@Greg phil,
"I believe that protestantism, generally, and conventional western religion, will always disparage any idea of 'spiritual experience' UNLESS it is interptreted along strictly orthodox lines. So there are some 'experiences' or 'behaviours' which they will recognize - for example, 'speaking in tongues' or 'falling into rapture' while at an actual Church service. But spiritual experiences outside that context are usually characterised by protestantism as 'the devil's work' (except for in the case of unusually broad-minded representatives.)"
The problem of individual spiritual experience consists that it can't be considered as the proof. Razor Okkama: "the principle recommends selection of the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions and postulates the fewest entities while still sufficiently answering the question". If the prophecy has come true also it has been documentary confirmed, there is question. How it is possible to know the future? If the prophet speaks that the source of its prophecy is God, that simple explanation of phenomenon will admit existence of God.
Example:
19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his
garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his
coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but
cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be
fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my
vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
Think, why such trifle as any rags disturbed God at the moment of death? Why this insignificant detail was mentioned by ancient prophets?. I think, what is it metaphor. The clothes are Heritage of the Christ. Ancient prophets have predicted division the Heritage of the Christ on 4 parts. Most likely this Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism and... Islam ("Coat" is mentioned especially). This prophecy speaks about how all today's religions are aggressive, greedy and godless. This soldiers - is military nations of future far (now days).