It reduces religion to rules, rites, rituals, and ceremonies. No wonder cheap grace is so popular. It doesn t require any deep level of commitment. Just memorize the rules and try not break any of them and be truly contrite if you do accidentally break one or two along the way. Prophetic religion, on the other hand, sees things not as they are, but as they could be, if we truly seek the will of God for our lives.
Prophetic religion demands repentance and change.
It takes chances, gives up the security blanket, hates moral compromise. Prophetic religion demands and expects a higher level of commitment to seeking first the kingdom of God. Priestly religion comforts the afflicted. Prophetic religion afflicts the comfortable. I believe we are living in a time that calls for all the above.