. ▁ ▁Ger ald ▁Fl ur ry , ▁founder ▁and ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Church ▁of ▁God , ▁who ▁claimed ▁he ▁is ▁' that ▁proph et ' ▁mentioned ▁in ▁John ▁ 1 : 2 1 – 2 2 . ▁ ▁A hm adi y ya ▁▁ ▁The ▁A hm adi y ya ▁movement ▁in ▁Islam ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁Mir za ▁Gh ul am ▁A hm ad ▁was ▁a ▁non ▁law - b ear ing ▁Pro ph et , ▁who ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁ful fill ment ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁Islam ic ▁prop he cies ▁regarding ▁the ▁spiritual ▁second ▁advent ▁of ▁Jesus ▁of ▁Naz are th ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁times . ▁ ▁J uda ic ▁mess ian ism ▁ ▁Nathan ▁of ▁Gaz a ▁was ▁a ▁the olog ian ▁and ▁author ▁who ▁became ▁famous ▁as ▁a ▁proph et ▁for ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁mess iah , ▁S abb ata i ▁Ze vi . ▁ ▁Other ▁relig ions ▁ ▁If a ▁and ▁other ▁African ▁traditional ▁relig ions ▁▁ ▁Div ination ▁remains ▁an ▁important ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁contemporary ▁Africa , ▁especially ▁amongst ▁the ▁usually ▁rural , ▁soci ally ▁traditional istic ▁segments ▁of ▁its ▁population . ▁In ▁arg u ably ▁its ▁most ▁influ ential ▁manifest ation , ▁the ▁system ▁of ▁prop he cy ▁pract iced ▁by ▁the ▁Bab al aw os ▁and ▁I yan if as ▁of ▁the ▁histor ically ▁Y or uba ▁regions ▁of ▁West ▁Africa ▁have ▁be que athed ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁a ▁cor pus ▁of ▁fortune - t elling ▁po etic