine protection... This disease coming to the earth, Lord, keep your people. Protect your own, in the name of Jesus Christ. I pray for those in Asia, this break, this break, this war with water, with nature, with ground opening, this eruption... They will lay human beings as dogs, we pray for protection of lives... I pray a protection upon you... These reflect the same context in which the pastor used the term during that meeting. The pastor and these search results having used the term consistently, I am curious where so many people got this term? Did they get it from a church tradition's teaching? Or, did these authors and speakers merely get it from each other? ___ # The alternatives? It seems this may be a *homily* instead of a *theology* or *doctrine*. It only seems to appear in blogs and sermons, rather than actual statements of faith, confessions, or catechisms. I can't even find books about "negative prophecy" searching on Amazon or Barnes & Noble . I would think that if this is a real thing, some publisher would have agreed. Not finding the term in doctrine or even book stores, what is the purpose for using it? ## Scope This term specifically applies to beliefs within Continuationism . This term would not apply to Cessationism , which generally rejects any and all forms of prophecy, among other things, after the Apostolic Age . ## Application & usage It seems that the term "negative prophecy" creates a logical category of a specific type of prophecy for the purpose of 1. identifying a given prophecy as falling within a sub-category of prophecy in order to 2. respond to that specific prophecy so-placed within this sub-category. From the use and literature I can find, these responses are only one of the following two: - Reject as invalid - Pray against *Across the board, responses specifically **do not** include, and may even reject, any suggestion of:* - *Call to new/change action* - *Call to repentance for sinful causes* - *Call to trust/thank God for protecting/chastening* - *Call to courage/patience to endure* Where this term "negative prophecy" is used, the driving purpose seems to reflect a utilitarian intent to make a categorical denial of what the prophecy claims. ## Where the term is used It seems to be used wherever the writer or speaker is attracting views, readers, shares, likes, parishioners, donations, book sales (from the author), and other things affected by marketing. So, the term almost seems to be part of a non-profit/church marketing strategy (viz *craft your message* and *selling points* ). Is it? ## Motive for teaching such non-doctrine Is this really nothing more than fancy Bible-ish jargon meant to drive sales, views, and donations? That would be a wild claim, but I can't find any other demonstrable purpose driving its wide-spread use. Nor, can I find any doctrinal origin. If it isn't a church teaching anywhere, why are Christian bloggers and speakers using the term? *(This question is genuinely asking for any alternate explanation.)* It is interesting to consider the two categories of scope because the Cessationist can easily dismiss any prophecy, merely on the basis of it being a prophecy. But, the Continuationist using the term "negative prophecy" may like the idea of God talking, as long as "the prophecy doesn't have a 'negative' mental attitude"—both uses of "negative" being extrabiblical concepts, and seemingly extra-doctrinal as well. Is that all this is about? I am stretching to find some other explanation, but can't. This almost seems as if the term "negative prophecy" is a tool for people with passive aggression to dismiss ideas they don't like , as if they need a have your cake and eat it too tool: *they believe in God speaking through prophecy, but they want a seemingly-academic reason to dismiss a prophecy they disagree with, even if the prophecy may be otherwise legitimate*. ___ # So, what is "Negative Prophecy"? This question has two parts. 1. Primarily: Does this term originate from any church traditional doctrine? 2. Secondarily: If not, is there another explanation? - Is the term a pop-culture homily geared toward "positive mental attitude " -driven marketing? - Or, is this something else?