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1 | Isn't Prophecy a Spiritual Gift? | Isaiah | Morant61 | 24234 | ||
Greetings Casiv! There are several problems with this approach! The primary one being that Scripture says that there are both prophets and the gift of prophecy after John! Consider Acts 21:10 - "After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea." This man lived after John and Scripture says he was a prophet! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Isn't Prophecy a Spiritual Gift? | Isaiah | casiv | 24298 | ||
Dear Tim, I believe first occurrences are generally essential to the interpretation of words, expressions, and utterances and have never yet found it to fail. The first occurrence of the word Prophet is in Gen 20:7, and is used by God to Abimelech king of Gerar, of Abraham - "Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet and he shall pray for thee." This first occurrence of the word shows that it is used in a very different sense from that in which we use it today. Of course, even apart from this, our present usage is of no account in determining the Biblical usage. We use it of one whose sole mission is to foretell future events. But, here, it is used in connection with Abraham, who foretold nothing; and of whose prophecies, as such, we have neither mention, allusion, or record. The only thing associated with the prophets, in Abraham, here, is prayer! This first occurrence, therefore, speaks to us if we have ears to hear; and, being so contrary to our current usage, tells us to search further and see what it teaches us in connection with its other occurrences. We soon learn from Ex. 7:1 that the same God calls Aaron, Mose's "prophet." This takes us a step further; and leads to another question: How could one man be another man's "prophet"? The answer is found in Ex.4:16, where God, referring to the same matter, says of Aaron, to Moses,"He shall be thy spokesman." Here,then, we learn that the essential interpretation of the word "prophet" is spokesman. so that the prophet was one who spoke FOR God, whether by way of Exhortation, Instruction, Reproof, Warning, Correction, Reprobation, or Judgement. Foretelling was only a very small part of his duties. There was "no prophet greater than John the Baptist"(Matt11:9-11). He prophesied that Christ that Christ should baptize with pneuma hagion, but where are his prophecies, as we understand the word today? Not one is recorded. But he was God's spokesman, prepared, equipped, and sent forth by God to prepare the way of the Messiah(Luke 1:13-17,75-79). The prophet, therefore, was essentially God's spokesman; and his sole mission was to speak only those words which were given him to speak. In this sense Moses was the great prophet typical of the Lord Jesus. Seven times in the closing words of Exodus we find the refrain associating Moses's words and deeds with his obedience,"as the Lord commanded Moses" (Ex.11:19,21,23,25,27,29,32). Even so the Lord Jesus was "the prophet like unto Moses." Why? Not because of His foretelling future events, but because "He whom God sent speaketh the words of God"(John3:34; compare John3:32; 7:16,26,28; 15:15,etc.). for the same reason "prophets" were bestowed upon the church at the beginning (Eph 4:11);"for(pros,Grk) the perfecting of the Saints with a view to (eis, Grk)the work of the ministry for (eis,Grk) the building up of the body of Christ." This was the special object of the New Testament prophetic ministry(compare Eph2:20, Rom. 16:26."prophetic writings," 2Pet 1:19."the prophetic' word"). The work of these prophets was specially connected with the making known the "Mystery" or the great secret, which had been "hid in God". continued.......................... |
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3 | Isn't Prophecy a Spiritual Gift? | Isaiah | Hank | 24303 | ||
Casiv, would a summary statement not suffice? A prophet can be a foreteller or a forthteller. --Hank | ||||||
4 | Isn't Prophecy a Spiritual Gift? | Isaiah | casiv | 24305 | ||
Hello Hank, I wish it was that easy! Tim and I have been having a discussion regarding Malachai. I believe he is/was the last prophet. Perhaps you have an opinion? Or scriptural support? Peace in Faith and Hope, casiv |
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5 | Isn't Prophecy a Spiritual Gift? | Isaiah | Hank | 24306 | ||
Hi, Casiv, I'm full of opinions! On occasion I can come up with Scriptural support for perhaps a third of them. With which of my many opinions may I delight you? :-) --Hank | ||||||