In the past, there have been people that referred to Nostradamus as "prophet," however this was not meant to mean that Nostradamus was connected to God.  Nostradamus has been seen as an alchemist with a cauldron of boiling whatever, through which he saw the future in a halucinogenic mist.  This is only the sensationalism that has followed Nostradamus over the years.  The reality of the situation is that Jesus Christ appeared before Nostradamus.  He did this because Nostradamus was a good man with a good heart.  Jesus Christ appeared before Nostradamus to show him the future, through the eye of God.  Jesus Christ then directed Nostradamus to write The Prophecies and present them in the manner that they have been known for 450 years.  This title is then aptly applied to a document that was divinely inspired.  The quatrains (4-line verses) were presented in a scattered order and written in verbiage that requires understanding language, more than understanding syntax and prose communication.  When this order is restored and the systems of understanding are realized, the true purpose of prophecy appears.  A story is told that is of the end of mankind; but, that is not the purpose.  The purpose of prophecy is to warn, so that through faith in the source of that divinely inspired work can be returned.  Faith will lead to actions of change, which can keep the damage of a terrible future from happening.  Jesus Christ held the true message of The Prophecies secret, so they would not be destroyed, before the time would come for that message to be known.  Now is the time, and the danger signs are all in the news each day.  The message must be understood by all mankind; and, belief in Jesus Christ, as the Son of God, must be found, through the infallible accuracy of the quatrains that have already come true.  We must return to faith in God as the way to avoid ruining ourselves and the world.  This will be shown in our actions of love, peace and brotherhood, as taught by Jesus, during his time as a man.