At the end of The Hobbit, Bilbo comments amazedly that "the old songs and prophecies have come true after all." To which Gandalf replies, "of course they have; you didn't think they wouldn't just because you had something to do with them?"
Dr. Ralph Wood of Baylor University helps us ascertain whether passages such as this give us any insight into how prophecy works with biblical characters.
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