This thread is missing the real point, that Prophet really means whatever LD$ Inc's MORmONISM needs it to mean in any given instance in order to validate the MORmON Brand of religion, which is the only correct brand / official God brand of religion and has been from the beginning.
MORmONISM tell us that God ALWAYS has a prophet on the earth, and that prophecy is as critical, and crucial and essential to the function of life on earth as water and sunshine. SO God ALWAYS has a prophet on the earth!!!!!! ......Well except for the times when God does not have a prophet on the earth, like the time that God lets slide by with out a prophet on the earth for about 1700 years, but that exception to ALWAYS will be dealt with a little later.
A prophet is somebody who receives revelation, by speaking to God and by God speaking to them, and who is the exclusive chief MORmON priestDUD administrator for God on earth in order to maintain clear cut exclusive authority (brand efficacy) for God, which is why in Latter day times the term "president" is used almost interchangeably with the term "prophet". Maintaining the proper exclusive priestDUD (brand) authority is the premier concern of God and God's church.
The title Prophet also definitely does assert the ability to foresee the future, because being able to predict the future is an ass kicking trump card when it comes to displays of unquestionable authority, and MORmONISM is all about exclusive priestDUD authority, so the words "seer, and revelator" are always automatically inferred as the word prophet is used, even if the latter two words of the title are not always actually spoken.
The other thing to remember is that MORmONISM is simply the latter day name for God's one and only true brand of religion, and religion means church. It is permissible to use "MORmONISM" as the name of God's one true church that has been in existence since the premortal existence as a tribute to Joseph Smith as the greatest (self proclaimed) prophet ever,because the Term "MORmONISM" alludes to just how correct and just how much of a true prophet in a fully future discerning sense that Joseph Smith really was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV1NYP60274Sure, Adam may have merely seemed like the first of the great Old Test patriarchs, but once the true discerning vision of MORmONISM is applied to the situation, it becomes clear that just as much, Adam was also a prophet /president of the Church.
This is made clear by the fact that the bible says that Adam spoke to god and god spoke to Adam.
Adam was the first mortal man and the first president of "THE" church, a condition making it abundantly clear that MORmONISM has always been present with Humanity, since day one. The mantle of MORmON priestDUD authority was maintained unbroken as each of the grand patriarchs assumed the office of church President in succession.
From there on down, the actual line of Prophet / President priestDUD succession and authority is a little more murky but a person can rest ASSured that it is continuing because it has been so well established. And Just as much, a person can be ASSured that the line of authority is channeling through any major character/ figure head being mentioned in the Old Test at any given time like Abraham or Moses or Isaac or Jacob or Isaiah or Daniel or Jeremiah or Ezekiel,because even if its not completely certain /recorded / reported just exactly HOW the critical priestDUD chain of authority was maintained, it is completely certain that it was being maintained because that IS how God operates in an authority maintaining MORmON framework.
As a major character in the OT, David was certainly Prophet, President of the Church, and KING, Sure David, got sidetrack with screwing around with lots of women, but that did not DQ him as a prophet and church president. It just help us better understand and better sympathize with Joseph Smith as Joe confronted the same kinds of sex problems so frequently presented to a chruch president and prophet.
Sure there is a lot that I am leaving out, but world history and the bible is a big topic. please forgive me for not delving into the issue of Prophets / Church Presidents maintaining the sealing power of the secret magic temple handshakes ..... after all they are unmentionable.
By the time Jesus is born, exactly who has been and who is the President / Prophet of THE church, and exactly HOW the Prophet/ President authority chain has been strictly maintained is unclear in the scriptural account, but a person can be sure that there was President of THE Church on the earth at the time, because God always has a prophet on the earth, except in those times when he does not, and the time before Jesus birth is not denoted as a time when God does not have a prophet / president of the Church around.
