Prophecy

Prophecy refers to two related concepts. It describes a prediction seen by a Prophet, as well as the process of disseminating that prediction, whether by utterance or by translating the prediction into written form. It is related to precognition, although a prophecy and the act of prophesizing denotes a relationship to a prophet, whereas precognition could occur to any psychic or seer without divine influence. Prophecies also appeared to be more far-reaching and complex than simple precognition, even predicting events several years into the future.

Background
Heaven has employed several prophets throughout history, such as Luke, who authored one of the many gospels found in the Bible.

Recent History
The practice of hiring prophets continued into the recent times, with Chuck Shurley being one of the most recent prophets active in the 21st century. His prophecies came in the form of staggered dreams or nightmares. Immediately upon waking up from his prophetic dreams, he would immediately write them down. Unlike prophecies from the past, however, he wrote in the form of novels called Supernatural.

These books closely predicted and described the events of Sam and Dean Winchester, including details that no one knew, even personal matters that the brothers tried to hide from each other.

According to the angel Castiel, these books would be known in the future as the Winchester Gospels. The books were initially published up to around the time Dean was sent to Hell by Lilith, although Chuck continued writing his prophecies up to the moment of the Apocalypse, where his prophecies became less accurate after being tampered by Zachariah, and after the Winchesters started to thwart their destinies and relied on their free will instead. Despite this, the prophecies continued around the time the Leviathan were defeated.

According to Charlie Bradbury, the prophecies has since been published and circulated through the internet.

Contemporary
The awakening of a new prophet led at least one angel to assume that Chuck was dead. If so, the prophecies of the Winchester gospel would have stopped. However, the prophet Kevin has yet to perform or display abilities to prophesize.

Known Prophecies

 * Gospels from the Bible
 * the Winchester Gospel