1) Agabus: Predicted. Prophecy is both future proclamations and revealing the heart of God at the moment. Haggai 1:13 states, Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD. That is the now. Many people operate in the church today with this gift. You probably do, too, without the labeling. But there is the future stuff too! 2) By the Spirit. A great famine is coming. Wait for a second, Agabus; how do we know what you are prophesying is from the Lord? Excellent question: If it comes to pass, it’s from the Lord. But Dave, the Old Testament is a ZERO tolerance policy. Yes. But the New Testament has a “test all things” policy. BTW, Agabus didn’t make a spectacle of it. 3) After the prophecy was confirmed by fulfillment, the family of God rallied to help their other family members. The people who had sent help to the people who had not. No government, no requirement, all voluntarily, as God prompted their action. Governments do not often follow the wisdom or leading of the Lord. Optics don’t work in charity.