prophecy

The future exists now — the threat is here — just as it flickers in Paul’s hallucinogenic prophecies.

If Carse is going fulfil Stokes' prophecy that he will "play for England for a long time", he has to go against recent history.

There’s also, per the title, a prophecy, a deathbed vision by Valya’s predecessor of an apocalyptic “red dust” storm that will wipe out … something.

The health, or lack thereof, of Test cricket is debated so much it is in danger of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So they go for broke in placating the base and infuriating the opposition, making their fear of losing the next election a self-fulfilling prophecy.