Now, the question is this, isn’t it true that there were 400 silent years (silence from God) between the Old Testament and birth of Christ? So, if Anna is called a prophetess, was she a female prophet (meaning foretelling as well as forth-telling) and if so, can we assume she had been doing this for years since she was older (over 100)? Is there a place in the Bible that says that God was silent for 400 years? If there is, I can’t find it. Anna is referred to as a prophetess, which puzzles me.