It might seem like the President of THE Church would acknowledge Jesus -the messiah and the divine head of THE church being born and that it would be a very significant event, but somehow that does NOT happen, or, it is not significant enough to make it into the scriptural account .......even though other significant figure's -like the three Wise men, visits to see and acknowledge the arrival of the messiah are recorded.
Finally formally starting His mortal ministry as President of THE Church, Jesus was baptized, even though He technically did not need to be because Baptism is for the remission of sins and Jesus was perfect and sinless, but Jesus was baptized out of respect for established authority and formal protocol. Jesus' baptism is recorded in the scriptures ......however it was NOT necessary for Jesus to be ordained by or to get the hand off of the authority baton from the Prophet/ President of the Church at the time. THAT would be ridiculous.
It might seem like Jesus would be the greatest, most prominent earthly Prophet and President of the Church ever, just as He certainly is in divine context because Jesus is the ONLY church president and prophet in divine context, but greatest earthly Prophet and President of the church was role reserved for Joseph Smith.
It might seem like after establishing His church and defeating death that it would be a great thing and a great time for Jesus to hang out in mortality, continuing to perform miracles and bless humanity with His divine presence, and to give His church some unbreakable gang buster momentum, but NO. THAT is NOT how Jesus / God works. After Jesus' core mission of defeating death and atoning for every one else's sins was accomplished, it was time for Jesus to go on vacation and, just like the Gold plates, get off of the surface of the planet earth. After defeating death and atoning for all of humanity's sins, a guy needs a big vacation, Which explains why Jesus left planet earth and did not even bother with speaking to Prophets / Church Presidents for about 1700 years...... and even though it appears that Jesus is still too worn to proceed with His second coming, Jesus is really just postponing His return because the world Just is not rotten enough yet, and when Jesus does come back for round two, so unlike round one, He is going to do some major league ass kicking, killing and destroying, and for the Prince of Peace to carry on like that, Jesus needs to be totally justified, so Jesus is just waiting for the world to get really insanely evil, ripe with evil, in order to completely justify Himself in destroying so much when He returns, as that destructive action might otherwise be considered bad behavior from a loving God.
In the wake of a 1700 year absence of Jesus and His speaking to Prophets / church Presidents, it was only natural that Jesus' Church would be hijacked by the Devil, and would end up being the Devil's version of Jesus's church, Because the Devil NEVER takes a vacation like Jesus does, but the Devil has never had to do the heavy lifting like defeating death and atoning for all mankind's sins. So all of that was to be expected.
Finally the Devil's version of Jesus's Church got so bad that Jesus had to re-establish His true Church again, that meant Jesus ending His vacation and His speaking to a Prophet / Church President again. That is where Joseph Smith -the greatest earthly Prophet and church President ever, and MORmONISM came into play. God's true church - MORmONISM has been playing catch up to hopelessly apostate traditional Christianity ever since. What else could be expected after a 1700 year no show by Jesus. And it looks like MORmONISM NEVER will replace hopelessly apostate Catholicism as the foremost face of world Christianity. At first look, seeing how MORmONISM plays out as Jesus's Restoration of Jesus' True Church which can not compete with traditional Christianity at all in terms of raw popularity, it almost looks like the Devil has won, but that is not taking into account the time when Jesus will fully reclaim the world at His second Coming, a time when Jesus will overwhelmingly kick ass against His opposition, destroying all those that oppose Him and His true restored church with out hesitation or mercy, in much the same way that could be expected from the Devil, only it will be all right because Jesus is the one doing the burning, destroying and killing, NOT the Devil. That is going to be the catch up play for the prince of peace and His true church right there.
One thing is certain: Jesus ALWAYS has a Prophet / church President on the earth to carry on His work .......except for the times when Jesus does not.
When a person looks at the sheer majesty, dignity and eloquence of a MORmON President/ Prophet like Gordon BS Hinckley, then a person can certainly see why Jesus is so fond of the Prophet concept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khD0d4FB3kkMORmONISM: it makes perFUCT sense to MORmONS !!